Australian Wheat Berry Salad

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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This recipe makes 10 servings

Nutritional Info
Per each of 10 servings: about	-
cal	324324 cal
pro	8 g8g pro
total fat	13 g13g total fat
sat. fat	2 g2g sat. fat
carb	48 g48g carb
fibre	6 g6g fibre
chol	0 mg0mg chol
sodium	645 mg645mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	33 calcium
iron	2020 iron
vit A	77 vit A
vit C	4343 vit C
folate	2525 folate

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A friend of Joan's, also a farm woman, travelled through Australia last winter and brought back this recipe from a farm family she knows there. They make this chewy salad with brown rice, but Joan changed the grains to wheat, barley and wild rice to reflect her Saskatchewan crops. Look for wheat berries in your local health food store.

Ingredients

1 cup wheat berries 1 1cup cupwheat berrywheat berries
3/4 cup wild rice 3/4 3/4cup cupwild rice
1 cup pot barley 1 1cup cuppot barley
4 green onions , thinly sliced4 4green oniongreen onions, thinly sliced
1 sweet red pepper , diced1 1sweet red peppersweet red peppers, diced
1/3 cup raisins 1/3 1/3cup cupraisinraisins
1/2 cup toasted cashews , chopped1/2 1/2cup cuptoasted cashewcashews, chopped
1/2 cup sunflower seeds , toasted1/2 1/2cup cupsunflower seedsunflower seeds, toasted
Dressing:
1/4 cup canola oil 1/4 1/4cup cupcanola oil
1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 1/4cup cupsoy sauce
1/4 cup lemon juice 1/4 1/4cup cuplemon juice
1 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 1tbsp tbspDijon mustard
2 cloves garlic , minced2 2cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp each salt and pepper 1/4 1/4tsp tspeach salt and pepper

Preparation

In saucepan of boiling salted water, cover and simmer wheat berries until tender but firm, about 1-1/4 hours. Drain.

Meanwhile, in separate saucepan of boiling salted water, cover and simmer wild rice until tender and most grains are split, about 45 minutes. Drain.

Meanwhile, in third saucepan of boiling salted water, cover and simmer barley, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain.

Dressing: In large bowl, whisk together oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, mustard, garlic, salt and pepper.

Add wheat berries, wild rice, barley, green onions, red pepper and raisins. Toss to combine. (Make-ahead: Let cool. Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.) Stir in cashews and sunflower seeds.

Source : Canadian Living Magazine: November 2005