Farro Salad Recipe
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- 10 Oct 2022
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Farro Salad Recipe is made with feta cheese, kalamata olives, garbanzo beans, veggies, and a simple and tangy vinaigrette dressing. Great for meal prep or a delicious side dish that’s ready fast!
If you are looking for a delicious dish for meal prep or a gathering, this is it! This Farro Salad recipe is full of flavor and great for any occasion.
Why this Farro Salad Recipe Works!
It’s always great to have cold salads on hand for get togethers or easy meal prep. This Farro Salad recipe is full of fresh flavors and can be made up to five days ahead.
If you’ve never cooked with farro before, you are missing out. This delicious grain has a crunchy and nutty texture, and is full of fiber.
Similar to rice or pasta, farro is a blank slate for adding the flavors you love. This recipe takes on delicious Italian and mediterranean tastes with kalamata olives, feta, and garbanzo beans.
You can add whatever other veggies and proteins you’d like here too. This would be delicious with diced cucumbers, bell peppers, or red onions. Or top with grilled chicken to make this a meal.
The dressing for this salad is a simple and tangy blend of olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, and oregano. It compliments the salad perfectly and is great for soaking into the farro.
Ingredients
The ingredients for Farro Salad include: cooked farro, garbanzo beans, feta, kalamata olives, celery, cherry tomatoes, parsley, and dressing.
- Farro: farro is a nutty and chewy grain that cooks up similar to pasta. You can find it in the grain section of the grocery store. If you can’t find farro, you can use bulgur, quinoa, or brown rice.
- Kalamata olives: these give the salad a salty bite. Feel free to use whatever olives you have on hand.
- Feta cheese: the feta gives a salty smooth flavor and can be omitted if you wanted to keep it vegan.
- Veggies: this recipe calls for celery, cherry tomatoes, and parsley, but you could add red onion, cucumbers, or bell peppers.
- Dressing: the dressing here is a delicious and simple combination of olive oil, red wine vinegar, minced garlic, oregano and kosher salt. Read More…
