Barley with Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Name: Barley with Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 lemon; 30 g pumpkin seeds; ² tsp red chilli flakes; 2 rosemary sprigs, picked and finely chopped; 30 g rocket; 300 g purple sprouting broccoli, washed and trimmed; 200 g red seedless grapes; 1 red onion, finely sliced; 200 g barley (approx. 500 g cooked barley); sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seasonal Salads

By Fi Buchanan

Published 2023

About

A big kitchen time-hack for me is having precooked wholegrains handy in the fridge or freezer. I always make a big batch as it takes just as much effort to cook a large quantity as it does a small one. A ready supply is very handy for our household, who are ‘never not hungry’. I often serve this right out of the roasting tin.

Ingredients

200 g barley (approx. 500 g cooked barley)
1 lemon

Salad
December
Winter
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 210°C/190°C fan. Cover the barley with plenty of cold water in a large pan, bring to the boil and simmer for about 30 minutes, until tender, then drain well.

Halve the lemon and cut one half into thin slices. Drizzle the oil over the base of a