Comments on: FIESTA WHEAT AND BEAN SALAD

By: Liesa

Liesa — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:24:35 +0000

Great ideas! And may I just point out that you are dining at some FINE restaurants!

By: Rhona

Rhona — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:34:09 +0000

I make a cornbread salad that tasted alot like this. I was thinking you could make cornbread and crumble it. After it is crumbled layer cornbread then the salad then you can put ranch dressing/sour cream then bacon. After those layers you can re-layer it again. I also went to a porch cafe at a candle factory and they made a salad like it but they layered it in wide-mouth jars for individual servings

By: Liesa

Liesa — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:29:31 +0000

Hi Jennifer, Great news on the three wards. Yay is right! I estimate that each recipe will give you about 9 cups of salsa. If you only want to give people a small taste then plan on 1/4 cup scoops for maybe 36 servings. More or less? Sorry.
I’m looking forward to tomorrow night!
Thanks so much for the invitation.

By: Jennifer Price

Jennifer Price — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:08:27 +0000

Hey Liesa!
I am really looking forward to your presentation tomorrow. We actually are going to have 3 wards represented. Yay! I am getting ready to prepare the salad and am just wondering how far it goes. Do you have a rough estimate of servings per recipe by chance?

By: Liesa

Liesa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:33:25 +0000

Wow! I’m going to tell my girls about your experience, with a big “SEEEEE” thrown in for the teaching moment. Super effective. They would totally expect me to suggest serving this salad/salsa at a wedding, and I would totally expect them to shoot down that idea. But there’s really no problem. Everyone loves this recipe! I’m so glad that you gave it a go, and enjoyed happy success. Thank you Heather!

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:25:59 +0000

Yesterday I brought this to work and although my coworkers were sceptical when I said “wheat”, I got lots of compliments and recipe requests once they tried it. One girl decided that she’s going to serve it at her wedding reception in a few months. More food storage converts.
Today I had leftover shredded beef, but was out of refried beans. I used this stuff in my burrito instead and it was delicious. I think I can eat this on anything. Thanks again.

By: Liesa

Liesa — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:08:55 +0000

Great suggestions Heather. Like your husband, I love kidney beans and the Italian dressing mix will for sure save a little time. Thanks for the tip!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:01:47 +0000

Today I tried this with a packet of Italian salad dressing, prepared per the package instead of making the dressing as above. My family liked it even more and it cuts down on the prep time. (I still threw in lime juice and 1 tsp of sugar.) I also always throw in a can of kidney beans with the black or my husband complains of too much cilantro taste. (Picky, picky.) We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this salad in our family and it shows up at most family gatherings.

By: Liesa

Liesa — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:10:25 +0000

Thank YOU, Mandi! This is one of my very favorite recipes and I’m so glad that you and your family enjoyed it also. Try taking it to your next party and just see how popular you’ll be!

By: Mandi

Mandi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:32:12 +0000

Amazing recipe!!! I’m so glad I found your website and you taught me how to cook wheat berries. I fed this to my husband and four little kids and they loved it. I ate it in a flour tortilla shell and my family ate it with chips. Thank you so much!