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Texas-style barley salad takes several minutes to prepare.

Texas-style barley salad takes several minutes to cook.

Texas-style barley salad makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Texas-style barley salad are:

1/2 tsp table salt
1/2 cup uncooked barley
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
2 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp table salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved, or cherry tomatoes, quartered
1 medium avocado, Haas, diced*
1/4 cup fresh corn kernels (can use frozen if needed)
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 cup scallions, sliced (green parts only)

Here is how you make Texas-style barley salad:

Bring 3 cups of water and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add barley; cover and simmer until tender, about 30 to 35 minutes. Drain any excess liquid and cool.Meanwhile, whisk together lime juice, water, oil, cumin, remaining 1/4 teaspoon of salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Add barley, beans, tomatoes, avocado, corn, cilantro and scallions; toss to mix and coat. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate up to 1 day. Yields about a rounded 3/4 cup per serving. **Note** This can be prepared ahead of time, but if you do make it ahead, leave out the avocado until just before serving (can add a couple of hours before, if you are transporting the salad). Otherwise, you might have brown avocado chunks in the salad!Serving Size: Serves 4Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KLWOZNIAK.

The nutritional information for Texas-style barley salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 254.3

• Total Fat: 10.6 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 444.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 35.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 11.8 g
• Protein: 8.7 g