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Warm Pearl Barley and Chicken Breast Salad

Warm Pearl Barley and Chicken Breast Salad

This warm salad has pretty much everything in it: meat and cereals, greenies and legumes. Therefore, you should try and use one of the largest bowls in your kitchen. These quantities are for 3 servings. Eat responsibly.

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Ingredients Needed for Warm Pearl Barley and Chicken Breast Salad

1 cup pearl barley
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 bay leaves
3 garlic cloves, chopped
½ onion, sliced
1 chili, sliced
4 kale leaves, cut and chopped
½ medium cucumber, cubed
5 ounces of chicken breast, cooked and pulled
3 cherry tomatoes, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
4 mint leaves, chopped
4 fresh basil leaves
1 tablespoon pine nut, fried
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt
pepper

How to Make Warm Pearl Barley and Chicken Breast Salad

  1. Heat approximately 3 cups of water in a pot over medium heat, salt it and add the pearl barley. Cook and stir for 25 minutes.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over low heat. Add the bay leaves, garlic, and onion. Cook and stir until tender, or for 5-6 minutes.
  3. Add the chili and the boiled pearl barley. Cook and stir for 1 minute.
  4. Add the kale leaves and stir them in. Cook for 1 minute more and remove from heat.
  5. Transfer the barley mixture to a bowl. Add the cucumber, chicken breast, cherry tomatoes, parsley, mint and basil leaves, the pine nuts, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper and mix until even.
Pear and Lamb's Lettuce Salad with Brie and Citrus Vinaigrette

Pear and Lamb’s Lettuce Salad With Brie and Citrus Vinaigrette

Incredibly long name for a salad? Well, it’s an incredibly scrumptious salad! It’s not only about the successful blend of lamb’s lettuce (also known as ‘corn salad’), pear, red currants, and protein-rich Brie. It’s also about the vinaigrette based on orange and lemon juice.

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Ingredients Needed for Pear and Lamb’s Lettuce Salad With Brie and Citrus Vinaigrette

2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons balsamic reduction sauce
1 pear, cored and sliced
6 ounces of lamb’s lettuce
2 tablespoons red currants
4 ounces Brie, cubed

How to Make Pear and Lamb’s Lettuce Salad With Brie and Citrus Vinaigrette

  1. Add the orange juice, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, and balsamic reduction sauce to a small bowl. Mix them and set aside.
  2. Add the lamb’s lettuce, pear, currants, and Brie to a bowl. Drizzle with the citrus dressing and mix everything.
Pear and Walnut Pizza

Pear and Walnut Pizza

Aren’t you tired of topping your pizza with the same ingredients over and over again? Don’t you feel the need for something different from time to time? In case you do, try pear wedges and walnuts for a change.

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Ingredients Needed for Pear and Walnut Pizza

1 pizza dough
1 cup low moisture mozzarella, grated
3 ounces blue cheese
1 pear, cut into thin wedges
2 tablespoons walnuts, crumbled

How to Make Pear and Walnut Pizza

  1. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and add the pizza dough on it.
  2. Top it with grated mozzarella, blue cheese, pear wedges, and walnuts.
  3. Bake for 20 minutes at 400⁰F/200⁰C.
Baked Pears with Yogurt and Honey

Baked Pears With Yogurt and Honey

Hmm, buttery baked pears with just a tad of brown sugar sprinkled over them, flavored with rosemary and cinnamon and served with yogurt and honey. A fancy dessert that is low on carbs and not at all high in fats. It’s ready in 20-25 minutes and is so yummy!

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Ingredients Needed for Baked Pears With Yogurt and Honey

2 pears, halved and cored
4 teaspoons butter
brown sugar
2 rosemary sprigs
4 tablespoons yogurt
4 teaspoons honey
cinnamon for garnishing

How to Make Baked Pears With Yogurt and Honey

  1. Add the pears cut-side up to a baking dish and top each one with 1 teaspoon of butter.
  2. Sprinkle them with brown sugar, add the rosemary sprigs, then bake for 15 minutes at 350⁰F/175⁰C.
  3. Serve the baked pears with yogurt and honey and garnish them with cinnamon.
Pear, kiwi, and cucumber smoothie

Pear, Kiwi, and Cucumber Smoothie

‘Health in a glass’, that’s how this (and every smoothie out there, for that matter) should be named. That’s what they are, basically. This one is cucumber, celery, pears, and kiwi fruits blended together. Would you share it?

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Ingredients Needed for Pear, Kiwi, and Cucumber Smoothie

½ cucumber, peeled
1 celery stick, sliced
2 pears, peeled and sliced/cubed
2 kiwi fruits, peeled and halved

How to Make Pear, Kiwi, and Cucumber Smoothie

  1. Add all the ingredients to a measuring cup and blend them.
  2. Serve in a glass (or glasses) with straws.
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Grilled Pear and Halloumi Salad

You’ve come to the right place for a fruity and cheesy, salty and sweet warm salad. We’ve chosen Santa Maria pears, but this is not cast in stone. You can choose Anjou, or Bosc pears, or what have you. It doesn’t really matter as long as they are pears. Bake them with onion, grill some Halloumi and serve them together on a bed of valerian, also known as corn salad or lamb’s lettuce.

