2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1\/2″ cubes
\n2 stalks celery, diced
\n1 red bell pepper, diced
\n1 bunch green onions, white part, sliced
\n1 cup fresh or canned pineapple, cut into 1\/2″ tidbits
\n1 cup cooked, chilled barley (see note)
\n1 cup mayonnaise or plain yogurt, or to taste
\n1\/4 cup bottled mango chutney (optional – in the international section of your supermarket)
\n1\/4 cup chopped fresh mint leaves or flat (Italian) parsley leaves (optional)<\/p>\n
Cook the sweet potato cubes until they are just tender: cook them in a pot of boiling water for about 5 minutes, or microwave for a few minutes until they are as soft as you like. Rinse under cold water to stop the cooking; drain.<\/p>\n
Combine the sweet potato cubes with the remaining ingredients. Serve at room temperature or chilled.<\/p>\n
4-6 servings<\/p>\n
Note: Instant Barley (Quaker brand) is available in most supermarkets, usually in the Soup section.\u00a0 It works just fine for this recipe and takes only about 10 minutes to cook.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1\/2″ cubes 2 stalks celery, diced 1 red bell pepper, diced 1 bunch green onions, white part, sliced 1 cup fresh or canned pineapple, cut into 1\/2″ tidbits 1 cup cooked, chilled barley (see note) 1 cup mayonnaise or plain yogurt, or to taste 1\/4 cup bottled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}