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Barley Black Beans Cottage Cheese Medley

Published on April 2, 2015 By Gunjan 10 Comments

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I get asked a lot about my lunch options and I usually stumble a bit because I don’t believe in eating salads every day. A general assumption about being healthy is that the person must be on salads only but that is not true with me. I eat a whole variety of food to keep my body flexible and at the same time I make healthy options most of time unless it’s a cheat day for me.

 

barley black beans 2.0

 

There is no denying that I eat salads regularly to add fiber and roughage into my diet but I eat cooked wholesome grains now and then and Barley is my latest addiction. Barley is incredibly versatile. This low fat and high fiber grain can be used in soups and salads but my new favorite is Barley Black Beans Cottage Cheese Medley. A perfect combination of whole grains, protein, calcium, fiber, antioxidant and lots of flavors. πŸ™‚ . Yum!!

 

barley cooked

 

I randomly toss some ingredients in the pan and bring out a fusion flavor in my recipes and this time I decided to go with one pan medley recipe for my lunch. Along with Barley I incorporated black beans as another major ingredient for the protein factor, sweet peppers for some vitamin C boost, cottage cheese for calcium, mushrooms for vitamin D, flavored with ginger garlic paste, thyme, onions, used tomatoes for the base and spiced it up with dry red chilies. Garnished with fresh chives and served myself a hearty and super healthy lunch.

 

barley black beans 3.0

 

I was satisfied and full till dinner with bursting energy. πŸ™‚

 

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Barley Black Beans Cottage Cheese Medley

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Serves 6

Per Serving 410 calories

Fat 7 g

Carbs 75 g

Protein 16 g

6


Barley Black Beans Cottage Cheese Medley

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 dry red chilies
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 cup red onions (chopped)
  • 4 roma tomatoes (chopped)
  • Β½ cup cottage cheese
  • Β½ tsp cumin powder
  • 1 Β½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup sweet peppers (chopped)
  • 1 15 oz. can black beans (rinsed and drained)
  • 1 cup white mushrooms (chopped)
  • 2 cups pearled barley (cooked and cooled)
  • 1 tbsp. chives (optional for garnishing)

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a nonstick wok/pan. Add broken red chili, thyme, ginger garlic paste and mix it in the oil.
  2. Add onions and sautΓ© until translucent. Add tomatoes, mix, cover and cook for 2 minutes until the tomatoes are soft and release its juice.
  3. Add cottage cheese, cumin powder and salt and mix well.
  4. Add sweet pepper, black beans and mushrooms and cook for couple of minutes.
  5. Lastly fold in barley and cook for 2 more minutes.
  6. Garnish with chives and serve warm.

Notes

When serving you may add more cottage cheese for garnishing because it will enhance the taste.

If desired spice level can be increased by sprinkling some crushed pepper.

I used fresh thyme herbs but dried thyme may also be used.

Green onions can also be used for garnishing in place of chives.

 

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Comments

  1. Kelle says

    March 11, 2017 at 12:27 am

    I just made this for my 5 daycare children and they all had seconds! Great tasting healthy recipe! Thanks!

    Reply
    • Gunjan says

      March 11, 2017 at 1:27 am

      Thank you Kelle. I cannot express my happiness enough that your children liked this recipe. I am absolutely delighted.

      Reply
  2. karen says

    April 14, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    This medley was amazing, even with the substitutions I had to make~perhaps because of them! I subbed jarred roasted red peppers for the fresh ones, added to the onions some finely chopped carrots as I had no mushrooms on hand, and topped it off with a dollop of plain Greek yogurt and a squirt of siracha. This one-dish phenom will become part of my rotation as it was DELISH.

    Reply
    • Gunjan says

      April 14, 2015 at 9:19 pm

      I am so happy Karen that you liked this recipe and I like your idea of variation as well. πŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. sara says

    April 3, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    I am big on texture and this looks like a perfect match! Yum!

    Reply
  4. Kathy says

    April 3, 2015 at 9:49 pm

    Looks delicious, can’t wait to try it πŸ™‚

    Reply
  5. Deepika says

    April 3, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    This looks yum. I never had barley before.

    Reply
  6. Jennie @ Little Girl Designs says

    April 3, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    This recipe looks amazing! I need to be better about cooking real meals for myself at lunch–think I’ll try this! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  7. Annabel Cohen says

    April 3, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    I never have enough legumes! Your recipe looks and sounds delicious!

    Reply
  8. annabelt says

    April 3, 2015 at 3:23 pm

    I love barley – great comfort food! I might try this this weekend – thanks πŸ™‚

    Reply

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