Recipe - Barley-Vegetable Pilaf

1 cup Chopped onion
4 ounce Fresh mushrooms; cut or sliced up
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 cup Medium pearl barley
3 teaspoon Instant chicken bouillon
granules
3 cup Boiling water
1 teaspoon Hot redpepper sauce
1 Each; medium: red bell
pepper, minced , and
zucchini, cut or sliced up

Notes: From Houston (Texas) Chronicle.

Combine onion, mushrooms and oil in a 2quart glass measure. Cover with
vented plastic wrap. Microwave on high 3 minutes. Add barley, bouillon,
boiling water and pepper sauce. Recover and microwave on high 2 to 3
minutes, or until water returns to a boil. Then microwave on medium (50
percent) 15 minutes.

Add bell pepper and zucchini; recover. Microwave on medium 10 minutes. Let
stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.

Makes 4 (1cup) servings, each: 221 calories, 4 grams protein, 4 grams fat,
43 grams carbohydrates, 6 grams fiber, no cholesterol, 78 milligrams
sodium.

Posted to recipeludigest by ncanty@juno.com (Nadia I Canty) on Mar 28,
1998