Barley Salad

Ingredients:

1 Cup Pearl Barley
3 1/2 Cups Water
4 Scallions Chopped/about 1 1/2 cups
1/2 Small Red Onion Chopped
1 15oz Can Sugar Free Mandarin Oranges
1 Cup Mandarin Orange juice reserved
1/4 Cup Dried Cranberries
1/4 Cup Unsalted Cashews Roughly Chopped
2 Tsp Extra Light Extra Virgin Olive Oil


Steps:

1. In a medium sauce pan combine the Barley and 3 1/2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and then cover and simmer for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

2. When Barley is cool toss all remaining ingredients together. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

Inspiration:

Whole Foods prepared food bar

Commentary:

While visiting with Travis' brother and sister in law in Columbus we made our first trip to Whole Foods. While there we picked out a prepared salad off of their food bar, only knowing the basic ingredients. We both really enjoyed to salad and when we came home Rachael came up with the above recipe which we both agreed was pretty close to the original.


*Picture to follow later