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Farro with Spinach and Mushrooms

Melissa King 36 Comments

My husband loves to cook and often comes up with the savory dishes for the blog.  One of the more popular dishes that he has created is the Peanut Noodle Stir Fry.  I love to bake and stick mostly to doing that.  This is a dish he came up with.  I am going to be on a panel for a Google + hangout soon.  In preparation, Bob’s Red Mill sent me a box of their Grains of Discovery line.  Farro was one of the grains in the kit.  I have always wanted to try it and I am so glad I did.  It has a nutty taste and texture that goes very well with the mushrooms.

Farro with Mushrooms Watermark 2

If you are gluten free, wild rice or quinoa would work as well.  We ate ours warm, but I think it would be a great cold dish as well.

Farro with Spinach and Mushrooms

Farro with Spinach and Mushrooms

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 1/2 cups farro
  • 1 8oz package of mushrooms sliced thin
  • 1/2 yellow onion (or 1 cup chopped)
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 2 T white wine vinegar
  • 1-2 handfuls of spinach
  • 2 T oil (I used walnut oil)

Instructions

  1. In a saucepan , add the farro and vegetable broth and cook on medium heat until all the broth is absorbed.  In another saucepan , saute oil, garlic, onion and white wine vinegar medium high heat and cook for about 6-8 minutes. 
  2. Add mushrooms and stir for another 5 minutes or so. 
  3. Once the farro is done, add it to the sauce pan with the mushroom onion mix. 
  4. Add salt and pepper to taste and lastly add in the spinach and cook until slightly wilted. 
  5. Remove from heat and serve immediately or refrigerate for later.  Enjoy!

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Almond Butter Protein Bars (Vegan)

Melissa King 117 Comments

Almond Butter Protein Bars.  Have I told you how much I love almond butter?  I eat it almost daily.  One of my favorite healthy sweet snacks is a date stuffed with almond butter.

If you haven’t tried it yet, you really should.  Totally curbs a sweet tooth!  So I created these almond butter protein bars with that snack in mind.

 

almond butter protein bars

 

These would be a great pre/post workout snack.  Most of the protein shakes on the market are full of unwanted ingredients or too much processed sugar.

Why not try these instead?  They are filled with wholesome ingredients.  They can be made in minutes and you could enjoy one with my Energizing Green Juice.

To watch a video of just how easy this is to make on your own, watch me below.  For more videos, you can subscribe to my You Tube Channel.

Almond Butter Protein Bars

Almond Butter Protein Bars

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Prep Time 20 min Serves 10 bars     adjust servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. In the food processor or Vitamix, grind the oats into a course consistency. 
  2. Add the remaining ingredients and mix until a sticky dough is formed. 
  3. From here, you can roll them into balls or make them into bars like I did.  I used an 8 x 8 pan, but I think a slightly smaller pan would work better.  If you use a pan, line it with parchment leaving enough room to come out the sides.  That way they will be easy to pull out and cut. 
  4. I used a pizza cutter to cut mine. 
  5. Let them chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes to an hour.  That’s it.  I cut mine into squares and got about 10 in my batch.  Enjoy!

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