I had a packet of farro in the pantry that I bought a little while ago because I loved it in the cheesy baked farro I made so much, I wanted to find something else to use it with. I also bought a bunch of veggies at TJ’s the other day and needed to use those as well. The weather is warming right up around here along with most of the country, so I thought I’d whipped up some kind of summery salad.
I had some lemons in the fridge that were on their last leg, so I decided to make a lemony farro salad with roasted heirloom tomatoes, asparagus, haricot verts and fresh mozzarella. It turned out really well and refreshing! Because I still have a few big bags of pistachios left when I won a year supply from The Green Nut on Twitter, I decided to also make coconut-pistachio crusted chicken tenders again to go alongside. (more…)
