I bought a
bag of wheat berries so long ago because I thought they were pretty but had no clue what to do with them.
Once everything is cooked and ready — take half of the veggie sauté mixture and add it to the protein along with
half of the wheat berry / bean mixture.
Spread them out on a large cutting board and cool for a few minutes; then chop them into small pieces, about the
size of the wheat berries themselves.
We are still enjoying the double batch of muhammara I made last weekend, and this has been one of my favorite combinations: a
bowl of wheat berries and roasted veggies topped with a big dollop of that rich spread.
Instead of the wheat berries called for in this recipe, use leftover cooked barley from Monday's dinner to add texture to a salad of mustard greens, arugula, and tender roasted squash.
The result is a chewy, tender grain that packs a punch: a
serving of wheat berries has triple the fiber and twice the protein as brown rice.
You get just enough crunch from the pecans to play off the
chewiness of the wheat berries, and just enough sweetness from the maple yogurt to play off the tart edge of the cranberries.
An O.G. grain bowl of sorts, it
consists of wheat berries and soybeans marinated in a bracing blend of mayo, fresh herbs, lemon juice, and apple cider vinegar, and tossed with crunchy fresh veggies and scallions.
Dwarf wheat and semi-dwarf wheat crops have replaced their taller cousins, and these wheat strains require less time and less fertilizer to produce a robust
crop of wheat berries.
I had a busy few weeks and had very minimal shopping time, so all I had was an old
bag of wheat berries, a butternut...
Another example would be eating a
bowl of wheat berries (or oatmeal or quinoa or amaranth or any other unprocessed whole grain) instead of whole wheat flour products like breads, crackers, and pastas (or gluten free versions of the same).
I made this dish on Sunday morning with pearled barley
instead of wheat berries (shorter cooking time) and I used craisins instead of real cranberries and dry fruit.
Because it is a whole wheat flour
it all of the wheat berry is used - the germ, the bran, and the endosperm.
We just need a few ingredients to make this salad: a pair of delicata squash, a cup
of wheat berries, a bunch of scallions, and a block of feta.