i'm in love. where has this delicious grain been all of my life? why haven't i heard about it until recently? i went to this fantastic lunch spot called souper jenny - if you live in atlanta, please tell me you know about this place. if you live in atlanta and don't know about souper jenny, you are missing out. my girlfriend made a quick stop in atlanta a few weeks ago, and headed straight there for lunch - it was closed. i think they closed for almost a month. how fantastic is that? she can do that though, because the food she serves is delicious, fresh, healthy, and simple. she knows when she reopens, the line at the door will be there. i went there last week for a quick bite and they were offering a wheatberry salad. it was fantastic. so over the weekend, i made my version. i found wheatberries at whole foods. i picked up some zucchini, yellow squash, a carrot, feta, and basil (my herb garden has expired - it's very upsetting). boil the wheatberries in enough water to cover them by about 4 inches, for 1 hour, or until tender. drain and let cool. i added some feta cheese while there was still a bit of heat, so the cheese would melt. then i added all the veggies. i have this really cool kitchen tool that shreds vegetables into small matchsticks. i used that for both the squash and carrot. add a little olive oil, salt, and pepper and you have this fantastic, healthy side dish. if i had a lemon on hand i would have added some zest and a big squeeze of juice. i can't wait to serve this to my clients, they will go crazy over it. and so will you.
