Barley Home Remedy

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 tablespoons pearl barley
• 3 cups water
• 2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (optional)

Recipe

• 1 place water and barley in a 1 1/2 quart pot. bring to a boil. let boil until liquid is reduced by half, approximately 10 to 15 minutes, which allows the natural sugars to come out of the barley. the remaining liquid should be brown.
• 2 drain the barley, saving the liquid, and either eat the cooked barley or throw away (it's only 2 tablespoons).
• 3 return the liquid to the pot and add up to 2 tablespoon sugar, or other sweetner of choice.
• 4 simmer the liquid for about 15 minutes. if you want, at the end of simmering for 15 minutes, add up to 2 tablespoons lemon juice (although, for me personally, adding lemon juice would just get in the way of the barley flavor).
• 5 serve warm out of a coffee cup.