This is an easy and delicious summer barley salad that is full of nutrition pulled together with a citrusy zing!
Summer Vegetable and Barley Salad
and because I forgot to put it in the group picture.
Summer Vegetable & Barley Salad
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: serves 4
Description
This is an easy and delicious summer barley salad that is full of nutrition pulled together with a citrusy zing!
Ingredients
- 1/2 c barley
- 1.5 c vegetable broth
- 1 medium green bell pepper
- 2–3 roma tomatoes
- 1 c corn kernels (grilled is best but even canned will work)
- 1/4 c sliced scallions
- 1/4 c minced fresh basil
- 1 large lime, juiced (a little over 2 Tbsp)
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Combine barley and broth in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover and set timer for 35 minutes.
- While barley cooks, dice the pepper, tomatoes, scallions, and basil.
- Once barley is finished cooking, allow it to cool.
- Combine barley and remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well and serve immediately or cover and serve chilled.
Add broth, bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to low. Let simmer for about 35 minutes until the barley has soaked up all the liquid. Remove from heat and let cool.
Meanwhile, chop up your veggies. Remove all the seeds from the tomatoes before dicing and dispose of them. They’ll make your salad soggy.
Once the barley is cool, throw everything into a bowl. Ad your olive oil, lime juice and salt and pepper.
Mix it up and serve!
It’s tasty right away, or you can store it over night in the fridge and let the flavors meld even more. The chewiness of the barley makes the texture of this summer salad addicting- so good! And the lime really adds a flavorful zing!
I highly recommend making this before all the summer veggies disappear.
What summer veggie will you miss the most?
I pretty much live for tomato season, so I’ll be sad when all these amazing vine ripe tomatoes start disappearing!
ashley@piesandpushups says
Ohhhh – I wish I lived in the Carolinas! Unfortunately, in Florida we don’t get much of a fall season – it is already in the 80’s here and it is only 9 a.m. – it will probably stay hot through Thanksgiving! However, I still plan on enjoying lots of pumpkin flavored goodies! 🙂 That salad looks like a must try!
christina says
all your recipes look so fresh and tasty! ahhhh but i am not ready for pumpkin lattes! haha
Brittany says
Try waddling around at 9 months prego, and I promise you’ll be ready for cooler weather 😉
Kelli H (Made in Sonoma) says
Barley salad looks great! Screams “SUMMER!”
Jen says
although i LOVE summer i have been enjoying the hint of fall in the air. i had an awesome run this morning. it was so cool!
i haven’t cooked with barley in forever. this looks great!
Jen says
Isn’t this weather amazing? Can it please stay like this? I almost baked pumpkin muffins this morning b/c it feels so Fall out!
Erin @ The Grass Skirt says
You totally read my mind! It is so cool out this morning and all I could think about was pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin!!!! 🙂
Maria says
I will definitely be missing garden tomatoes and cucumbers, but I welcome pumpkin and squash with open arms. I’ve never cooked with barley (or many other grains for that matter) and didn’t know it was so easy.
p.s. I tried Googling when the pumpkin spice latte comes out at Starsbucks and I couldn’t find a thing! Do they know how much more money they could make (from me alone) if they just had that drink all year round? 🙂
Sarah for Real says
So pretty! Our corn is STILL not quite in season yet. All our produce is delayed at least a month because of the weirdly cool weather. I keep reading about all your fresh goodies and it makes me so JEALOUS!
Julie @ PBFingers says
that meal looks like the epitome of healthy goodness!
i think i will most miss tomatoes, too. i love their juicy sweetness!
Melissa @ Be Not Simply Good says
Looks good! I’ll have to wait, because we’ve already eaten this week’s corn, tomatoes and green peppers.
I miss cucumbers the most over the winter!
Alyssa @ Life of bLyss says
honestly, I’m so happy you said that. I go into a post-summer depression every fall (I’m such a summer girl), and the fact that pumpkin spiced lattes will be back just made it seem so much more bearable. 😉
Tiff @ Love, Sweat, and Beers says
I’m jealous of your basil plant. Mine died within a week! I’ve never been all that good with plants, I suppose. I’ll miss zucchini the most. I’ve been eating those like crazy lately.
Lauren B says
Strawberries! I love how in the summer, when you walk past the luscious berries at the market, you can smell the mouth-watering aroma! It’s just not the same any other time of year.
Michele says
I can’t wait for fall either -the weather in NC is ammaazing in the fall! 🙂 outside runs would have to be my #1 looking-forward-to. Where is that farmers market in your picture? I usually go to the one by the airport, but am looking for others as well!
Brittany says
It’s a small one up near me called Josh’s Farmers market. It’s great, but probably not big enough to warrant a trip up to Mooresville 🙂
Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean says
looks fabulous! definitely putting this on the meal plan for veggie week 3!
Rachel @ Not Rachael Ray says
This looks great! I bet toasting the barley adds great flavor!
Corey @ the runner's cookie says
I love summer veggies and fruits! I will definitely miss them. Probably zucchini and blueberries the most!
blackhuff says
This salad looks like something I will enjoy, not so much the family though. They aren’t big barley eaters 🙁
Our sunshine is swifting to a summer style 🙂 So that’s nice.
Sounds as if you enjoy the cold.