This Apple Farro Salad tastes vivid and recent and is ideal for a straightforward, wholesome lunch or meal prep thought! This salad is chock stuffed 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 really 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 hen breast. I really like a grain-based salad, and farro is one among my favourite grains as a result of I really 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 Dimension
The whole Apple Farro Salad recipe for me made nearly 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 a little bit 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 hen breast generally for added protein!
Ingredient Notes/Substitutions
- Farro: I really like farro, it’s one among 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 related and can 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 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 when you 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. In case you can’t eat nuts, be at liberty to omit them. You would 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 possibly can undoubtedly 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 utilize wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar as a substitute.
- 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!
- Optionally available Add-In: If you’d like a little bit extra protein on this, I generally like to combine in chopped cooked hen breast as properly. It really works nice with these flavors!
Extra Tasty Salad Concepts
On the lookout 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!
Apple Farro Salad
This Apple Farro Salad tastes vivid and recent, good 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 varieties)
- 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 little 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 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 substances after which stir/toss to flippantly 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 Data 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 information)