Awesome Lentil-barley Salad

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2/3 cup pearl barley
• 2/3 cup green lentil
• 1/3 cup green onion, finely sliced (or chives or red onion)
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced (or as much garlic as you can stand)
• 1/2-1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot, wash and rinse the barley and lentils. fill pot with a lot of water, and bring to a boil. once boiling, reduce the heat and boil until cooked - 45 minutes to an hour.
• 2 drain and rinse with cool water.
• 3 transfer to a salad bowl and toss with the onions/chives.
• 4 combine all the dressing ingredients, then add to the lentil-barley-onion mixture, stirring until well combined.