How To Make Sorghum Salad with Lemon Dressing
This sorghum salad is a healthy, high-fiber meal that also features fresh arugula and cherry tomatoes. It’s a light and healthy yet filling salad.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Sorghum:
- 1cupsorghumrinsed in a fine mesh colander
- 3cupswater
- 2cupscherry tomatoes
- 1tbspolive oil
- sea salt
For Lemon Dressing:
- 2tbspolive oil
- 2tbsplemon juice
- ¼tspred pepper flakes
- ¼tspfine grain sea salt
- 1garlic clovepressed or minced
- black pepperfreshly ground, to taste
For Everything Else:
- 3cupsbaby arugula
- ¼cupfetacrumbled
- 2tbspParmesan Cheesegrated
- 4ozchickpeasrinsed and drained, optional
Instructions
Sorghum:
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Combine rinsed sorghum and three cups water in a small pot. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to medium-low.
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Cook for about 55 to 65 minutes or until the sorghum is pleasantly tender but still has some chew to it.
Cherry tomatoes:
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a small, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper for easy cleanup.
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Toss the whole cherry tomatoes with one tablespoon olive oil and a sprinkle of salt.
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Roast for about 18 minutes or until the tomatoes are soft, plump, and starting to burst open.
Lemon Dressing:
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Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper until emulsified.
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Once the sorghum is done cooking: Drain off any excess water and pour the cooked sorghum into a serving bowl.
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Pour in all of the dressing, all of the cherry tomatoes and their juices, the arugula, feta, Parmesan, and chickpeas. Toss well and serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 420.36kcal
- Fat: 16.96g
- Saturated Fat: 4.07g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 9.14g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.77g
- Carbohydrates: 58.10g
- Fiber: 8.15g
- Sugar: 7.30g
- Protein: 14.99g
- Cholesterol: 11.50mg
- Sodium: 884.40mg
- Calcium: 153.15mg
- Potassium: 640.85mg
- Iron: 3.44mg
- Vitamin A: 65.83µg
- Vitamin C: 17.07mg
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