Apple Farro Salad – Emily Bites

This Apple Farro Salad tastes vivid and contemporary and is ideal for a straightforward, wholesome lunch or meal prep concept! This salad is chock filled with tasty elements like crisp apples, creamy Feta cheese, crunchy sliced almonds, candy dried cranberries, peppery arugula, crunchy celery, and chewy farro, all flippantly tossed in a honey mustard French dressing. I like consuming this as a meatless lunch choice, however if you need some added protein it’s additionally tremendous tasty with some added chopped rooster breast. I like a grain-based salad, and farro is considered one of my favourite grains as a result of I like the nutty taste and chewy texture. It jogs my memory of barley that method!

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 Dimension

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 somewhat additional on prime). In my expertise, that’s a satisfying portion for a lunch essential course. I additionally like so as to add chopped cooked rooster breast generally for added protein!

Ingredient Notes/Substitutions

• Farro: I like farro, it’s considered one of my favourite grains. It’s much more broadly accessible than it was once, however when you’re unable to seek out it otherwise you simply need to use one thing you’ve available, barley is pretty comparable and could be a great 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 purple 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 Hen 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 when 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 feel pecans would even be tasty on this recipe. For those who can’t eat nuts, be at liberty to omit them. You might alternatively exchange them with sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds if you’ll be able to eat these as a substitute.
• Celery: I do know there are some celery haters on the market, so when 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 when you don’t have it you should use wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar as a substitute.
• Mustard: Be happy to make use of your most well-liked kind. I’ve made this with Dijon mustard and with yellow mustard and I prefer it each methods!
• Non-compulsory Add-In: If you need somewhat extra protein on this, I generally like to combine in chopped cooked rooster breast as nicely. It really works nice with these flavors!

Extra Tasty Salad Concepts

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