Vegetable Barley Salad

9 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 1/4 cups pearl barley
  • 1 English cucumber, halved lengthwise, seeds removed and cut into medium dice
  • 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
  • 1 1/2 cups celery, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
  • 1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette
  • salt and pepper
  • 1/2 cup pine nuts or 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted

Directions

  1. 1
    In a large pot, bring stock to a boil.
  2. 2
    add barley and cook on medium heat 40 minutes.
  3. 3
    Drain and rinse until cool.
  4. 4
    In a large bowl place all the vegetables, mix in the vinaigrette along with salt and pepper to taste.
  5. 5
    Combine with the barley.
  6. 6
    Salad can be prepared up to this point and stored, covered in fridge for 2 days.
  7. 7
    Sprinkle with toasted nuts just before serving.

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