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Winter Farro Salad
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
 
Ingredients
  • 2 medium sized sweet potatoes
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt/pepper
  • 1 cup farro
  • 3 cups water or vegetable stock
  • 3 cups Nature's Green Kale Greens
Instructions
  1. Pre heat oven to 400. Roast sweet potato cubes for 25-30 mins. In a small pot or pan. Warm olive oil and add garlic. Cook for 30 seconds. Add faro and toast for about 30 seconds and until it starts to get fragrant. Add broth. Bring to a boil for 25-35 mins or until most liquid is absorbed. While faro is cooking prepare kale by chopping into small strips. Drizzle with olive oil and massage/toss to loosen kale. One faro is done remove from heat. Add kale and sweet potato. Toss in feta cheese. 

  2. Cut sweet potato into small cubes. Season your sweet potato with a drizzle of olive oil followed by the salt, pepper, chili powder, paprika, and cumin, and gatlic powder.

  3.  Toss to coat sweet potatoes evenly and roast in oven for 20-30 minutes (while tossing every 10 minutes to help roasting evenly )or until tender. 

  4. Using a medium sauce pan heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add dry farro. Toast for about 1 minutes or until farro becomes fragrant. 

  5. Add the 3 cups of water or broth to the pan. Boil and the simmer of about 30 minutes and liquids significantly absorbed.

  6. Chop the shredded Nature's Green's Kale into small bite sized pieces. In a large bowl combined the sweet potato, faro, kale, and add the feta cheese crumbles. Toss to combined evenly. Enjoy

Recipe Notes

Toasting farro before cooking is optional.
Cook with broth to add more flavor.
Farro absorbs a lot of liquid as it cooks.
1 cup of dried farro yields about 2.5 to 3 cups when cooked.

 

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