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Ingredients Needed for Grilled Pear and Halloumi Salad

2 Santa Maria pears
2 small-sized red onions, wedged
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 ounces of halloumi cheese, sliced
1-ounce fresh valerian (corn salad)
fresh thyme
2 tablespoons of peanuts, roasted

How to Make Grilled Pear and Halloumi Salad

  1. Add the pears to the work surface, cut off their stems and scoop out the seeds.
  2. Cut them into wedges and transfer them to a baking dish.
  3. Add the red onion wedges and drizzle with olive oil.
  4. Roast for 15 minutes at 360⁰F/180⁰C.
  5. Add the Halloumi cheese to a grill pan. Grill them for 4 minutes on both sides.
  6. Serve the pear wedges and onion wedges on a bed of corn salad. Garnish with thyme and roasted peanuts.
Pear and Walnut Phyllo Pockets

Pear and Walnut Phyllo Pockets

These pear-stuffed buttery phyllo pastry pockets are really hard to turn down. And that’s mainly thanks to their crushed walnut and soft pear filling. Enhance the flavor with cinnamon, amaretto, and basil. Then bake. They are just as yummy if served warm or cold.

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Ingredients Needed for Pear and Walnut Phyllo Pockets

4 ounces of walnuts
2 tablespoons of butter
⅓ cup vegetable oil
2 pears, diced
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon amaretto
1 teaspoon fresh basil, chopped
6 phyllo sheets

How to Make Pear and Walnut Phyllo Pockets

  1. Add the walnuts to a blender and crush them.
  2. Start melting the butter in a pot over low heat. Add 1 teaspoon of oil, pears, and sugar.
  3. Cook and stir until they start to get tender and add the cinnamon. Keep cooking and stirring until the mix starts bubbling.
  4. Add the amaretto and basil and stir them in. Simmer for 5 minutes.
  5. Add the crushed walnuts, stir them in, then remove from heat.
  6. Coat 1 phyllo sheet with vegetable oil using a brush, then add 2 more on top of it and do the same. Add about 1/2 of the pear mixture on the lower part of the phyllo pastry stack and wrap. Do the same with the other 3 phyllo sheets and the remaining pear mixture.
  7. Transfer the two packages to a baking dish, coat them with oil and bake for 25 minutes at 380⁰F/190⁰C.
Pearl Barley Porridge Cake (Barley Koliva)

Pearl Barley Porridge Cake (Barley Koliva)

This type of porridge used to be consumed as ritual food across Eastern Europe. Nowadays, it is served on nonreligious occasions, too, and we’re so happy about this because it is a mega-delicious and nutritious dessert. And how can it be otherwise when you bring barley, semolina, and walnuts together, sweeten them and flavor them with rum extract and lemon zest?

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Ingredients Needed for Pearl Barley Porridge Cake (Barley Koliva)

1 pound pearl barley
8 cups of warm water
salt
¼ cup semolina
1 ½ cups of sugar
2 cups of walnuts, ground
1 teaspoon rum extract
2 teaspoons of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
3 tablespoons of sprinkles

How to Make Pearl Barley Porridge Cake (Barley Koliva)

  1. Add the pearl barley and warm water to a bigger pot over medium heat, season with salt and boil for 30 minutes.
  2. Add the semolina flour and sugar and lower the heat. Cook and stir for 10 minutes.
  3. Remove from heat, add 1.5 cups of ground walnuts and stir them in.
  4. Press this mixture into a Springform pan, then transfer this cake to a plate.
  5. Sprinkle on top the remaining ground walnuts and garnish the cake with cocoa powder and sprinkles.
Sweet and Sour Walnut and Pear Salad

Sweet and Sour Walnut and Pear Salad

This salad combines in a valiant way sweet and sour. Mix juicy pear slices and honey with baby spinach and pomegranate seeds. Toss these together with crunchy roasted walnuts, tangy vinegar, and mustard.

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Ingredients Needed for Sweet and Sour Walnut and Pear Salad

2 ounces of walnuts
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
salt
pepper
8 ounces of baby spinach
2 ounces of pomegranate seeds
1 medium pear, sliced
4 ounces of blue cheese, crumbled (for serving)

How to Make Sweet and Sour Walnut and Pear Salad

  1. Add the walnuts to a baking dish and roast them for 10 minutes at 360⁰F/180⁰C. Set aside.
  2. Add the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, and mustard to a bowl. Mix them using a teaspoon. Season with salt and pepper and mix more.
  3. Add the baby spinach, pomegranate seeds, sliced pear, and roasted walnuts. Mix all using two spatulas. Serve topped with the crumbled blue cheese.
Caramel Coated Pears

Caramel Coated Pears

Soaked in our homemade caramel sauce, these pears may not actually be diet-friendly, but, it’s Christmas so we can indulge in our guilty pleasures. The caramel is nice, tender, and decadent, and it is the perfect coating for the pears. They’re ready in around 45 minutes.

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Ingredients Needed for Caramel Coated Pears

7 ounces of butter
2 cups of brown sugar
1 cup condensed milk
2 tablespoons of honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 pears
¼ cup crushed almonds
0.25 cup crushed walnuts

How to Make Caramel Coated Pears

  1. Add the butter in a large bowl and microwave it for the next 2 minutes in order for it to melt.
  2. Mix the melted butter with brown sugar, condensed milk, honey, and vanilla extract.
  3. Next, microwave the mixture for the next 4 minutes.
  4. Line a baking dish with parchment paper and lay the pears in it.
  5. Coat the pears with the caramel mixture.
  6. Let them sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  7. Coat them with the crushed almonds and walnuts.
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