How to Make an Easy Grain Bowl Salad | Brussels Sprout and Farro | Salad Sundays (Episode 1)

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds provide healthy fats and protein.

dried cranberries

🥗Healthier: fresh cranberries

💰Cheaper: raisins

Fresh cranberries are lower in sugar and more tart.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil offers a similar flavor profile with healthy fats.

Rinse brussels sprouts and cut off fibrous nubs and tough leaves.

Cut brussels sprouts in half and slice thinly.

On a parchment-lined baking sheet, toss brussels sprouts with olive oil, garlic powder, black pepper, and salt.

Bake brussels sprouts in the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 15 minutes.

Cook farro on the stove according to package instructions (10 minutes for Trader Joe's farro).

Prepare additional ingredients: mince parsley, cube Fuji apples, mince shallots, and slice lemon.

In a large mixing bowl, add cooked farro and season with kosher salt, olive oil, and lemon juice.

Add shallots, parsley, apples, golden raisins, and roasted sunflower seeds to the bowl and mix.

Prepare tahini Caesar dressing by blending garlic, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, grated Parmesan, yogurt, cold water, and cayenne pepper.

Adjust dressing taste with salt and honey.

Assemble salad by piling farro salad in a shallow bowl, layering baked brussels sprouts on top, grating Parmesan over, and drizzling with tahini Caesar dressing.

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