Wheat berry salad with feta and cherry tomatoes
This delicious wheat berry salad with feta cheese, cherry tomatoes and a balsamic vinaigrette is the perfect light meal that can be served for lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
 | 1.5 cups uncooked wheat berries or pearled wheat. You can also use quinoa or bulger if that is what you have. |
 | 10-12 cherry tomatoes |
 | 2 oz of mixed greens, such as arugula, mâche, frisée, chicory, romain lettuce, baby spinach, etc. |
 | (Optional) 1/2 chopped red onions or sweet onion |
 | 3 cups of liquid chicken stock or liquid vegetable stock. You can also use water with a stock cube. |
Dressing and flavoring ingredients:
 | 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar |
 | 1 tablespoon of olive oil |
 | 200 g (3/4 cup) of feta cheese |
 | Pinch of salt and pepper |
How to make this feta wheat berry salad
Wheat Berries — Stovetop
- Add the wheat berries, water, and salt to a saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for 5 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for about 30 minutes, or until the water is absorbed.
- Remove from heat and fluff with a fork.
- Let cool to room temperature.
Wheat Berries — Rice Cooker
- Add the wheat berries, water, and salt to the rice cooker.
- Turn it on and cook until finished.
- Transfer to a large bowl and fluff with a fork.
- Let cool to room temperature.
Salad Assembly
- Chop the feta and any optional ingredients (such as red onion) into small pieces.
- Whisk together the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a small bowl.
- Combine the cooled wheat berries, mixed greens, tomatoes, feta, optional ingredients, and dressing in a large salad bowl.
- Toss well and serve.
A first bite into this wheat berries salad with feta and cherry tomatoes and you will dive into an interesting mix of flavours and textures. From salty feta to the sweetness of cherry tomatoes and tartness of balsamic vinegar, it all creates a beautiful medley together.
And if you want a quick dinner or a packed lunch, look no further. A healthy and light meal, this salad is also very simple to make. It is a great way to use up any leftover vegetables in your fridge.
You mix it up and add other ingredients to this salad, I’m adding red onion and greens, but you can also add ingredients like fresh cucumbers, broccoli, etc.
Now, I usually use a rice cooker to cook the wheat berries, since I can just set it and leave it to go do other things. But I have made it on the stove as well, so I have included instructions for both.
The recipe makes four portions, but you can scale the ingredients up or down, depending on how many people you are looking to feed.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups uncooked wheat berries
- 3 cups water, liquid chicken stock, or liquid vegetable stock
- 200 g of feta cheese (3/4 cup)
- 2 oz of mixed greens
- 10-12 cherry tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 4 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
- pinch of salt and pepper
- 1/2 chopped red onion (optional)
Instructions
Wheat berries on the stove top:
- In a saucepan, add the wheat berries along with water and salt and bring to a boil over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for about 30 minutes, or until water is absorbed.
- Remove from heat and mix with a fork.
- Let wheat berries cool to room temperature.
Wheat berries in a rice cooker:
- Add the wheat berries, water and salt into the the rice cooker and turn it on.
- Once it is finished, remove from the rice cooker into a large bowl and mix with a fork.
- Let wheat berries cool to room temperature.
Other ingredients:
- Chop the cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, and any optional ingredients into small quarters.
- In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
- Move the wheat berries to a large salad bowl, and combine it with the mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, optional ingredients, and salad dressing.
- Toss the salad and serve.
Nutrition
Please note: We are not certified nutritionists and these estimates written and produced for entertainment purposes only.
What to serve with it?
This wheat berry salad with feta and cherry tomatoes salad is a great light and healthy lunch or dinner, but you can also serve it as a side dish along with other meals such as baked chicken and brussels sprouts or a homemade mushroom soup.
How to store it?
You can prepare the wheat berry salad with feta and cherry tomatoes in advance, but I don’t recommend adding the greens and dressing into the mix.
The salad will become heavy and wilt with the dressing on top, so it is best to keep them separately. I would keep them separate in the fridge, and when ready to serve mixing them at that point.
