Cracked Wheat Salad
Martha Stamps, chef at Belle Meade Plantation, shares her recipe for a cracked wheat salad that makes good use of fresh from the garden vegetables such as carrots, beats and onions.
During a visit to the kitchen at Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville, Tennessee Allen met restaurant chef Martha Stamps. Martha shared with Allen her recipe for a cracked wheat salad that makes good use of fresh from the garden vegetables such as carrots, beats and onions.
To try more of Martha's recipes pick up a copy of Martha's at the Plantation, Seasonal Recipes from Belle Meade.
You can order autographed copies of Martha Stamps' cookbooks by emailing her at marthasattheplantation
@comcast.net. Her books are also available online through her publisher at www.hillstreetpress.com.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cracked wheat
- juice of 4 lemons
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 cucumber, peeled, shredded
- 1 4oz. bag radishes, trimmed, shredded
- 1 medium carrot, peeled, shredded
- 1 clove garlic, peeled, minced
- 2 tbsp. flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 2 tbsp. mint, chopped
- 2 tbsp. cilantro, chopped
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
Instructions
Place the cracked wheat in a mixing bowl and stir in the lemon juice and olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours, or overnight.
Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Notes
Recipe provided by Martha Stamps.
Time to prepare: 2 hours.
This recipe is vegetarian.
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