Meal Prep Farro Grain Bowl
A super quick, easy, nutritious, filling vegan meal prep farro grain bowl! Endlessly customizable so you’re never bored of this stunner.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 5-6 servings
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 cup farro
- 1/2 English cucumber, sliced or diced
- 1/2 large red bell pepper (or any color you fancy), diced
- 1 small shallot, sliced thin
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted and sliced or torn
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, sliced in half
- 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- salt and pepper
- Creamy Balsamic Dressing
- To serve: some sort of green (baby kale, regular kale, spinach, etc) and some sort of herb (parsley, basil, mint, a combo of the three, etc.)
Instructions
- I like to pre-soak my farro for even quicker cooking the next day. It always seems like a major thing to soak a grain the night before, but if you add a cup of farro to a container, fill with water, and let it sit covered in the fridge overnight, your cooking time will be cut in half the next day. Huzzah!
- Cook your farro according to package instructions (for me and my pre-soaked farro: I put my drained farro in a pot with 3 cups of water. I brought it up to a boil, reduced the heat to medium-low, and cooked uncovered for 10 minutes. Then I just drained the excess water).
- Pour your farro into a large bowl or onto a large baking sheet to cool.
- Meanwhile, prep your veggies: slice your cucumber, dice your red bell pepper, slice your shallot, pit and slice your olives, slice your tomatoes, and drain and rinse your chickpeas.
- When the farro is cooler (not CRAZY hot, but it can still be a little warm), combine it with the vegetables and chickpeas. Mix to combine, and season with a small, three-finger pinch of salt and pepper.
- Store your farro/veg mixture in a container by itself. Then, when you’re ready to serve, mix a few spoonfuls of it with your greens/herbs of choice and a few glugs of your dressing!
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