Lunch-in-a-Jar: Cherry Pecan Grain Salad

Serves 2
Time 30 min
Lunch-in-a-Jar: Cherry Pecan Grain Salad

As beautiful as it is delicious, this layered salad with bright flavors from arugula, blue cheese and dried cherries will leave your coworkers or fellow picnickers green with envy.

Special Diets:

VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    1/2 cuppearl barley
    1/4 cupprepared salad dressing, or lemon juice
    2 cupspacked baby arugula
    1/2 mediumred onion, chopped, rinsed well and drained
    1/4 cupdried sour cherries
    1/4 cuproughly chopped toasted pecans
    2 tablespoonsblue cheese crumbles

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Method

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil simmer over medium heat.


Add barley and reduce to a simmer.


Cook until tender, 20 to 30 minutes.


Drain and set aside to cool.


In a small bowl, toss barley with dressing.


Layer barley and remaining ingredients in two wide-mouth jars.


Top with tight-fitting lids and refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 3 days.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

Calories

490

Total Fat

23g

Saturated Fat

4g

Cholesterol

5mg

Sodium

360mg

Total Carbohydrate

65g

Dietary Fiber

12g

Total Sugars

11g

Protein

8g

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