4 whole grain salata Recipes

onions (about 4 lbs.), peeled and thinly sliced, olive oil, sugar, salt, walnut halves, whole-grain penne or fusilli pasta, ricotta salata, crumbled (see notes ), loosely packed flat-leaf parsley, chopped, fresh lemon juice, freshly ground black pepper

onions, peeled and thinly sliced, olive oil, sugar, salt (to taste), walnut halves or 1 3/4 cups cashews, whole wheat penne or 10 oz whole wheat fusilli, ricotta salata or 1 lb feta cheese, crumbled, loosely packed flat leaf parsley, chopped, fresh lemon juice (plese not the bottled stuff), fresh ground black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

prepared black olive paste (not tapenade), extra-virgin olive oil, firm white sandwich bread , crusts discarded and bread cut into 1/4-inch dice (1 cup), baby (1-inch) beets with greens (about 40), stems trimmed to 3/4 inch, frisee (french curly endive), cut into bite-size pieces, or baby arugula (2 cups), ricotta salata, chopped shallot, whole-grain mustard, white-wine vinegar, fresh lemon juice, soy sauce, salt, grapeseed oil