Lisa's Spicy Barley Vegetable Squash Recipe

• 1 x Carnival Squash, halved and seeded (looks like a white acorn squash, white flesh, doesn't get quite as soft when cooking, also comes in a marbled green and white variety, as well. [apparently])
• 1/2 c. Uncooked medium pearled barley
• 3 sm Summer (yellow) squash, thick sliced and quartered (about 2/3 c.)
• 3 x Ripe plum tomatoes, minced (about 1/2 c.)
• 1/2 c. Mushrooms, thick sliced and halved
• 1/2 x Vidalia onion, minced
• 2 tsp Crushed garlic (up to 3)
• 1/2 tsp Fresh grnd cumin
• 1/4 tsp Fresh grnd basil
• 3 tsp Spike (up to 4)
• 3 tsp East Indian Warm Curry (I used Williams-Sonoma, it has a really nice blend of flavors, to include the addition of cardamom and saffron) (up to 4)

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