This Apple Farro Salad tastes brilliant and recent and is ideal for a straightforward, wholesome lunch or meal prep thought! 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 frivolously tossed in a honey mustard French dressing. I like consuming this as a meatless lunch choice, however if you would like some added protein it’s additionally tremendous tasty with some added chopped rooster breast. I like a grain-based salad, and farro is one in every of my favourite grains as a result of I like the nutty taste and chewy texture. It jogs my memory of barley that manner!
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
The whole Apple Farro Salad recipe for me made virtually 7 cups, so I made a decision to checklist 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 typically for added protein!
Ingredient Notes/Substitutions
- Farro: I like farro, it’s one in every of my favourite grains. It’s much more broadly obtainable than it was once, however for those who’re unable to seek out it otherwise you simply need to use one thing you will have readily available, barley is pretty related and could 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 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 Rooster 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 like the sweet-and-tart taste of dried cranberries on this recipe, however for those who 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 possibly can alternatively change 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 for those who’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 for those who don’t have it you need to use wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar as a substitute.
- Mustard: Be at liberty to make use of your most well-liked 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 somewhat extra protein on this, I typically like to combine in chopped cooked rooster breast as properly. 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 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!
Apple Farro Salad
This Apple Farro Salad tastes brilliant and recent, excellent for a straightforward, wholesome lunch or meal prep thought!
- 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 somewhat additional lemon juice to stop 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 recent arugula leaves
- 1 tablespoon recent 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 properly 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 diet data)
