Crispy Wheatberry Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup wheat berries
• 1 red pepper
• 1 yellow pepper
• 4 medium tomatoes
• 1/2 english cucumber
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/2 large red onion
• 2 green onions
• 1 carrot
• 1/2 roasted red pepper (optional)
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 1 cup raisins
• 3 key limes, juice of
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• balsamic vinegar
• hot pepper sauce (as much heat as you want) or chili pepper flakes (as much heat as you want)
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons cilantro
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 cook wheat berry in simmering salted water for about 2 hours. (will become tender, but still remain slightly chewy) (alternatively can soak in cold water overnight, and reduce cooking time to 50 minutes) drain.
• 2 while that’s cooking, dice all the vegetables.
• 3 mix items for juice together.
• 4 in a large bowl, add wheatberry, all the veggies, and top with juice. add seeds and raisins. add olive oil at the end, just enough to moisten salad.
• 5 add more salt and pepper if needed.