How to Make Farro Salad with Chicken - A Healthy Mediterranean Salad

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Goat cheese provides a similar tangy flavor with fewer calories.

chicken breast

🥗Healthier: grilled tofu

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Canned chickpeas are a budget-friendly protein alternative.

Cook 1.5 cups of farro in boiling salted water for about 40 minutes until chewy.

Set the cooked farro aside to cool.

In a bowl, whisk together 3 ounces of olive oil, 2 ounces of orange juice, 3 tablespoons of white wine vinegar, 1 tablespoon of dijon mustard, and 0.5 teaspoon each of salt and black pepper to make the vinaigrette.

Set the vinaigrette aside to let the flavors marry.

On a platter, place the cooled farro in a mound as the base of the salad.

Dice 2 medium-sized avocados and place them in neat piles on top of the farro.

Slice 4 scallions and add them to the salad next to the avocados.

Dice 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts and fry them up, then add them to the center of the salad.

Add 3/4 cup of dried apricots around the chicken for sweetness.

Sprinkle dried cranberries over the salad for added color and flavor.

Toast 0.5 cup of chopped walnuts in a dry frying pan over low heat for about 30 seconds, then add them to the salad.

Drizzle the vinaigrette over the assembled salad just before serving.

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