Lemon Grain Salad with Kale Pesto
With so much flavor, you won’t even realize you’re eating healthy grains.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (160 g) pearl barley, uncooked
- 2 Tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
- ½ cup (120 ml) extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup (70 g) dried currants
- 2 (40 g) small shallots, peeled, chopped
- 6 cups (180 g) kale, stemmed, roughly chopped, packed
- 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt, optional
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions
- Cook barley according to package directions. Allow to cool.
- In a medium skillet, heat 2 Tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the currants and shallot and cook over moderate heat for about 3 minutes or until the shallot is golden, stirring often. Add the barely and add the pine nuts.
- Place kale, lemon juice and remaining olive oil into the Vitamix container and secure the lid.
- Start the blender on its lowest speed, then quickly increase to its highest speed.
- Blend for 30 seconds, using the tamper as necessary to press the ingredients toward the blades. Toss with the barley mixture and serve.
Nutrition Information
| Serving Size | 1 serving (126 g) |
| Amount Per Servings | |
| Calories | 310 |
| Total Fat | 21 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 170 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 28 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
Lemon Grain Salad with Kale Pesto is rated
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Rated 3 out of
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Herbie Lady from
Not a Repeat
I love grain dishes but once was enough for this recipe. My salad turned out green enough for a St. Patrick's day dish, maybe because I blended the kale pesto too long? My dressing was closer to a true pesto consistency but by the photo, now I realize that truly only 30 seconds was needed to make the dressing! There was way too much dressing for the amount of cooked barley and while I like barley, in this recipe, for me, this barley was just too soft. I like more "tooth" to grains in salads. I added garlic and cayenne for more flavor, which was a good thing. The salad was simple and fast to make and the taste was great. But--one time to try try it out was enough!
Date published: 2021-02-20
