Farro, Avocado, Shrimp and Orange Salad

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I tin marque a repast of a crockery similar this. Farro, a wheat atom akin successful texture and size to barley, gives the crockery substance. The fruits and vegetables bring freshness. The dressing is light, and the shrimp adhd a small sweetness.

The look calls for pearled farro, which cooks successful 15 to 20 minutes. It's a time-saving alternate to full farro, which requires a agelong soaking and/or cooking time. Pearled farro tin beryllium recovered astatine Whole Foods Markets, Wegmans and immoderate Harris Teeter locations.

If you can't find pearled farro, regular farro is fine, but mentation volition instrumentality longer.

This crockery is champion the time it is made.

From Nourish columnist Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Ingredients

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Servings: 4-8 Makes 4 main-course oregon 8 side-dish servings

2 3/4 cups cooked farro, preferably pearled (from 1 cupful adust farro)
7 ounces ample shrimp (21-30 count), peeled, deveined, cooked and chopped into 1/2-inch pieces; spot NOTES)
2 oranges, sectioned, each conception chopped into 1/2-inch pieces, positive accumulated foodstuff (see NOTES)
4 ounces English cucumber oregon 1 tiny unwaxed cucumber, chopped into 1/4-inch dice (1 cup)
Flesh of 1 tiny avocado, chopped into 1/2-inch dice
2 tablespoons finely chopped caller dill
2 tablespoons achromatic vino vinegar, oregon much to taste
1 tablespoonful olive oil, oregon much to taste
1/4 spoon sugar
Salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 4 main-course servings)

Calories
370
Fat
13 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
50 g
Sodium
150 mg
Cholesterol
75 mg
Protein
19 g
Fiber
10 g
Sugar
7 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Nourish columnist Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Tested by Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Published May 29, 2012

Updated March 14, 2026