Wheat berry Waldorf salad with ham
10
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 23 min • Prep: 18 min • Cook: 1 hr 5 min • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
This delicious, hearty salad features ham, apples, onions, walnuts, raisins, and wheat berries. The wheat berry is a whole unprocessed wheat kernel that adds fabulous crunch and texture to salads or cooked dishes, such as pilafs and casseroles. Uncooked wheat berries (available at health food stores) keep for up to one year stored in an airtight container in the pantry. Since wheat berries take an hour to cook, you may want to cook them ahead and store them in a zip-top plastic bag in the refrigerator—they will keep for up to three days. Toss them with the remaining ingredients just before serving.
Ingredients
Water
2¼ cup(s)
Uncooked wheat berries
1 cup(s)
Lean deli-sliced honey ham
½ pound(s), fat-free, cut into 1⁄2-inch cubes
Apple
1 medium, Granny Smith, cored and cubed
Red onion
1 medium, finely chopped
Golden seedless raisins
1 cup(s)
Celery
2 rib(s), medium, finely chopped
Chopped walnuts (unsalted, raw or dry roasted, no sugar added)
¼ cup(s)
Fresh parsley
¼ cup(s), fresh, chopped
Apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp
Unsweetened orange juice
2 Tbsp
Honey
1 Tbsp
Olive oil
1 Tbsp
Fresh ginger
1 Tbsp, fresh, peeled and minced
Dijon mustard
1 tsp
Table salt
¼ tsp
Bibb lettuce
6 leaf/leaves, medium, or Boston lettuce
Instructions
1
Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan; stir in the wheat berries. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the wheat berries are tender and liquid is absorbed, about 1 hour.
2
Combine the ham, apple, onion, raisins, celery, walnuts, and parsley in a large bowl.
3
Whisk together the vinegar, orange juice, honey, oil, ginger, mustard, and salt in a small bowl. Stir the vinegar mixture into ham mixture until blended. Add the wheat berries; toss well.
4
Arrange the lettuce leaves in each of 6 bowls. Spoon the wheat-berry mixture (about 1 cup) on top of each. Serve at once. Yields 1 salad per serving.
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