6 warm salad with dried fruit and Recipes

dry wheat berries (about 3/4 lb) (hard winter wheat), seasoned rice vinegar, sesame oil, cranberries, dried apricots, chopped, chopped scallions, green part only, sliced almonds with skin, toasted, freshly ground black pepper, sea salt

raisins or dried currants, major grey or other fruit chutney, sour cream or plain yogurt (regular or nonfat), minced shallot, curry powder, cooked basmati or other long-grain white rice, warm or cold, diced (1/2 in.) cooked boned , skinned chicken or turkey, salt, butter lettuce leaves, rinsed and crisped, coarsely chopped roasted , salted almonds, sliced or diced bananas, chopped fresh cilantro, limes, rinsed and halved, hot sauce

wild rice, water or 2 1/2 cups vegetable broth, stalks celery, finely chopped, garlic cloves, minced, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, grated lemon zest, dried fruit (cherries, diced apricots, or cranberries), dried currant, toasted walnuts, chopped, chopped parsley, salt & freshly ground black pepper

sunflower seeds, natural cane sugar (or brown sugar), fine grain sea salt, extra-virgin olive oil, red onion, diced, garlic, minced, head of red cabbage or radicchio, quartered and cut into, ribbons, fresh rosemary, minced, golden raisins (or other plump, chopped dried fruit), balsamic vinegar, feta cheese, crumbled, a bit of freshly grated parmesan cheese, to garnish