Eat colour with this refreshing and vibrant roasted carrot and farro salad with a tahini yoghurt dressing.
Have you ever had a Homer Simpson moment? You the moment when you stand there, palm to forehead, thinking I don’t believe I did that.
That is how I was feeling after opening the washing machine and taking out Miss N’s now pinkish, but meant to be white, uniform shirts. I mean, I actually put in the whites, threw in her maroon cardigan, added the detergent, set the temperature for 60 and pressed go. You would have thought that at some point I would have realised what I was doing and stop. But oh no. Cue a lot of face palm movements and a panic filled shopping trip with some rather grumpy kids late on a Sunday afternoon to replace the entire set. I have a feeling that I will be a lot more careful in the future. Doooooooooooh.
What I did get right though is the vibrant colour in this roasted carrot and farro salad with a tahini yoghurt dressing. It is tasty, colourful, packed with flavour and can be mostly prepared ahead by cooking the farro and carrots the day before. I think you could easily sub in some sweet potato for the carrots and add more nuts or seeds as you prefer. And to make it gluten free, sub in some quinoa for the farro.
I hope you make this farro and roasted carrot salad and enjoy every colourful mouthful.
This roasted carrot and farro salad with a tahini yoghurt dressing first appeared in Superfood Summer Vitality issue in 2016.
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Roasted Carrot and Farro Salad With A Tahini Yoghurt Dressing
Ingredients
For the carrot and farro salad
For the tahini yoghurt salad dressing
- 6 tbsp yoghurt
- 1.5 tbsp light tahini
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- Salt
Instructions
- Cook the farro according to the packet instructions and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to fan-assisted 160C / 180C / 350F / gas 4.
- Mix the carrots with the olive oil, cumin seeds and salt and transfer to a roasting tray.
- Roast carrots for 30-35 minutes turning half way through, until tender but still with a bit of a bite.
- Remove the carrots from the oven and allow to cool.
- Make the tahini yoghurt dressing by whisking together all the ingredients. Add a little water if the dressing is too thick.
- Mix together the carrots, farro and the rest of the salad ingredients and serve with the tahini yoghurt sauce drizzled on top.
I love this. The dressing sounds very interesting and you know how I love my colourful salads… I’m thinking I’ll give this a whirl this weekend. Oh and sorry about the laundry oops… it happens:-)
I think I will be pretty careful with the laundry from now on
What a beautiful looking salad. Love roasted carrots, and the addition of the pomegranates is awesome. Which recipe plugin are you using? How do you get the long image in the recipe card?
Easy recipe plugin in and the pin is in pic monkey.
This is my kind of salad! Gorgeous!
Wow, this carrot salad is so colorful and looks so healthy! LOVE IT!
Such a lovely summer salad! I love tahini dressing and add it to my tomato salad all the time!
Wow this looks beyond amazing! and nutricious too! Great work, thank you for sharing!!
I didn’t even have to scroll Bintu. That first photo had me hooked! I will eat whatever it was! You take amazing photos. And what a lovely salad too.
This looks delicious! I love trying new salads.
So much goodness!
What a beautiful salad! It looks delicious 🙂
That is a beautiful looking salad, and I am a big fan of farro. The dressing sounds lovely too.