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Barley salad with tuna and grilled vegetables

Barley salad with tuna and grilled vegetables

Barley is a wonderfully versatile cereal grain with a rich nutty flavour and an appealing chewy, pasta-like consistency. Additionally, barley's claim to nutritional fame is based on it being a very good source of molybdenum, manganese, dietary fibre (roughage), and selenium, as well as of copper, vitamin B1, chromium, phosphorus, magnesium, and niacin. In this recipe, garden meets sea in a wonderful salad combining grain, fish and vegetables, an ideal summer dish for any occasion.  

Couscous with peas cream & walnuts

Couscous with peas cream & walnuts

Here comes a dish containing a somewhat alternative ingredient, couscous. Some might think it is a  cereal, but it actually is a traditional Berber product made from semolina, granules of durum wheat. This very versatile ingredient, a staple food in North Africa, can be cooked and served with vegetables or stews, but it also can be used to prepare delightful 'salads' or desserts.

Dried fruit and apple cous cous

Dried fruit and apple couscous

Some might think couscous is a cereal, but in actual fact it is a traditional Berber product made from semolina, granules of durum wheat. This very versatile ingredient, a staple food in the regions of North Africa, can be cooked and served with vegetables or stews (meat or fish), but it also can be used to prepare delightful 'salads' or desserts, like the one we are presenting here. Enjoy this nutty fruity couscous salad!

Barley with chicory, sausage & Auricchio

Pearl Barley with chicory, sausage & Auricchio

Cold winter days seem to be the perfect time to enjoy certain dishes: soups, creamy risottos.. full-flavoured, warming and cosy, they are the perfect - healthy - comfort food. The recipe we are presenting here is no exception! The chicory, provolone cheese, sausage and wine provide for an intense, mouth-watering taste, as well as for a divine aroma. Beside the gourmet experience, it's important to note that barley, one of the most ancient grain varieties, is known to have excellent anti-inflammatory, soothing and regulatory properties: a real cure-all, as Hippocrates already knew!

sausage and three grains soup

Sausage and 3 grain soup

This rich soup is the ideal dish for cold autumn and winter days, when all you crave is something hot and steaming to warm you up from the inside. This recipe can be modified according to your own personal tastes, you can replace the vegetables you're not so fond of with some of your favourites or even use beans, chickpeas or lentils instead of (or on top of) the sausage. Have fun creating your own version!

Vegetable cous cous with grilled Provolone

Vegetable couscous with grilled Provolone

Some might think couscous is a cereal, but in actual fact it is a traditional Berber product made of semolina, grains of durum wheat. This very versatile ingredient, a staple food in the regions of North Africa, can be cooked and served with vegetables or stews (meat or fish), but it also can be used to make delightful 'salads', such as tabbouleh, or like the one we are presenting here. The delicate taste of the couscous and vegetables perfectly matches with the full, rounded flavour of the Provolone cheese. Enjoy this dish and experiment with it creating your own variations!