Orzo, Barley and Spinach salad
This is a delightfully simple and tasty dish can be a main meal or a great light lunch, would also be great packed. I loved the combination of barley and orzo. Barley is a super nutritious whole grain rich in protein, I made a salad with roasted butternut squash once so good.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of orzo and 1/2 a cup of barley cooked according to instructions, typically you boil each for about 10 minutes
- a good handful of spinach
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/4 of a red onion chopped
- a handful of crumbled feta
- a tablespoon of white balsamic vinegar
Method:
- cook the barley and orzo and keep to one side
- mean while saute the onions and garlic in olive oil until fragrant about 4 minutes
- add the spinach little by little and let it cook down
- remove from heat mix in the orzo and barley, white balsamic and feta cheese, a little salt and pepper to taste and serve
We visited a local Blueberry farm yesterday.
Reich's on Ebert Road in Winston Salem, it was so much fun the kids liked it and love how excited they are as they eat these nutritious gems rich in antioxidants saying that they picked them.
Have a great start to the week everyone
hugs
The salad looks so fresh & healthy. You are so fortunate to pick up the freshest ingredients:)
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DeleteLove this salad Rebecca. I know how kids feel ownership over the food they pick or cook or even help cooking. I had a nice experience with a friend's kids recently when we baked yeasted whole wheat donuts together and the kids 'owned' every single piece. They generously allowed us to have a couple of them though :-) How easy it is to train them to eat good food, not junk.
ReplyDeletethats so cool I bet they loved it
Deletedelicious looking berries! And I love the salad:-)
ReplyDeletethanks so much
DeleteI have fallen in love with orzo and use it all of the time now. Precious picture of the wee one picking blueberries.
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aww thanks and love all of your recipes
DeleteWat a nutritious and healthy food..
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DeleteVery appealing recipe.
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Deletewhat nice and delicious salad Rebecca!
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DeleteThis recipe is perfect as a summer light lunch, isn't it? Especially now with the British summer finally here! :-) I wonder if I could include some avocado in it. I love avocado and I know that it goes with most salads. Many thanks. Lovely photos, too.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
oh nice idea to add avocado
DeleteThose are huge blueberry trees.. Never knew they grew so large!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know either very cool
DeleteOh! So cute your little one picking blueberries...
ReplyDeleteThis salad sounds delicious orzo and barley...yum! Great textures.
Have a great week ahead Rebecca :D
thanks wish you the same and it was a fun thing to do
DeleteLooks AMAZING!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteaww thanks
DeleteI'm with you - combo of barley & orzo, yum!
ReplyDeletethanks you have good taste
DeleteGot some orzo stashed away, should give it a try. What kind of barley do you use? I used to think you have to cook barley for a long time
ReplyDeleteits a quick cooking barley :_)
DeleteI'm not a fans of orzo pasta since this cute lil pasta cost me 10 times compare to spaghetti...hehehe
ReplyDeletethe salad is so easy,healty and yet tasty!
spaghetti would also work :-)
DeleteI like your combination of barley and orzo...a nice difference in textures and flavors.
ReplyDeletethanks so much
DeleteThese look delicious!!! Great combo of yummy flavors!!!
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DeletePerfect summer dish!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really good. I have orzo in the house, wonder if I can find barley here in France. Ah, it is called orge here just to confuse me! Have a good day Diane
ReplyDeleteThis looks so delicious and I love the pictures!!
ReplyDeleteHealthy and delicious...the perfect summer meal,Rebecca! I love orzo salads!
ReplyDeleteyour salad sound healthy and it sound so fun to visit a blueberry farm.
ReplyDeletethanks Yummychunklet, Dianne :_) you do great with the language, Alicia thanks Erica thanks Sonia it was lovely
ReplyDeleteI've picked a lot of fruits before but never bluebrries....its looks heaps fun! Do your hands get blue? Your salad looks really tasty too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment on my blog- my RD studies are going okay. I don't know if I told you about it before, but we don't actually get to learn anything about nutrition/dietetics until fourth year which is next year so I'm just doing general science subjects at the moment which aren't all too interesting and helpful *sigh* I'm just hoping that when I finally do get to learn about the stuff I want to learn about, that it'll be interesting as I'd hoped and worth the wait haha...
Von no your hands don't get blue and that is hard waiting till 4 th year but when you get on placement thats when the fun starts
ReplyDeletejust mouthwatering...looks delicious!
ReplyDeletethanks so much
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I'll try again. Many thanks.
Greetings from London.
oh no worries I got it here :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch a delicious salad. I love orzo and spinach together!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to pick your own blueberries with such adorable helpers :) I try to eat a few every morning since they are so healthy.
thanks and smart lady
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