This Strawberry Asparagus Salad will immediately brighten your day…or at the very least your lunch hour. Hearty, wholesome, and fully scrumptious.
Spring is within the air, and the air is ripe for spring salads.
Proper now, I can consider no higher salad for the season than this Strawberry Asparagus Farro Salad. Studded with crisp greens and crunchy candy almonds. Drizzled with a tantalizing lemon honey French dressing.
If salads may sing, this one can be belting out a solo.
We nosh on contemporary inexperienced asparagus all 12 months spherical, however particularly throughout spring. It’s notably lush and tender throughout these early hotter months.
Facet notice: Get skinny asparagus over thick ones. The thin ones are far more tender.
And let’s discuss farro. It’s toothsome, chewy, and deliciously hearty. It’s a superhero energy meals.
This lemon honey French dressing is one in every of my spring faves. It’s brilliant, zesty, candy, and tangy suddenly. Excellent for pouring throughout your favourite greens this time of 12 months.
Neglect the solo. How about a complete medley??
Toss collectively all that goodness…it’s candy, tangy, salty, and crunchy…all the pieces you need in a single single bowl.
Trace: You might wish to make further dressing for future use, as a result of it’s that yummy and it retains nicely. Home made salad dressing is a gazillion instances higher than something retailer purchased.
Right here’s to spring, singing, and salads. It’s like music in your mouth.
Take pleasure in.
Strawberry Salad With Asparagus
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook dinner Time: 15 minutes
Complete Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4-6
Creator: Amy Dong
Components
For the Dressing
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 5 TB honey
- 3 TB further virgin olive oil
- 1 TB freshly squeezed lemon juice
- zest of 1 small lemon
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp freshly floor black pepper
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard, coarse floor with seen seeds
- 1 massive garlic clove, minced
- 1 shallot, minced
For the Salad
- ½ cup dry Farro, presoaked in water in a single day
- 20 skinny spears contemporary asparagus, edges trimmed
- 1 cup child spring greens
- 16 oz pkg contemporary strawberries, sliced
- 11 oz can mandarin oranges, drained
- ½ cup crumbled feta cheese
- ½ cup toasted sugared/sliced almonds
Directions
Make the dressing forward of time: mix all elements in a bowl and whisk nicely to mix. Switch to an hermetic dressing jar and hold chilled till prepared to make use of.
Cook dinner presoaked farro in line with package deal directions, 10-Quarter-hour or simply till tender. Drain nicely and let cool (or rinse with chilly water for faster cooling.)
Blanch asparagus in salted/boiling water simply till coloration modifications to a brilliant inexperienced, 30-60 seconds, relying on thickness of your asparagus. Drain, cool, and lower into 2-inch items.
In a big bowl, toss collectively cooled farro, cooled asparagus, and child spring greens. Drizzle desired quantity of dressing over combination and toss gently to mix nicely.
Gently add within the strawberries, mandarin oranges, and crumbled feta. Add extra dressing if desired and toss. High with toasted almonds and serve instantly.
Notes
Get skinny asparagus over thick ones. The thin ones are far more tender which implies an much more scrumptious salad.
Make this recipe dairy free by eradicating the feta cheese.
