Middle Eastern-Style Summer Salad

• Salad Ingredients
• 3 cups cooked barley
• 3 large tomatoes, red or yellow, diced
• 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup pistachios
• 1/4 cup diced kalamata olives
• 1/2 preserved lemon, diced (or 1/4 cup caper berries)
• 1 bunch chilled blanched asparagus, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 2 cups garbanzo beans, drained
• Vinaigrette Ingredients
• 1/3 cup cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
• 1/4 cup za'atar spice

1. Whisk vinaigrette ingredients until emulsified.
2. Combine salad ingredients in large bowl.
3. Pour vinaigrette over salad, and stir until combined. Add salt and pepper to taste.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/35631-middle-eastern-style-summer-salad (may not work)