Did you know that you can use cracked wheat to extend your ground beef, to substitute for nuts or RICE? The nice thing about using it as rice is that it is MUCH FASTER to cook than brown rice. (15-20 minutes MAX!) Watch this short video to learn how to crack wheat in your blender. Coffee grinders are the best for cracking wheat so if you find yourself needing to crack a lot of it I would pay the $10 bucks to buy a coffee grinder. Make sure when you’re cracking wheat in the blender that your blender is completely (and when I say completely I mean COMPLETELY) dry or it won’t crack the wheat. Also, make sure to use small amounts like no more than a little over 1/4 cup at a time.
Practice using cracked wheat as nuts I tried this Strawberry “Nut” Jell-O salad. This is my ULTIMATE FAVORITE Jell-O salad in the WHOLE WORLD. (Have I convinced it tastes awesome yet?) It is different from anything else you’ve seen at a potluck and the cracked wheat in the salad gives a really great texture. It almost tastes like little bits of strawberries in the salad. You’ve got to try this, you’re family will LOVE it and no one NOT NO ONE will guess there is wheat in it!!!
Strawberry Nut (Wheat) Molded Salad
1 small pkg. strawberry Jello (I cheated and used raspberry and it was still DELICIOUS)
1 C boiling water
Combine Jell-O and Water & refrigerate until syrupy, then add to the rest (word to the wise-you have to watch this like a hawk. It goes from syrupy to jelled very quickly. I would check it between 15-20 minutes after you put it in the fridge)
1 C cooked cracked wheat for mock nuts
1 C whipped cream or Cool Whip Whipped Topping
1/2 C sugar
2 C mashed fresh strawberries
Refrigerate until firm or over night. Serve on a bed of lettuce with a dollop of whipped cream/topping sprinkled with cooked cracked wheat as your mock nuts.
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This is one of the best salad recipes I have tasted. I Love it. Thanks!!
this looks like a great idea, love your blog!
This is probably a dumb question, but do you dry out the cracked wheat before you use it as a topping so it’s crunchy?
Mrs. J.,
Not a dumb question, I should have clarified…so thanks for asking! Definitely DO NOT dry out the cracked wheat. It will be like eating rocks.
I have never heard of using a coffee grinder to crack wheat. Does it have to be a special model? Can you use to grind wheat to make flour? Sorry for so many questions. I have just stumbled on your sight and I am really enjoying. We are working hard to get our food storage, but I made a goal to learn how to use it so that it wouldn’t go to waste.
Denise,
Any coffee grinder will crack your wheat very nicely. They do not grind your wheat. You will need to get a wheat grinder to make flour out of. Try the blender wheat pancakes until you can get a grinder. They’re delicious!
Can you cook the wheat in a rice cooker???
Thanks-
Aimee
By the way this is such a wonderful thing you are
doing!!! thank you!!!
Have you ever made cracked wheat cereal with this? Is there anything different you would do to make cereal. My husband thinks I need to soak the wheat overnight before you cook it. Is that necessary?
no you don’t need to soak it. You can actually just do it in the microwave or the stove or put it in the crockpot over night.
I made this for church Enrichment night and the sisters loved every bite. They couldn’t believe it had wheat in it. I have just been called to be Home Storage Specialist for my ward and I really want to help the sister learn to use all the canned wheat they have stored. This was an excellent recipe to start with. I did a cracked wheat demo similar to your video. Thanks so much.
What kind of wheat is best to crack? Does it matter if it is hard red or soft white or whatever?
I use hard white because that is what I store.
This look delicious. I will try for sure.
This look delicious. I will try for sure.