×
  • Home
  • Daily
    • Buyers Guides
    • Composting
    • Container Gardening
    • Easy Healthy Recipes
    • Food Preservation
    • Garden Design
    • Garden Tools
    • Gardening LIfe
      • Animals in the Garden
      • Funny Business
      • Gardening History
      • Gardening Humor
      • Gardening Mishaps
      • Gardening Poems
      • Gardening Romance
      • Gardening Science
      • Gardening with Kids
      • Healing Gardens
      • Joy of Gardening
      • Mystical Gardens
      • Ornamental Gardening
    • Growing Fruits & Berries
    • Indoor Gardening
    • Pests & Diseases
    • Seeds & Seedlings
    • Soil & Fertilizer
    • Spice & Herb Gardening
    • Vegetable Gardening
    • Watering & Irrigation
  • Freebies
  • Videos
  • Magazines
    • Food Gardening Magazine
    • GreenPrints Magazine
    • RecipeLion Magazine
  • Books
    • GuideBooks
    • Cookbooks
      • Beverages
      • Bakery
      • Breakfast
      • Appetizers
      • Salads & Dressings
      • Soups
      • Entrées
      • Side Dishes & Sauces
      • Desserts
    • Story Collections
    • StoryBooks
    • Recipe Collections
  • Kits
    • Garden Calendars
    • Garden Plans
    • Recipe Cards
    • Greeting Cards
    • ArtPrints
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Affiliate Program
  • Sponsor Program
  • Give a Gift
  • Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
  • Authors
  • GreenPrints Writer’s Guidelines
  • Keyword Index
  • Join
Celebrating 5 Years of Food Gardening

Food Gardening Network

Growing food, fun & more

Give a GiftJoin
Mequoda Publishing Network
  • Daily
    • Buyers Guides
    • Composting
    • Container Gardening
    • Easy Healthy Recipes
    • Food Preservation
    • Garden Design
    • Garden Tools
    • Gardening Life
      • Animals in the Garden
      • Funny Business
      • Gardening History
      • Gardening Humor
      • Gardening Mishaps
      • Gardening Poems
      • Gardening Romance
      • Gardening Science
      • Gardening with Kids
      • Healing Gardens
      • Joy of Gardening
      • Mystical Gardens
      • Ornamental Gardening
    • Growing Fruits & Berries
    • Indoor Gardening
    • Pests & Diseases
    • Seeds & Seedlings
    • Soil & Fertilizer
    • Spice & Herb Gardening
    • Vegetable Gardening
    • Watering & Irrigation
  • Freebies
  • Videos
  • Magazines
    • Food Gardening Magazine
    • GreenPrints Magazine
    • RecipeLion Magazine
  • Books
    • GuideBooks
    • Cookbooks
      • Beverages
      • Bakery
      • Breakfast
      • Appetizers
      • Salads & Dressings
      • Soups
      • Entrées
      • Side Dishes & Sauces
      • Desserts
    • Story Collections
    • StoryBooks
    • Recipe Collections
  • Kits
    • Garden Calendars
    • Garden Plans
    • Recipe Cards
    • Greeting Cards
    • ArtPrints
  • Sign In
  • Search

Wheat Berry Salad

Gardening Guide: Field Guide to Wheat

arrow-left Previous
Next arrow-right

Wheat Berry Salad

Cook up this easy, healthy Wheat Berry Salad for a quick, colorful, and nutritious meal.

By Norann Oleson

Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

Wheat Berry Salad

If you’ve never had a Wheat Berry Salad, you’re in for a treat. Wheat berries, like other grains, can be cooked and eaten whole. In fact, whole wheat berries deliver the most nutrition and fiber wheat has to offer. Because the kernel is left intact, nearly all the nutrition remains.

Boiling wheat berries gives them a chewy bite and nutty flavor. Once cooked, the plumped berries can be tossed in salads, served as the base for a hearty breakfast bowl, or sprinkled into baked goods for extra texture and fiber. Cooked wheat berries lend themselves to both sweet and savory combinations—from salads with scallions, spinach, and butternut squash to fruitier recipes with dried cherries, diced apples, and a spoonful of honey. You can add cooked wheat berries to soups or chili—giving vegetarian chili a ‘meatier’ taste. You can also serve them hot along a side of sauteed mushrooms, steamed asparagus, or in a wrap with sweet potatoes and black beans.

