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Convenience Cooking with Wheat Berries
To make using wheat berries convenient, cook a big batch all at once, then freeze so you have the wheat on hand when you need it. The easiest way to cook a batch is to use the crockpot; put the wheat and water in before you go to bed (one cup dry wheat plus 3 cups water yields 2 cups of cooked wheat berries -- for a big batch, try 3 C wheat plus 9 C water), and it'll be ready in the morning. Drain and freeze small amounts (try 1 or 2 cups) in freezer bags. Then, whenever you cook with hamburger, pop a bag of wheat berries in the microwave, thaw (it only takes a minute or so), and stir the wheat into whatever you're making.

Whole Wheat - in Italian Food? Yes, and in Mexican and Chinese too!
Cooked wheat berries provide an excellent way to extend cooked, crumbled hamburger in almost any dish. Use about 1 C of wheat berries to 2 C of hamburger. You can't tell a difference in taste, but you can in cost (a cup of wheat berries costs only a few cents) and in fat (the wheat berries are virtually fat-free). You can slip in wheat berries anywhere you use cooked, crumbled hamburger: lasagna, spaghetti, sloppy joes, tacos, enchiladas, chili, beef and broccoli, sweet and sour, and on and on.
If your family won't eat a dish if they can see the wheat, try these tricks:
Crack the wheat before you cook it. It will cook faster, and "blend in" better.
Use the cracked wheat in dishes where it's "mixed up" with other ingredients (as in lasagna and enchiladas, for example).