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Spring Salad Recipe
- with nutritional analysis -

BARLEY & ALMOND SALAD
Serves 4

Ingredients
2 cups (1 pint/470ml) low-sodium vegetable broth/stock
1 cup (200g) pearl barley
¼ tsp salt
1 (15oz/420g) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 large red bell pepper, diced
¾ cup (95g) diced zucchini/courgette
½ cup (54g) slivered almonds, roasted
1/3 cup (33g) diced scallions/spring onions
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Salt & pepper to taste

Preparation
Bring vegetable broth/stock to a boil in a medium pan.  Stir in barley and salt.  Cover and reduce heat; simmer 10-12 minutes or until tender.  Meanwhile, place kidney beans, pepper, zucchini/courgette, almonds and scallions/onions in a large salad bowl.

Transfer cooked barley to a colander and rinse with cold water (to cool it and prevent it from becoming sticky).  Transfer the cooled drained barley to salad bowl.  Add oil, vinegar and salt and pepper to taste; toss and serve.

Source: Portfolio Eating Plan

Nutritional Analysis

 

Per 100g

Per serving (327g)

% of RDA*

Energy (kJ/kcal)

512kJ/121kcal

1675kJ/397kcal

 

Protein

3.7g

12.2g

 

Carbohydrate

17.5g

57.1g

 

  Of which sugars

1.9g

6.1g

 

Total fat

4.5g

14.9g

 

  Saturated fat

0.5g

1.6g

 

  Monounsaturated fat

2.7g

8.8g

 

  Polyunsaturated fat

0.8g

2.7g

 

Fibre (Englyst)

1.8g

5.8g

24%

Sodium

0.16g

0.52g

 

Potassium

182mg

595mg

 

Sodium/Potassium ratio

0.87

0.87

 

Vitamin B1 (thiamin)

0.07mg

0.24mg

17%

  B2 (riboflavin)

0.05mg

0.16mg

10%

  B12

0.00mg

0.00mg

 

  Folate

15μg

50μg

25%

Vitamin D

0.00μg

0.00μg

 

Calcium

30mg

99mg

12%

Magnesium

31mg

101mg

34%

Iodine

0mg

1mg

<1%

Zinc

0.63mg

2.08mg

14%

Iron

1.12μg

3.67μg

25%

Selenium

1μg

5μg

9%

*Recommended daily allowance (Food labelling regulations)


Each serving provides

Calories

Sugar

Fat

Saturates

Salt**

397

6.1g

14.9g

1.6g

1.2g

20%

7%

21%

8%

20%

of your guideline daily amount (GDA***)

Nutritional Analysis

 

Per 100g

Per serving (230g)

% of RDA*

Energy (kJ/kcal)

1033kJ/248kcal

2377kJ/570kcal

 

Protein

4.0g

9.3g

 

Carbohydrate

19.8g

45.5g

 

  Of which sugars

4.7g

10.8g

 

Total fat

17.6g

40.4g

 

  Saturated fat

1.8g

4.2g

 

  Monounsaturated fat

12.7g

29.1g

 

  Polyunsaturated fat

2.1g

4.8g

 

Fibre (Englyst)

3.2g

7.4g

31%

Sodium

0.60g

1.369g

 

Potassium

416mg

957mg

 

Sodium/Potassium ratio

1.43

1.43

 

Vitamin B1 (thiamin)

0.12mg

0.29mg

21%

  B2 (riboflavin)

0.03mg

0.06mg

4%

  B12

0.00mg

0.00mg

 

  Folate

15μg

34μg

17%

Vitamin D

0.00μg

0.00μg

 

Calcium

62mg

142mg

18%

Magnesium

44mg

101mg

34%

Iodine

4μg

8μg

6%

Zinc

0.69mg

1.60mg

10%

Iron

1.63mg

3.75mg

27%

Selenium

2μg

4μg

8%

*Recommended daily allowance (Food labelling regulations)


Each serving provides

Calories

Sugar

Fat

Saturates

Salt**

570

10.8g

40.4g

4.2g

3.3g

29%

12%

58%

21%

55%

of your guideline daily amount (GDA***)

 

Nutritional information provided by Kathryn Salmon BSc (Hons), RPHNutr, Nutritionist, Salmon Nutrition, salmonnutrition@yahoo.co.uk

Footnotes:

Nutritional information is drawn from Composition of Food Tables published by authorities in the UK and other European countries and North America, as well as in other countries, such as China, Japan, and India.

*RDAs represent the requirements for an adult woman. Adolescent women and those of child bearing age, especially if pregnant or lactating, should use this information for interpretations with their health advisers. "Vitamin D" cannot yet distinguish D2 from D3. Cooking and preparation may alter some values, notably of vitamin C. Some recovery may be made by using vegetable waters in stocks, soups etc.

**To convert values for sodium into intakes of salt (sodium chloride) divide the sodium figure by 2 and multiply the result by 5: thus sodium 0.16g translates to 0.4gm of salt (which would represent 7% of the recommended intake of salt).

***The GDAs given are for a typical adult. If you have an active lifestyle, your personal GDA may be higher; conversely, if you are not very active, your GDA may be lower. Children, the elderly and pregnant women have different requirements.

Intakes of some elements depend on absorption of the food and elements from the gut. Fresh fruit and salad as side dishes nicely improve full nutritional benefit from meals. Nutrients from meals are likely to be more biologically effective than taken as supplements.

Data will be amplified as further relevant results become available.

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