Why People Are Choosing Farro Over Quinoa
Make this simple 5 ingredient dish: Farro with Cherry Tomatoes and Arugula.
If you like all that Quinoa can do for your body, you’ll love farro. Farro is a little softer and closer in texture to rice making it an easier transition to a superfood in case you (or your kids) find quinoa to be a little too nutty. But if you are limited to a gluten-free diet farro is not a gluten-free grain. Both grains are high in fiber and protein, but farro has more calcium and slightly more carbs than quinoa. Also read Why Quinoa is Good for You.
A 1/4 of a cup of farro has:
• 170 calories
• 34 grams of carbs
• 5 grams of fiber
• 6 grams of protein
• only 1of fat
• 20% of the RDI of vitamin B3 (niacin)
• 15% of the RDI of magnesium
• 15% of the RDI of zinc
