Black Barley

Isabella Palmer's salad of beetroot, barley and peas is a real show-stopper: textured, zippy and vibrant. The beetroot and the black barley are both full of antioxidant anthocyanins, giving them such rich colour. This salad keeps well in the fridge for batch lunches (but if you’re making ahead, add the crispy topping just before serving).

In this simple stew Isabella Palmer creates a delicious and sustaining meal from simple ingredients. Nutritious and nutty black barley grains are paired with sweet butternut squash and served with a bitter salad to balance the rich stew.

This salad is great for a lighter addition to a Christmas smorgasbord, or as a way to use up leftover turkey (and sprouts) in the days after Christmas. Just shred the turkey and add into the salad at assembly stage. Also delicious in the lead up to Christmas with a bit of salmon, or marinated tofu.

The salad of fermented Black Barley with seasonal tomatoes makes a perfect summer's day lunch served with a crunchy green salad and a slice of toasted sourdough to mop up the sensational juices.

This hybrid potato and grain salad adds spring herbs and vegetables to distinctive wholegrain black barley with freshly pickled red onion and a sweet and spicy mustard dressing.