Cracked Wheat?'s- - - - Looking for Vegan Lasagna Recipe - New Member

[Guest guest]

I have a house full of wheat and a grinder so I don't want to buy

cracked wheat. So How do you get cracked wheat out of whole wheat?

I'm used to using whole wheat flour for bread but that seems to be

pretty fine. I have the whisper mill. Do I need to put it on a

different setting or do you need a special thing for doing cracked

wheat? I know for oat groats you have to have a special oat roller

to use with them to get oats.

 

 

I'm a little confused on seitan though. I thought seitan was the

stuff you get when you take wheat flour and wash everything away?

 

The wheat meat I learned about was taking whole wheat kernals,

soaking for so many hours (think it's 18 or 24?) than drain and run

through the meat grinder, add seasoning and it's suppose to come out

like ground meat than you make patties, or through it in a dish when

a recipe calls for ground beef.

 

Is seitan done the same way?

 

Thanks

Diane

 

, <quintmom@n...> wrote:

> Diane,

> You get the cracked wheat at the store - normally a health food

store and just cook it with the sauce. If you are using pre-cooked

sauce (i.e. Newman's, Classico) for lasagna, you need to add a bit

more liquid as the cracked wheat absorbs liquid as it cooks. The

same goes for chili or anything you cook the cracked wheat with.

>

[Guest guest]

Diane,

Cracked wheat is made from wheat berries. From what I understand, bulgur is a

more processed form of cracked wheat. Take a look at this site:

http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/foods_view/1,1523,78,00.html

It has some interesting information about different grains, including cracked

wheat (with instructions on how to make it at home) and bulgur. I hope this

helps.

 

God's Peace,

Gayle