A refreshing, easy farro salad with tomatoes, avocado, and zesty mint-lime dressing. This simple recipe is the perfect side dish to any meal!
Have you ever tried farro?
Farro is an ancient grain related to wheat, often used in Mediterranean cooking. If you love cooking with whole grains or follow a Mediterranean diet, this easy farro salad recipe is for you!
So what does farro taste like? Farro has nutty flavor and texture similar to barley. It can be used as a blank canvas for all sorts of additions to make amazing farro salad recipes!
It is great for grain-based salads and can also be added to green salads to make them heartier. It’s pretty dandy if you ask me!
For my gluten-free friends, replace the farro in this recipe with quinoa.
Inspired by a recipe I found many years ago on the Cooking Light website, this easy farro salad recipe features fresh tomatoes, creamy avocado, and a zesty and refreshing mint-lime dressing.
Simple ingredients make this healthy side dish pop! Serve it up with your choice of protein, or enjoy it as a light lunch.
How to Make Farro Salad:
Begin by cooking the farro according to the package instructions. If serving the salad cold, allow the grains to cool to room temperature after cooking.
Toss it with any additional goodies such as fresh vegetables, dried fruit, nuts, etc. Toss in a flavorful dressing or vinaigrette, and you have yourself an amazing side dish!
In the case of this easy recipe, we’re tossing fresh heirloom tomatoes and avocado into the grain salad. It all gets swaddled in an amazing mint lime dressing.
Looking for more delicious salad recipes to enjoy during the last days of summer? Check it.
More Salad Recipes:
- Roasted Summer Vegetable Quinoa Salad
- Raspberry and Pistachio Salad with Creamy Raspberry Vinaigrette
- Roasted Beet and Fig Salad
- Greek Quinoa Salad
- Roasted Beet and Peach Salad
- Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad
- Roasted Chickpea and Apricot Salad
- Roasted Sweet Potato Pesto Salad
- Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
Toss them salads!
Farro Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked farro
- 1 small heirloom tomato diced
- 1 avocado sliced or diced
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- Zest of 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon mint finely chopped
- 1 clove large garlic minced
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Rinse 1 cup of farro. Add farro and 3 cups of water to a saucepan and bring it to a full boil.
- Cover it, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 35 minutes.
- Drain any excess water. Set aside and allow to cool.
- Chop the heirloom tomato and slice or dice the avocado. Toss together with the cooked farro.
- Whisk together the oil, lime juice, zest, mint, garlic, and salt in a small bowl.
- Pour the oil/lime juice mixture over the farro and veggies and toss together.
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Love all of these fresh summer flavors! Can’t wait to try this with my local heirlooms 🙂
Ahh, summer can’t be coming to an end. There is still too much awesome summer food to make! I love farro and this recipe sounds perfect!
I love it! So simple and clean, and perfect 🙂 This kind of eatin’ makes your whole body feel good!
I’m super on the farro train after that salad I made earlier this summer! So nutty and yummmmmmmmmy. I’ve got some ancient grains from BRM that I need to get my experimenty hands working with….wish I had you here to experiment with me!
So good- so HEALTHY looking! I LOOOOVE Cooking LIght recipes!
I cannot believe how fast summer has gone by this year. I’m still holding on to summer flavors a bit longer and I love what you did here. Sounds great, Julia!
Hello, beauuuuuuuuuuuutiful! This salad is such a babe!
This looks so yummy! I have to head back to work next week and need to start making things like this to stock up for lunches!