Chicken and barley salad

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 c Water
2/3 c Barley; uncooked quick-
-cooking barley
2 c Chicken; diced cooked
1/2 c Celery; diced
1/2 c Tomatoes; chopped
1/2 c Red onion; chopped
2 tb Lemon juice; fresh
1 tb Dijon mustard;
5 Lettuce; leaves

Bring water to a vigorous boil in a medium saucepan over high heat.
Stir in barley; return to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer
8-10 minutes or until barley is tender, stirring occasionally. Drain
if necessary; cool. Toss barley with remaining ingredients excpt
lettuce. Serve on lettuce leaves.

Food Exchanges per serving: 2 LEAN MEAT EXCHANGES + 1 STARCH EXCHANGE
+ 1 VEGETABLE EXCHANGE; CHO: 24g; PRO: 19g; FAT: 4g; CAL: 213;
Low-sodium diets; This recipe is excellent.

Source: The Art of Cooking for the Diabetic by Mary Abbott
Hess,R.D.,M.S. and Katharine Middleton
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