This Greek Barley Salad is one of my favs recently for an easy recipe I can meal prep when I’m having a busy week. I’ll make it up, and store it in mason jars in my fridge to easily grab-and-go, or in one big bowl to eat from for the week. It’s healthy and so tasty so I can feel good about eating it.

❤️ Why You’ll Love Barley Salad

• Healthy: This salad is loaded with veggies and healthy grains, and you will feel good about nourishing your body with this salad
• Delicious: I love anything with a Greek spin to it, and the mix of flavors in this Barley Salad is so flavorful and good

🍲 Ingredients

Barley – Barley is high in fiber which can help with both your cholesterol and blood sugar levels. It is great for your digestion and can be substituted into any recipe that calls for grains

Dressing – This dressing is a simple, Greek dressing that you can use on this salad, and just make it on its own to use on other salads. It is a tasty and easy recipe to have in your back pocket

👩‍🍳 How to Make Barley Salad

1. Make the dressing: whisk together all of the dressing ingredients and set aside.
2. To a large bowl add all of the salad ingredients, drizzle over the dressing, and then toss to combine.

🪄 Tips and Tricks

• Protein: For extra protein add 2 cups chopped cooked chicken or one 14-15 oz can of white beans (drained and rinsed)
• Dressing: You can use any dressing on this salad that you love. You can even use store-bought dressing if you prefer

🗒 Variations & Substitutions

• Healthy Chicken Salad: This is a similar version of this salad but with more beans. It’s so tasty!
• Grain: You can use couscous, barley, quinoa, or whatever you prefer for this recipe and it’ll change the consistency but still taste so good

🗒 Best served with

• Fluffy Greek Pita Bread Recipe
• Gyros
• Greek Chicken Souvlaki

👝 How to Store Leftovers

Store leftovers in an airtight container for 4-5 days. The dressing will marinade the salad over time and become more and more flavorful, but it may change the consistency of some of the veggies so you might want to keep them separate.

🤔 Common Questions

Greek Barley Salad

Created By: Maria Koutsogiannis

5 from 7 votes

This Greek Barley Salad is so easy to make, and the perfect recipe to prep for a healthy lunch to reach for all-week-long.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Salad

Cuisine Greek

Servings 4

Calories 485 kcal

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Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups cooked pearl or regular barley (about 3/4 cup dry barley)
• 200 g feta cheese, crumbled
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 large cucumber, diced into bite-sized pieces
• 1 red pepper, diced into bite-sized pieces
• 1 cup regular or garlic-stuffed green olives, halved
• 1 cup diced red onions

For the Greek dressing

• ⅓ cup olive oil
• ½ tbsp dried oregano
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• juice of one lemon
• ½ tbsp red wine vinegar
• 2 garlic cloves, pressed

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Instructions

 

• Make the dressing: whisk together all of the dressing ingredients and set aside.
• To a large bowl add all of the salad ingredients, drizzle over the dressing and then toss to combine.

Notes

• For extra protein add 2 cups chopped cooked chicken or one 14-15 oz can of white beans (drained and rinsed)
• If you like this salad, try our Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe

Nutrition

Calories: 485kcal | Carbohydrates: 46.9g | Protein: 12.4g | Fat: 30.2g | Saturated Fat: 10.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15.7g | Cholesterol: 44.5mg | Sodium: 1343.9mg | Fiber: 5.5g | Sugar: 7.3g

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