Farro



Well, it's not a pretty dish, but it was delicious.

This is a Mediterranean Farro Salad, with carrots replacing the tomatoes. I started seeing farro on menus, and wanted to try it. Farro is a grain that is reminiscent of brown rice, but much lighter, in heft and taste. It has fiber, magnesium, iron and vitamins A, B, C and E and it's low in gluten. It also low in fat, and 200 calories per cup. It's chewy, and made me feel like I ate a more solid meal than the usual grilled chicken salad. It was a nice change, anyway. You could add chicken to this salad and not feel bad about it though, farro isn't that high in protein.

Mediterranean Farro Salad
Modified from an Archer Farms recipe

2 cups cooked farro
1/2 cup diced red pepper
1/2 cup diced tomato
1/2 chopped parsley
1/4 kalamata olives, chopped
1/4 feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup balsamic vinaigrette

Mix!

One Year Ago--

I created this site. And discovered over-easy eggs, evidenced by the meticulously pierced yolk running all over my pictures the first few months. I also realized breakfast is my favorite meal, any time of the day.

This is my second or third attempt at a food blog and the one I'm happiest with. It's not traditional or consistent, but it's fun. I'm so shy - I duck in and out of Nashville's food scene - but hopefully I can start posting more about the great restaurants I visit.

That said, here are some random, not-blogworthy-but-interesting-nonetheless creations from the past year.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie roll. Ridiculously easy. Also the beginning of the 5 pounds I gained over the holidays.

 

An Alabama cake for my friend's birthday. I was pretty proud of myself for thinking to use Oreos for houndstooth.

 

Caramel Apple Pie in an apple. How original right. But those little caramel bits are the Devil when they get in your teeth.

 

Buffalo chicken salad - my "diet" trick is to put Ranch in a squeeze bottle. Less is more when it's light and evenly distributed.