This Apple Farro Salad tastes vibrant and contemporary and is ideal for a straightforward, wholesome lunch or meal prep concept! 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 frivolously tossed in a honey mustard French dressing. I really like consuming this as a meatless lunch choice, however if you need some added protein it’s additionally tremendous tasty with some added chopped hen breast. I really like a grain-based salad, and farro is one in all my favourite grains as a result of I really 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 Measurement
Your complete Apple Farro Salad recipe for me made nearly 7 cups, so I made a decision to listing this as six servings at a rounded cup every (so a 1 cup measuring cup with a bit 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 really like farro, it’s one in all my favourite grains. It’s much more broadly accessible than it was, however if you happen to’re unable to search out it otherwise you simply wish to use one thing you’ve available, barley is pretty related and can be an excellent 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 really 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 assume one other crumbly cheese like goat cheese or blue cheese would even be tasty.
- Dried cranberries: I really like the sweet-and-tart taste of dried cranberries on this recipe, however if you happen to don’t have them or don’t like them, raisins or dried cherries would work of their place.
- Almonds: I really like the crunch the sliced almonds add to this salad! I feel pecans would even be tasty on this recipe. Should you can’t eat nuts, be happy to omit them. You could possibly 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 if you happen to’re not a fan you possibly can positively omit it. I do just like the freshness and crunch it provides!
- Vinegar: I used apple cider vinegar on this, however if you happen to don’t have it you should utilize wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar as an alternative.
- Mustard: Be happy to make use of your most popular sort. I’ve made this with Dijon mustard and with yellow mustard and I prefer it each methods!
- Non-obligatory Add-In: If you need a bit 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
In search of 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 Hen Salad, Mexican Avenue 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!
Apple Farro Salad
This Apple Farro Salad tastes vibrant and contemporary, good for a straightforward, wholesome lunch or meal prep concept!
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, (can substitute different sorts)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons honey
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 cups chopped apple, tossed in a bit additional lemon juice to forestall browning
- 3 cups cooked farro
- 2 oz crumbled Feta cheese
- ½ cup chopped celery
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- ¼ cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 2 cups contemporary arugula leaves
- 1 tablespoon contemporary parsley
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In a small mixing bowl, add the olive oil apple cider vinegar, mustard, lemon juice, honey, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Whisk collectively till mixed right into a easy dressing.
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In a big mixing bowl, add the chopped apple, cooked farro, Feta cheese, celery, almonds, dried cranberries, arugula, and parsley and stir till effectively mixed. Drizzle the honey mustard dressing excessive of the opposite components after which stir/toss to frivolously coat with the dressing.
WW Factors per salad (rounded 1 cup): 5* (SP calculated utilizing the recipe builder within the WW app)
*a serving is 6 Factors if following the diabetic Weight Watchers plan
Vitamin Info per salad (rounded 1 cup):
224 energy, 37 g carbs, 9 g sugars, 7 g fats, 2 g saturated fats, 7 g protein, 5 g fiber, 179 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com)
Weight Watchers Factors Plus:
6 per (rounded 1 cup) salad (PP calculated utilizing a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the vitamin data)
