1. Place wheat berries in a medium saucepan. Cover with water to 2 inches above wheat berries; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium, and cook 50 minutes or until chewy-tender. Drain and rinse with cold water; drain.
2. Place wheat berries and remaining ingredients in a large bowl; toss gently.
THE WHOLE-GRAINS BENTO
Holy whole grains! For crunchy-granola types, there's good-for-you nutrition all over this lunch, which gives you about two-thirds of the daily whole-grain recommendation.
Make Our Recipe- Wheat Berry, Kale, and Cranberry Salad
Then add…
12 100% whole-grain crackers (such as Wheat Thins)
1 ounce Manchego cheese, thinly sliced
2 whole-grain oatmeal cookies with chocolate (such as Kashi Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Cookies)
Serves 2
Each lunch contains 527 calories, 17.1g fat (6.2g sat fat), 15g protein, 83.8g carbs, 13.3g fiber, and 671mg sodium.
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