Sprouting Wheat Berries and using Ground Wheat Berries in a starter..7/04/2011

The wheat berries were rinsed and put into clean water this morning.  I tasted a few wheat berries and now they are softening up.  I also fed the ground wheat berry starter last evening.

I was thinking about trying to grow some wheatgrass to juice, but read the wheat berries need to be hard winter wheat. Since I don’t know what type of winter wheat I have, I won’t try growing wheatgrass until I am sure I have the right kind.  I also read there are many other things that can be made from wheat berries like: made into cereal if boiled, used in homemade bread (chopped and blended in blender), stir in with rice, added to cookies, muffins, pancakes, or waffles, add to casseroles, stuffed peppers, meatloaf, meatballs, pasta sauce, mushroom and sprout sauce, added to sandwich spreads like tuna, avocado, chicken, and egg salad, sprinkled on yogurt, and sprinkled into stir-fry.  I also read where wheat berries can be toasted to make a snack or used in other ways.  I think the wheat berries need to be soaked first before they are roasted.  Wheat berries that have been soaked can also be toasted in a pan.

This recipe is one of many for using wheat berries.

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2010/01/roasted-root-vegetable-wheat-ber/

Pictures of wheat berries after being rinsed, put into clean water, few wheat berries cut apart, and starter with ground wheat berries after being fed the second time.

Norma