Tabouli salad (Moosewood Cookbook)


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 148.3
  • Total Fat: 7.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 12.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 19.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.6 g
  • Protein: 3.3 g

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Introduction

Middle Eastern salad with bulgur wheat and veggies. Easy to prepare. Delicious. You can also add a small cucumber seeded and minced and/or half cup cooked chick peas but these are not in the calorie count here. Middle Eastern salad with bulgur wheat and veggies. Easy to prepare. Delicious. You can also add a small cucumber seeded and minced and/or half cup cooked chick peas but these are not in the calorie count here.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1/4 cup Bulgur cracked wheat whole grain
    Water, tap, 1.5 cups boiiling
    Lemon Juice, 1/4 cup (juice from one large lemon)
    Olive Oil 1/4 cup
    Garlic, 2 cloves crushed
    Pepper, black, dash or to taste
    Scallions, raw, 4 medium (4-1/8" long) ie. green onions
    Parsley, 1 cup (approx one bunch curly parsley, chopped and packed tightly)
    Mint Leaves, 10 fresh leaves (optional)
    Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average, 2 medium whole (2-3/5" dia)
    Peppers, sweet, red, fresh, 1 medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2" (use 1/2 red pepper and 1/2 yellow pepper for colour)

Directions

1. combine bulgur and boiling water 1.5 cups in a medium-large bowl. Cover and leg stand until bulgur is tender (20 to 30 min.)
2. Add salt, lemon juice (from about 1.5 lemons), olive oil, garlic and black pepper and mix thoroughly. Cover tightly and refrigerate until about 30 min. before serving.
3. About 30 min. before serving stir in remaining ingredients (including optional additions) and mix well. Serve cold with warm wedges of lightly toasted pita bread.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WATERBRIDGE.