Garden Barley Bowl with Turkey Feta Bites & Creamy Avocado
Turkey is lean, versatile and can easily be flexed into all your everyday favourite dishes. This Garden Barley Bowl with Turkey Feta Bites and Creamy Avocado is as tasty as it is beautiful and is packed full of seasonal veggies that will have you feeling your best.
Garden Barley Bowl with Turkey Feta Bites & Creamy Avocado
Garden Barley Bowl with Turkey Feta Bites & Creamy Avocado
| Servings | Prep Time | Cook Time |
| 6 | 15minutes | 15minutes |
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 6 | 15minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 15minutes |
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups dry barley cooked in broth (yields about 5 cups)
- 500 g ground turkey
- 150 g feta cheese crumbled (1 cup)
- 4 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 4 radishes sliced thin
- 3 cups kale torn
- 2 ripe avocado pitted and peeled
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup purple cabbage or red dragon cabbage shredded
- 1 tbsp oil
- 20 cherry tomatoes halved
- 10 pea shoots
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Instructions
- Using your hands combine ground turkey, 100g of the feta cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper in a medium mixing bowl. Once the mixture is well incorporated, form small meatballs by rolling approximately 1 tablespoon of the mixture between your palms.
- Set a frying pan to medium heat and add 2 tablespoons olive oil to heat. Add the turkey feta meatballs and fry for 2-3 minutes before turning them all with tongs. Do this until the meatballs are sealed and cooked through, about 9-12 minutes. Test by cutting through one meatball. Set meatballs aside.
- In a small saucepan bring white vinegar to a boil, then remove from heat. Place radishes in a mason jar and pour the vinegar over them. Let sit.
- In the same frying pan, fry kale for 3-4 minutes over medium heat, until tender and some pieces crisp up. Set aside.
- In a high-powered blender emulsify avocado, garlic, lemon juice, salt and olive oil. The dressing should be rich and thick, but thin enough to be poured. If it’s too thick add 1-2 tablespoons of water at a time, and blend until it’s at a desired thickness. Set aside.
- In a small bowl drizzle cabbage with 1 tablespoon of oil and sprinkle with salt, and massage with hands until tender. Set aside.
- Fill 4 bowls with equal amounts of barley, drizzle with avocado dressing then garnish with turkey feta meatballs, tomatoes, pickled radish, kale, cabbage and pea shoots. Add more dressing to the top if desired.
Recipe Notes
Tip: You can make this barley bowl at home with any mixture of fresh, pickled and cooked vegetables you have on hand, just use barley as the base, and the dressing and meatballs as your takeoff point.
