Healthy Farro Bowl with Brussels Sprouts and Apple

Get the recipe for this delicious farro bowl! Made healthy with simple ingredients like Brussels sprouts and apples. Top with maple vegan crema sauce. Packed with veggies, protein, and healthy carbs, it’s a winner!

Making a Grain Bowl

Need a bit of a healthy pick-me-up after feasting all Thanksgiving weekend? Don’t want to eat a green salad because . . . well . . . it’s cold and you want comfort food?

Then you’re sorted because this nourishing bowl is healthy, filling, AND screams late-Fall comfort eating.

I put this farro grain bowl in the same category as my Chinese vegetable soup, salmon and spinach, and cauliflower rice. Delicious, filling, and pretty good for you.

I find that when I eat recipes like this, I’m full until the next meal or day, depending on when I have it. That’s important to me personally.

What is Farro?

I’m sure it’s your first question, because when I starting eating farro, I was curious too. Farro is an ancient grain that’s ‘meatier’ than brown rice, ‘nuttier’ than quinoa, and with a yummy, chewy texture.

It’s super high in protein and very high in fiber. It’s also full of many vitamins and minerals like zinc, Vitamin B, and more.

Farro grain retains a chewy texture after being cooked and it’s hard to make it soggy, which is why so many people like it.

It’s a great addition to your nourishing bowl!

How to Cook Farro

You don’t need to soak farro before cooking, although you can to speed up the cooking time. I don’t ever do this though, because it only takes 25 – 40 minutes-ish to cook.

Since I’m most often roasting vegetables to go with it, the times are comparable so I can have it all going at once.

Just like pasta, there are different types of farro, and the cooking times are slightly different (and of course, there’s personal preference as to consistency).

Read the package and then do a taste test as you would with pasta (at least, that’s what I do). You can cook farro:

• On the stovetop in 25 – 40 minutes
• In the oven in 30 – 45 minutes
• In the slow cooker in 2.5 – 3 hours

Now that we’ve discussed cooking methods, are you ready for the recipe??

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Here are the ingredients:

• 1 lb Brussels sprouts
• 1 T olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon Kosher salt (divided into 2 parts)
• 2 cups Farro, prepared as directed on package
• 2 Jazz apples (any apple will do, Jazz just works really well!)
• 1/4 cup raw hazelnuts
• 1/4 cup apple cider
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 2 T olive oil
• 1 T apple cider vinegar
• 1 garlic clove

With roasted sprouts seasoned with olive oil, garlic powder, and Kosher salt; crunchy and tart Jazz apples; and a beyond-glorious creamy vegan hazelnut and maple crema, this bowl is all sorts of tasty and really packs a wonderful, healthy, nutritional punch!

Serve. Eat. Enjoy! Get the printable recipe below.

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If you enjoyed the recipe below, I’d love for you to leave a comment! Also please check out these other recipes:

• Caramelized Brussel Sprouts Roasted with Apple Cider
• Filling Blueberry Smoothie Bowl Recipe
• Paleo Almond Butter Cookies with Ginger