Rice And Barley Medley Food

BROWN RICE AND BARLEY

Steps:

• Rinse the rice and barley in a sieve, then drain and move to a 4-5 quart heavy pot.
• Add water or broth and bring to a rolling boil.
• Reduce heat to low and cook covered, about 45 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 10 minutes. Stir from top to bottom with a rubber spatula. Add salt and pepper to taste, or whatever seasoning you like. This is good served with veggies, soy sauce and a little butter too. Enjoy!

RICE AND BARLEY PILAF

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine broth and wild rice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in barley and brown rice; cover and simmer for 40-45 minutes or until grains are tender and the liquid is absorbed., Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, saute the mushrooms, onion and celery in butter and oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the rice mixture, cheese, cream and pepper; heat through.

BROWN AND WILD RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In skillet or saucepan add both rices, chicken broth and salt, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile mince the shallot. Combine the spices of garlic powder, onion powder and cumin. At 30 minutes stir the spice mixture and shallot into the rice and quickly return the cover so as to not let too much steam out.
• Continue to cook for 10-15 minutes more or until the broth is mostly absorbed. Remove from heat, leave the lid on and let it continue to steam for 10 minutes.
• Fluff and add chopped toasted pecans (or pistachios), green onions (reserve some green onions to top dish at the very end, just for looks) and butter. Mix and then add salt and pepper to taste.

EASY VEGETABLE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet.
• Add onion, carrot, celery, and red pepper; cook 5 minutes or until tender.
• Add broth; bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice and peas; cover.
• Simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
• ****To save time, replace all the veggies with 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables or frozen broccoli florets and add them when you would have added the peas.

BARLEY MEDLEY SALAD

Steps:

• Simmer barley in broth about 40 minutes until most of the water is absorbed.
• Let cool
• Peel, slice, seed and dice cucumber (so they are about the same size as the garbanzos).
• Slice green onions.
• Finely chop rosemary.
• Toss everything together.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Makes about 6 1-cup servings.

RICE AND BARLEY MEDLEY

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in medium nonstick skillet over high heat until hot. Add mushrooms, onion and garlic cook until tender.2. Add broth bring to a boil. Stir in barley and rice. Reduce heat cover and simmer 10 to 12 minutes or until most of liquid is absorbed, adding broccoli and carrot during last 5 minutes of cooking time.3. Remove skillet from heat let stand 5 minutes. Fluff mixture with fork before serving.Nutrition Information Per Serving: Serving Size: 1/2 Cup * Calories: 90 * Calories from Fat: 20 * % Daily Value: Total Fat: 2 g 3% * Saturated Fat: 0 g 0% * Cholesterol: 0 mg 0% * Sodium: 270 mg 11% * Total Carbohydrate: 15 g 5% * Dietary Fiber: 2 g 8% * Sugars: 1 g * Protein: 2 g * Vitamin A: 25% * Vitamin C: 8% * Calcium: 0% * Iron: 2% * Dietary Exchanges: 1 Starch or 1 CarbohydrateSee Cook's Note: Know Your Rice and Cook's Note: To Cook Rice