Mediterranean Whole Grain Salad

It's week two of cooking with ingredients from Bob's Red Mill and California Ranch Olive Oil. Our challenge was to come up with a side dish that pairs BRM Grande Whole Grains with COR Miller's Blend Oil.

A little goes a long way with Miller's Blend Oil; which is a good thing.  Just a drizzle added to the cooked grains in the recipe below really made them pop.  The Grande Whole Grains is a unique mixture of red white wheat, long grain brown rice, whole oats, whole rye, whole barley, white buckwheat, and sesame seeds. An interesting combination indeed.

After taste testing each item I decided they would blend nicely with some chopped veggies to make a healthy Mediterranean side salad served cold. Since both the grains and the oil are "good for you ingredients" this recipe is perfect addition to my "Build a Better Me" campaign.

Don't forget each week a lucky reader has a chance to win that week's ingredients...see below for details.  Last week's winner was Shannon from the blog Tri To Cook
 

Mediterranean Whole Grain Salad

1 cup Grande Whole Grains
2 1/2 cups water
black olives (chopped)
feta cheese (chopped)
artichoke hearts (chopped)
roasted peppers (chopped)
Olive oil

Place grains and water in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil.  Reduce to simmer and cover. Cook for 1 hour or until all liquid is absorbed.

Mix with chopped ingredients and drizzle with olive oil.


To enter the contest:

Visit either Bob’s Red Mill or California Olive Ranch’s Facebook pages and retrieve this week’s Virtual Potluck code word. Then come back here and leave a comment using the code word. Thats it.

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