Farro salad with fresh figs
It’s no so easy getting back into the groove of things after our trip. A ridiculous amount of emails of which most are – thankfully – newsletters, so those are easy to delete, but still a lot left. And something you’ll find an email all of sudden in which people ask you to give a lecture… Uhhh… Me? A Lecture? Are you sure?? You have to know that by nature I am a pretty insecue person. I can hesitate endlessly about things I do. I get insecure if I see beautiful pictures of colleagues or other food bloggers. I usually than decide spontaneously that my own stuff doesn’t cut it. Not good enough.
I don’t think people really expect that of me, but I am a wimp sometimes… 😉 But I am working on it. On that confidence thing. On that ability to be happy with what you have accomplished and with what you do. Really… I can sometimes be jealous of people that don’t seem to have a care in the world and go around whistling all day long. Not me I’m afraid. And so I say yes to things like giving a lecture and spontaneously shit my pants at the thought alone.
Because that is scary… SCARY!! (while writing this I break out in a nervous sweat) And yes, even though I’ve been giving workshops for years, this is really something completely different. A lecture is so much more serious. Or not? I haven’t really given any so don’t really know…
Visions of uninterested people that fall asleep yawning during my lecture are now rising before my eyes. But I do try and broaden my horizon and tell myself to stop whining and just do it. So… It will be a while before it has to happen. Thankfully.. I still have time to mentally prepare myself.
I used to be one of those people who really hated having to give presentations for work too and I would do whatever I could to prevent doing them. And since I was the manager of the department at the time, I did quite well in delegating that task… Lol… I know… Bad right?
Anyway, enough about my insecurities! What I do know for sure is that you’re gonna really like this salad. I used farro to go in as that was what I had on hand, but you can easily substitute it with rice, quinoa, spelt or whatever else you fancy.
For the dressing I used the very best mango vinegar from Simone’s Kitchen. Soon available!
Farro salad with fresh figs
Ingredients
- 75 gr farro
- few cherry tomatoes
- peppadew spicy peppers
- handfull of hazelnuts chopped
- 50 gr smoked chicken
- 1/2 pomegranate
- fresh figs
- pepper
- salt
- chives
- For the dressing:
- 2 tbsp of mayonaise
- 2 tbsp of mango vinegar from Simone's Kitchen
- pepper
- salt
Instructions
- Cook the farro according to package instructions, drain and leave to cool.
- Chop the cherry tomatoes, hazelnuts and the chicken. Cut the figs in quarters or smaller if you like.
- Make the dressing by combining the ingredients and try for taste. Add more pepper and salt if you need.
- Combine the salad ingredients together in a bowl and drizzle some of the dressing over. Serve immediately
Disclaimer
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
A refined and fabulously seasonal salad!
Cheers,
Rosa
I know how you feel. I am the most insecure person ever and I struggle all the time with low self-esteem. This gets me very upset and depressed at time…
All the best with the lecture. I’m sure you’ll do a great job!
Cheers,
Rosa
Love, love LOVE that salad and especially the pics!
And that thing about not feeling good enough is human, and perfectly normal 🙂
Janie x
PS what’s this about the mango vinegar, are you opening a mango vinegar shop?!
O good.. 😉 Glad to know I am human after all… ;))
As for the mango vinegar; yes kind of… We’ll be starting to sell some products we are using here and the mango vinegar is just one of them. Think oils, various vinegars, chutney, salt, sugar etc… By the end of the month!
A wimp you are not! And insecurities are ok if you can work and improve on them. I have them too. I am glad that we have each other to help each other get rid them … you are a hero Simone. Loving this salad I got myself more freekeh in Dubai so I am wondering if this would work well with it.
Pretty sure freekeh would work well here as the nutty flavor would be perfect. Ever since I brought freekeh from Dubai last year it seems to all of a sudden be a ‘thing’ here as well. They even sell it in the supermarket!! Weird how that works… 😉 And yes, what would we do without each other right? 😉 Hugs!