Cooked Wheat

Cooked Wheat

1 cup whole wheat
4 cups water, approximately

Place whole wheat in hot crock pot. Bring water to a boil. Pour hot water over wheat in crock pot, making sure to cover whole wheat and allow for triple increase of grain. Turn off crock pot and leave covered overnight. In the morning, drain the whole wheat and spoon into a plastic container. Store in refrigerator.

USES FOR COOKED WHEAT:
For warm cereal: Serve as you would oatmeal; flavoring with cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, honey, your favorite dried or fresh fruit, and milk.
Sprinkle on fresh green salads.
Stir into yogurt before eating.
Cooked wheat can pick up the flavors of that with which it cooks.
A cup of wheat to vegetable, meat or poultry soups increases the nutritional value.
Add to your favorite tuna, chicken, and pasta casserole recipes.
Sandwich fillings, such as tuna, turkey, or chicken can have whole wheat added.
Include in spaghetti, enchiladas, or tacos, by adding the wheat to your recipe as you brown the ground beef, shredded beef, or chicken in order to soak up the flavors of the meat as well as the spices.
Run cooked wheat through a meat grinder – use it like ground beef in patties, loaves, chili, casseroles. Doesn’t taste like meat, but they taste good and are so much more healthy and less expensive.

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