Barley and Edamame Salad (Ww)

Submitted by ellie_

"5 points plus /serving Recipe source: WW Power Foods Cookbook"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 3⁄4 cup pearl barley
• 2 cups frozen edamame, frozen and thawed
• 1⁄3 cup carrot, shredded
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons ginger, minced
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

directions

1. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan and then add the barley. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 25 minutes. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water; drain again. Transfer to a large bowl.
2. Stir in remainder of the ingredients and toss to combine.
3. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

Reviews

[duonyte]

Barley is such a great grain and using it in a salad as this is a nice way to show people that it's good for more than just soup. I cooked my barley in my rice cooker - my preferred way to cook most grains. I modified the instructions a bit by putting in the barley and veggies in the bowl and the dressing ingredients in a smaller one. I was a bit worried about the soy sauce so started with a teaspoon and eventually added 1 1//2 tsp. - I found that to be quite sufficiently salty. I added little water to make up the difference in volume. After tasting the salad, I felt it needed just a little something, so added two chopped scallions, which went very well with the remaining ingredients. This will be a nice addition to my lunch tomorrow.

 

[DPar6310]

I made this recipe as directed however I did use light soy sauce. The portions are very generous and everyone at our house loved this. I am making this for the second time to take for lunches, what a great healthy recipe