Super healthy, super delicious, and super colourful salad for any time of the year – packed full of nutrients, protein, and flavour. Can be served as a meal in itself warm or cold.
INGREDIENTS
¾ cup pearl barley (preboil, and set aside)
3 Tbsp flaming raisins (or other of your choice)
½ a red bell pepper, chopped into small squares (give them a fast scorch)
1 large spring onion, chopped
2 -3 cups of kale (remove the stalks) – then fry it in olive oil, and stir in the nutritional yeast (set aside)
1 medium sized aubergine/eggplant, chopped into small squares, fried till brown and set aside
2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
2-3 Tbsp pesto (use any pesto, or see my recipe here)
6 or more kalamatta olives, chopped
the juice of a lemon
olive oil, for drizzling
1 cup red kidney beans (pre-cooked)
10 blanched almonds, crushed
the zest of a tangerine (for decoration)
freshly chopped parsley
METHOD
In a large salad bowl of your choice place the pre-cooked aubergine/eggplant, barley and the rest of the ingredients – gently stir until all ingredients are combined. Garnish with the nuts. Cover and refrigerate or serve at once.
All recipes and content © Miriam Sorrell www.mouthwateringvegan.com 2010
Dear Miriam,
I tried this recipe recently: the method is simple the result fantastic, well it is simply fantastic. You have so many wonderful recipes on your website, and I am going forward to try many of these. So thank you so much for sharing your vegan ideas. I really need cooking ideas, you know. Although I am vegan now for 6 years, I just don’t come up with good ideas.
My best regards to you from Germany and a very happy new year – Nina.
Nina I think you are doing very well. Do check out my forthcoming book entitled YASOU now up for pre-ordering on Amazon. The recipes are incredible, and you will love the variety of exotic food I have put together. A fusion of Greek Cyriot and Middle Eastern cuisine, family secrets etc – just check it out. Each recipe has it’s own picture. Carry on cooking vegan and enjoy. I look forward to your future comments on my blog ! Happy New Year 2016 to you too ! 🙂
So happy you’re uploading again! I found you and your blog/youtube this year and have been loving your recipes! Your work is so diverse, creative, delicious and ingenious. Thank you!!!!
Hi there Kate and thanks for dropping by here. I am so glad that you have discovered my blog and youtube videos. Thanks also for your very kind words and I very much look forward to your future comments on my blog !