Here’s a festive Mediterranean bowl chock full of some of our favorite sun-kissed foods! Farro, sundried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, shallots, basil, artichoke hearts, garbanzo beans, feta cheese, and pine nuts tossed together in a lemon vinaigrette! This is our happy food place – whole grains and all of the delicious flavors of a Mediterranean diet!
Bowls are trendy, but also a sensible way to combine all sorts of your favorite ingredients into one dish that can be a complete and colorful meal! It’s hard to find a menu these days that doesn’t offer a “bowl” section. I probably would have called this dish a salad a few years ago, but with the major push toward bowls, it’s a bowl now! I mean they’re both still just a bunch of healthy and delicious ingredients tossed together, right?
Mediterranean Farro Bowl
Ingredients
Mediterranean Farro Bowl
- 4-5 cups cooked farro
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 shallots chopped or thinly sliced
- 3/4 cup Kalamata olives coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes drained of oil (if packed in oil), and cut into julienne strips
- 2 tablespoons julienned basil thin strips
- 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
- 10-15 cherry tomatoes quartered
- 4 oz. feta cheese cubed or crumbled
- 6 marinated artichoke hearts drained and chopped
- 1/2 cup garbanzo beans
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Dressing:
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 clove garlic minced
- Juice of one-half lemon
- Garnishes:
- Basil
- Extra pine nuts
- Grated Parmesan
Garnishes
- Basil
- Extra pine nuts
- Grated Parmesan
Instructions
- Cook farro according to the directions on your package. Cool completely and place into a large bowl.
- Cook shallots with olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat until translucent and just beginning to turn golden-brown.
- Cool and add to farro in the bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients and toss them together with the dressing.
- Garnish with extra pine nuts, basil, and grated Parmesan. Can be served warm or at room temp. If you serve it hot or warm, reheat it in a 350 F oven for about 25 minutes.
This combo sounds so refreshing and soooo perfect! I love farro and know that this mediterranean combo must be a winner.
Mediterranean cuisine encompasses so many different countries from Spain, Algeria, and Morocco to Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey, not to mention so many others! We love them all and the sun-kissed flavors from all of these regions combine to create the most delectable dishes!