Because uncooked wheat berries store well, retaining their flavor and nutrition for years, with a good supply of them you can look forward to enjoying this healthful, delicious addition to your recipes any time you like!

As for this Wheat Berry Salad, the combination of nutty wheat berries and both sweet and savory flavors will have your mouth watering the moment you see this salad on your plate! This easy and filling salad is bursting with nutrition and color—you’ll be serving this recipe again and again.

Print
Wheat Berry Salad

Wheat Berry Salad

5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

No reviews

Cook up this easy, healthy Wheat Berry Salad for a quick, colorful, and nutritious meal.

  • Author: Norann Oleson
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Additional Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 3 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 38 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 6
  • Category: Salads & Dressings

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 1/2 cups hard wheat berries
  • 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup tart dried cherries, chopped
  • 1/4 cup diced red or yellow pepper
  • 1/4 cup diced red onion
  • 6 to 8 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 scallion, white and green parts, chopped
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped parsley leaves
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. In a large pot combine the wheat berries and enough water to come 2 inches over the wheat berries. Bring to a boil and cook uncovered for 1 hour, or until tender. Drain and let cool, about 20 minutes.
  2. Toast the walnuts in a medium dry skillet over medium-high heat until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
  3. In a large bowl, combine the wheat berries, walnuts, celery, dried cherries, scallions, peppers, red onion, tomatoes, parsley, olive oil, and lemon juice. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

Have you tried this Wheat Berry Salad recipe? What did you think of the flavors? Please tell us how it worked out for you.

arrow-left Previous
Next arrow-right

Tags

butternut squash, potatoes

Comments

Click here to cancel reply.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Curator’s Corner
  • Introduction
  • Feature Articles

  • Types of Wheat
  • Growing Wheat from Seeds
  • Where to Grow Wheat
  • Planting Wheat in the Ground
  • Nurturing your Wheat Plants
  • Harvesting your Wheat
  • Preserving and Storing Wheat
  • Dealing with Wheat Diseases
  • Dealing with Wheat Pests
  • Essential Tools and Equipment for Growing and Enjoying Wheat
  • Can You Grow Wheat at Home?
  • Plant Profiles

  • Spelt Wheat
  • Einkorn Wheat
  • Emmer Wheat
  • Durum Wheat
  • Michigan Amber Winter Wheat
  • Buckskin Hard Red Winter Wheat
  • Utrecht Blue Spring Wheat
  • Baart Early Spring Wheat
  • Turkey Red Winter Wheat
  • Recipes

  • Maple Banana Whole Wheat Muffins
  • Crunchy Whole Wheat Apple Crisp
  • Easy Whole Wheat Bread
  • Easy Whole Wheat Cheese Biscuits
  • Homemade Pizza Dough
  • Spelt Porridge with Roasted Blueberries
  • Slow Cooker Mediterranean Chicken and Farro
  • Wheat Berry Salad
  • Fresh Semolina (Durum Wheat) Pasta
  • Whole Wheat Sesame Crackers
  • Additional Articles

  • Nutrition Facts about Wheat
  • Health Benefits and Home Remedies of Wheat
  • Resources about Wheat
  • Wheat Glossary

Enter Your Log In Credentials

This setting should only be used on your home or work computer.

  • Lost your password? Create New Password
  • No account? Sign up

Need Assistance?

Call Food Gardening Network Customer Service at
(800) 777-2658

Food Gardening Network is an active member of the following industry associations:

  • American Horticultural Society
  • GardenComm Logo
  • GardenComm Laurel Media Award
  • MCMA logo
  • Join Now
  • Learn More
  • About Food Gardening Network
  • Contact Us
  • Affiliate Program
  • Sponsor Program
  • Give a Gift
  • Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Food Gardening Network
99 Derby Street, Suite 200
Hingham, MA 02043
support@foodgardening.mequoda.com

To learn more about our Email Marketing and Broadcasting Services, Exchange Program, or to become a marketing partner with any of our publications, click here to contact us at Mequoda Publishing Network.

FREE E-Newsletter for You!

Discover how to grow, harvest, and eat good food from your own garden—with our FREE e-newsletter, delivered directly to your email inbox.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Powered by
Mequoda Publishing Network
copyright © 2025 Mequoda Systems, LLC

Food Gardening Network®, Food Gardening Magazine® and GreenPrints® are registered trademarks of Mequoda Systems, LLC.