Apple Farro Salad – Emily Bites

This Apple Farro Salad tastes brilliant and recent and is ideal for a simple, wholesome lunch or meal prep thought! This salad is chock stuffed with tasty parts like crisp apples, creamy Feta cheese, crunchy sliced almonds, candy dried cranberries, peppery arugula, crunchy celery, and chewy farro, all evenly tossed in a honey mustard French dressing. I like consuming this as a meatless lunch choice, however if you’d like some added protein it’s additionally tremendous tasty with some added chopped hen breast. I like a grain-based salad, and farro is one among my favourite grains as a result of I like the nutty taste and chewy texture. It jogs my memory of barley that means!

Not solely is that this Apple Farro Salad completely scrumptious, however every serving is simply 224 energy or 5 WW Factors on the present Weight Watchers program (or 6 Factors if following the diabetic Weight Watchers plan). To view your present WW Factors for this recipe and observe it within the WW app, click on right here!

Serving Measurement

Your entire Apple Farro Salad recipe for me made virtually 7 cups, so I made a decision to record this as six servings at a rounded cup every (so a 1 cup measuring cup with just a little additional on high). In my expertise, that’s a satisfying portion for a lunch important course. I additionally like so as to add chopped cooked hen breast generally for added protein!

Ingredient Notes/Substitutions

• Farro: I like farro, it’s one among my favourite grains. It’s much more extensively out there than it was, however should you’re unable to seek out it otherwise you simply wish to use one thing you may have readily available, barley is pretty related and can be a superb substitute.
• Apples: I like to recommend utilizing a candy and crunchy apple selection on this recipe! I used a mixture of Crispin apples (the yellow/inexperienced ones) and Ruby Frost (the crimson ones) within the pictured recipe.
• Feta cheese: I like Feta cheese, and I had some leftover to make use of from making Feta and Blackberry Rooster Breasts, so it labored out completely to make use of it on this recipe. I do suppose one other crumbly cheese like goat cheese or blue cheese would even be tasty.
• Dried cranberries: I like the sweet-and-tart taste of dried cranberries on this recipe, however should you don’t have them or don’t like them, raisins or dried cherries would work of their place.
• Almonds: I like the crunch the sliced almonds add to this salad! I believe pecans would even be tasty on this recipe. In the event you can’t eat nuts, be happy to omit them. You might alternatively substitute them with sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds if you’ll be able to eat these as an alternative.
• Celery: I do know there are some celery haters on the market, so should you’re not a fan you may positively omit it. I do just like the freshness and crunch it provides!
• Vinegar: I used apple cider vinegar on this, however should you don’t have it you need to use wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar as an alternative.
• Mustard: Be happy to make use of your most popular kind. I’ve made this with Dijon mustard and with yellow mustard and I prefer it each methods!
• Non-obligatory Add-In: If you’d like just a little extra protein on this, I generally like to combine in chopped cooked hen breast as effectively. It really works nice with these flavors!

Extra Tasty Salad Concepts

Searching for extra tasty, lightened up salad recipes like this Apple Farro Salad? Try my Heat Butternut Squash Farro Salad, Deviled Egg Macaroni Salad, Corn and Tomato Salad, Buffalo Roasted Chickpea Salad, Mediterranean Couscous Salad, Buffalo Rooster Salad, Mexican Road Corn Rooster Salad, Greek Rooster Quinoa Salad, Broccoli Salad, Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad, and so many extra within the Salads class of my recipe index!