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Desciption

this salad can be served as a main dish--it has a combination of grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds to provide complete proteins--or as a side dish. it is a versatile dish, too. you could easily swap out various ingredients to adjust it to your taste. for example, you could swap oranges for limes, rice for wheat berries, lentils for beans, parsley for cilantro, or roasted sweet potatoes for beets.

Tags

#Lactose #Time-to-make #Course #Main-ingredient #Preparation #Occasion #Salads #Beans #Vegetables #Dinner-party #Dietary #Egg-free #Free-of-something #Pasta-rice-and-grains #Brunch #4-hours-or-less

Steps

1. Cook the wheat berries in salted water until softened and chewy
2. You can either soak overnight to reduce cooking time
3. Bring to a boil
4. Remove from heat and then let soak a few hours in advance
5. Or bring to a boil and simmer until cooked through
6. "it is important to salt the water when cooking the grains so they absorb the salt and have flavor--but dont over salt !"
7. Once the wheat berries are cooked to your desired consistency
8. Drain them and drizzle with the rice wine vinegar
9. Heat oven to 400f while the wheat berries are cooking
10. Cut the tops and bottoms off the beets
11. Peel
12. And cube into 1 / 2" pieces
13. In a bowl
14. Toss cubed beets with the 2 tbsp olive oil and salt to taste
15. Spread evenly on a cooking sheet
16. Cook beets until they are beginning to caramelize
17. Remove from oven and allow to cool a bit
18. In a large bowl
19. Add cooked wheat berries
20. Drained beans
21. Roasted beets
22. Walnuts
23. Pumpkin seeds
24. Scallions
25. Cilantro
26. Lime zest and juice
27. And olive oil
28. Stir well
29. Taste
30. Season with more salt
31. Acid
32. Or oil to bring the flavors in to balance