Woah woah woah. It hasn’t ACTUALLY been almost a week since I last posted, has it? I thought winter was supposed to be a time of mellowness, introversion, and regrouping, so can someone please tell me what happened?
Without a lot of time on my hands to fuss over daytime meals, I’ve been eating a lot of “stir-fried” barley lately. Barley takes a little longer to cook than pasta but has a very satisfying chewiness and keeps me full forever. And barley is supposed to be good for you, right? Anyway, lunchtime usually goes something like this: empty the contents of my fridge (in this case, half a bell pepper, a third of a fennel bulb, a handful of mushrooms, one shallot, some garlic, and half a purple carrot), chop everything into same-ish sized pieces, pour lots of olive oil in a pan, and fry everything together until golden and caramelized. The barley gets added at the last second, as does the juice of a lemon, some apple cider vinegar, and some torn basil. Super, super comforting and crazy delicious.
i’m so lazy at lunch. i will often have the same thing over and over again for weeks, months on end until i’m sick of it. i’d like to try this out!
haha. are you me?
You’ve totally converted me into a fried barley, girl. It’s so satisfying.
And that’s fried-barley girl – not fried barley, girl.