Great as a one pot vegetarian meal on its own, or served as a side to a main meal
2 zucchini, roughly chopped
½ bunch silverbeet, leaves only washed & roughly chopped
½ cup pearl barley*, uncooked
750ml organic vegetable stock
1x 400g can butter beans*, drained & rinsed
100g baby spinach
3 spring onion, finely sliced
½ cup flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to season
In a large saucepan place the zucchini, silverbeet, barley, stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, stirring occasionally for 30 minutes- topping up with water to cover, as needed. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Season to taste.
Enjoy.
Notes: * option to omit and bulk up on the remaining ingredients. Adding a variety of extra greens such as silverbeet & kale is delicious.
