Hi all,
I bought a bag of uncooked barley at the store yesterday to prepare a barley soup. A pound of barley was 99 cents. The soup was great!
I was comparing barley and rice side by side calorie/nutrition wise. One cup of white rice has almost no fiber. One cup of barley 6 grams. Brown rice has about half of the fiber of barley.
My plan is to use barley in foods as a substitute for rice for the extra fiber. The barley has a nice texture and is mild in flavor, like rice.
In case you'd like to try it, my soup recipe:
Left over pot roast (prepped in the crock pot the day b4)
"juice" from the pot roast cooking with fat skimmed off the top
1 cup barley
2 cans broth
about 2 cups water
1-2 cups mushrooms sliced
1/2 pound carrots
1+ cup celery
2 smaller onion
one potato sliced
spices to your preference of taste
I tossed all ingredients in teh slow cooker for 3 1/2 hours on high. It is very filling and very tasty.
MarSto9111
I bought a bag of uncooked barley at the store yesterday to prepare a barley soup. A pound of barley was 99 cents. The soup was great!
I was comparing barley and rice side by side calorie/nutrition wise. One cup of white rice has almost no fiber. One cup of barley 6 grams. Brown rice has about half of the fiber of barley.
My plan is to use barley in foods as a substitute for rice for the extra fiber. The barley has a nice texture and is mild in flavor, like rice.
In case you'd like to try it, my soup recipe:
Left over pot roast (prepped in the crock pot the day b4)
"juice" from the pot roast cooking with fat skimmed off the top
1 cup barley
2 cans broth
about 2 cups water
1-2 cups mushrooms sliced
1/2 pound carrots
1+ cup celery
2 smaller onion
one potato sliced
spices to your preference of taste
I tossed all ingredients in teh slow cooker for 3 1/2 hours on high. It is very filling and very tasty.
MarSto9111
