How to eat wheat as a staple?

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I'm wanting to stop having rice as my staple and try something else. I was thinking to try wheat however I never heard that people eat pure wheat daily like they eat pure rice daily like in the far east.

What I mean to say is wheat is often associated with bread, biscuits, cereals which have extra ingredients which I want to avoid and I don't think you want to eat those as part of the main meal anyway. I know it comes as pasta and sphaghetti but i'm not sure if that is the correct way to eat it as a staple? Have people traditionally cooked wheat like they would rice or has it always been used as pasta and sphaghetti but never as a staple like rice has in the far east?

I've just seen a bag of wheat grain at my supermarket so I'm thinking do I just get it and cook it like rice but since this is unheard of(at least to me) as a staple I'm wondering if there's something wrong with it?



Best Answer

Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice, such as Bulghur. This is traditional in much of the Middle East, and has been par-cooked prior to sale.

Cracked wheat is also available, but requires longer cooking. Note that terms overlap and even manufacturers can be vague. Whole wheat seeds do exist, sold for sprouting; it's not clear to me whether you could cook these directly but they'd take a long time if so.

Pasta is a traditional staple food in some parts of the world, and perfectly suitable for eating every day. Some dried pastas have nothing but wheat in them. Couscous, like many kinds of pasta, is made from pure wheat, but it's more absorbent and can be treated rather like rice and served with stew on top, or cold as a form of salad. It's an important part of the diet in some North African countries.

Bread is also an everyday (or even every meal) food in many places. These staple breads tend to be rather plain, at least when eaten as an accompaniment to other foods, and unless you're on a low-sodium diet it's a good source of complex carbohydrates.

Neither wheat nor rice can be treated as providing a full range of nutrients. this isn't the place to get into details but living on grains alone won't provide enough macro- or micro-nutrients.




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Can you eat wheat directly?

Cooking is the only way to be sure that foods made with \ufb02our or grains are safe. This is because raw grains and raw \ufb02ours are not intended for human consumption as-is, as they have not undergone a \u201ckill step\u201d (such as boiling, baking, roasting, or heat-treating).

What is the best way to eat wheat?

Add Whole Grains to Your Meals Partner whole grains with vegetables \u2014 brown rice and vegetable stir-fry or a whole-wheat pita stuffed with salad. Or fortify mixed dishes with high-fiber ingredients \u2014 add bran or oatmeal to meat loaf or toss cooked quinoa or wheat berries into a salad.

Can wheat be eaten like rice?

Use cooked wheat berries like you would rice or any other whole grain, in soups, salads, side dishes, or as a base for a stir-fry. You can stuff bell peppers with them or simmer them in milk for a breakfast porridge.

Why do people choose wheat as a staple food rather than other cereals?

In addition to being a major source of starch and energy, wheat also provides substantial amounts of a number of components which are essential or beneficial for health, notably protein, vitamins (notably B vitamins), dietary fiber, and phytochemicals.



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Answer 2

I make my own bread. Flour, water, yeast, salt. Nothing else. You could most certainly eat "your daily bread." Pasta is flour and eggs. You can also put dumplings into stew and chili - these are flour, milk or water, salt, and leavening like baking powder. So there is definitely no need for your wheat intake to include extra ingredients you would want to avoid.

If your old preference was for a meal of some sort of stir fry or saucy stew served on rice, you could most certainly make the very same thing and serve it on pasta (with or without eggs) or put it in a bowl and have a slice or two of bread with it and dip the bread in the sauce. Or you could add dumplings to a stew or soup, or add pasta to a soup (typically cooked separately).

You can also buy cereals - hot smooth ones like "cream of wheat" or cold ones eaten with milk - and have wheat as part of your breakfast every day. Or have jam or peanut butter on toast. Have a sandwich for lunch, or a hot cooked sandwich (like a grilled cheese, but with egg or meat) for dinner sometimes. Including bread in meals is very common in home cooking and eating. You just don't see it in cooking magazines or TV shows, or in restaurants.

Answer 3

When you say "staple", you seem to mean a grain cooked whole and eaten plain, rather than a major component of the diet; certainly there are people who eat pasta or bread as staples.

There are types of wheat that can be cooked without being ground into flour first. One that will be relatively easy to find is farro. You cook this in water or broth; it's more akin to cooking pasta than rice in that you cook in a large quantity of water and then drain, rather than in a carefully measured quantity so that it's all absorbed. It's often used in salads, but there's no reason you couldn't eat it plain as a substitute for rice.

Pastas are not commonly eaten as a side dish in the way that rice may be; you more usually see it with a sauce as a main dish.

I'm not sure what "extra ingredients" you're seeing in bread that you want to avoid, but you may be looking at hyper-processed brands. You can easily find bread made with just flour, yeast, water, and salt.

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