Greetings All,

I have developed a stuffing recipe which is tasty.

It involves barley (any beer drinkers favorite grain), broccoli,
cauliflower, and a tomato based sauce.

The Barley
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Most recipes for cooking pearled barley by itself call for 3:1
waterearled barley and some salt. Bring the water to a boil, add the
barley, cover and cook on low for about 45 minutes.

The Brocoli & Cauliflower
========================================
Steam 'em to heck. When done put them in a big pot/pan/bowl and mash em up!

The basics of the Sauce
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*Tomato sauce
*Red wine (no need for a Clarret cheap will do but not so cheap only a bum
will drink it)
*garlic to taste, I recommend fresh cloves pressed
*Italian spices (basil, anise seed, fennel seed, oregano, some chilli etc)
to taste
*Parmesan&/Romanno cheese (I am a cheesehead, GO PACK GO of course)
*Chopped Onion
Completely optional
*Some browned Italian sausage

Mix the barley, the vegs & the sauce up (Stir it up ........).

I like to use this stuffing in red bell peppers w/a parmesan/romano cheese
topping, I have stuffed breads with this and tomorrow I am going to make
pasta and make ravioli with this stuffing.

This idea works good w/steak as well but change the spice package. Use
lettuce leaf/garlic/fresh peppercorns/red wine instead.

in article , Mark A Framness at
wrote on 1/17/04 10:25 PM:

> Greetings All,
>
> I have developed a stuffing recipe which is tasty.
>
> It involves barley (any beer drinkers favorite grain), broccoli,
> cauliflower, and a tomato based sauce.
>
> The Barley
> ========================================
> Most recipes for cooking pearled barley by itself call for 3:1
> waterearled barley and some salt. Bring the water to a boil, add the
> barley, cover and cook on low for about 45 minutes.
>
> The Brocoli & Cauliflower
> ========================================
> Steam 'em to heck. When done put them in a big pot/pan/bowl and mash em up!
>
> The basics of the Sauce
> ========================================
> *Tomato sauce
> *Red wine (no need for a Clarret cheap will do but not so cheap only a bum
> will drink it)
> *garlic to taste, I recommend fresh cloves pressed
> *Italian spices (basil, anise seed, fennel seed, oregano, some chilli etc)
> to taste
> *Parmesan&/Romanno cheese (I am a cheesehead, GO PACK GO of course)
> *Chopped Onion
> Completely optional
> *Some browned Italian sausage
>
> Mix the barley, the vegs & the sauce up (Stir it up ........).
>
> I like to use this stuffing in red bell peppers w/a parmesan/romano cheese
> topping, I have stuffed breads with this and tomorrow I am going to make
> pasta and make ravioli with this stuffing.
>
> This idea works good w/steak as well but change the spice package. Use
> lettuce leaf/garlic/fresh peppercorns/red wine instead.
>
>

This sounds great as a filling for peppers!!!!
I would also like it as a casserole...maybe a main dish vegetarian thing:

I would blanch the veggies til they are just the other side of raw, mix them
together with the cooked barley, add butter, some cheese...diced red bell
peppers would be pretty too, onions, of course, maybe even some sliced
mushrooms. Maybe a nice blend of herbs, like a bouquet garni...

Top with buttered bread crumbs and parmagiano, bake for 30 minutes or so and
serve hot.

Sheryl Rosen wrote:

> in article , Mark A Framness
> at wrote on 1/17/04 10:25 PM:
>
>> Greetings All,
>>
>> I have developed a stuffing recipe which is tasty.
>>
>> It involves barley (any beer drinkers favorite grain), broccoli,
>> cauliflower, and a tomato based sauce.
>>

>
> This sounds great as a filling for peppers!!!!
> I would also like it as a casserole...maybe a main dish vegetarian thing:

As you can see above I am no vegetarian but I do believe we (those of us in
the USA at least and probably most in the developed world) eat more meat
than what nature intended us to eat; however, vegetarians eat less than
nature intends.

in article , Mark A Framness at
wrote on 1/19/04 9:53 PM:

> Sheryl Rosen wrote:
>
>> in article , Mark A Framness
>> at wrote on 1/17/04 10:25 PM:
>>
>>> Greetings All,
>>>
>>> I have developed a stuffing recipe which is tasty.
>>>
>>> It involves barley (any beer drinkers favorite grain), broccoli,
>>> cauliflower, and a tomato based sauce.
>>>
>
>>
>> This sounds great as a filling for peppers!!!!
>> I would also like it as a casserole...maybe a main dish vegetarian thing:
>
> As you can see above I am no vegetarian but I do believe we (those of us in
> the USA at least and probably most in the developed world) eat more meat
> than what nature intended us to eat; however, vegetarians eat less than
> nature intends.

Nor am I a vegetarian. Far from it.
But it's always nice to have a meatless meal that isn't pasta once in
awhile.

I try to avoid meat at least 2 days a week. This would be a nice alternative
to rice or pasta.