Blogging Marathon# 41: Week 2/ Day 2
Theme: Picnic Hamper Dishes
Dish: Quinoa Tabbouleh
Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked today for BM# 41.
Theme: Picnic Hamper Dishes
Dish: Quinoa Tabbouleh
Salads are really perfect to take along for picnics, especially the ones made with grains or pasta. They can be made ahead of time and the resting gives the grains a chance to absorb all the flavors. And the biggest advantage of all is they can be served at room temperature without any problem.
Today's dish for 'Picnic Hamper' is another healthy and delicious salad (check out yesterday's Bread Salad). Tabbouleh is traditionally made with bulgur, but I made it with quinoa instead. It is very flavorful with the addition of fresh herbs, mint and parsley, and veggies, cucumber and tomato.
Ingredients:
Quinoa - 2cups cooked (cook 1cup of quinoa with 2 cups of water)
Cucumber - 1 small, diced
Tomato - 1 medium, deseeded and diced
Mint - ½cup, finely chopped
Parsley - ½cup, finely chopped
Lemon juice - 2tbsp
Garlic clove - 2, finely minced
Feta Cheese - optional
Salt - to taste
Method:
Quinoa - 2cups cooked (cook 1cup of quinoa with 2 cups of water)
Cucumber - 1 small, diced
Tomato - 1 medium, deseeded and diced
Mint - ½cup, finely chopped
Parsley - ½cup, finely chopped
Lemon juice - 2tbsp
Garlic clove - 2, finely minced
Feta Cheese - optional
Salt - to taste
Method:
- In a small bowl, combine garlic clove, lemon juice, 3tbsp extra virgin olive oil. Add the chopped herbs and salt. Mix well.
- In a mixing bowl, combine cooked quinoa, cucumber, tomatoes and the dressing. Gently mix and set it aside for 30 minutes before serving. Add feta cheese just before serving.
Looks so tempting! I also make my tabbouleh with quinoa. I found this as a good vehicle to serve quinoa to my family :)
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a super easy and healthy salad. Will add this to my Quinoa recipe collection.
ReplyDeleteThis is one healthy and filling salad bowl !
ReplyDeleteMy to-do list with ur recipes is growing longgggg... Quite a hit this is wit my husband.. Must try ..
ReplyDeleteI can imagine have this tabbouleh for my today's lunch, very healthy and filling.
ReplyDeleteNobody eats quinoa in my house but this looks like a very healthy salad.
ReplyDeleteu love quinoa dont you...this is also a beautiful looking salad
ReplyDeletetabbouleh with quinoa ! fabulous
ReplyDeleteWe need to get this from special grocery stores and is highly priced so it gets difficult to use it regularly. But this salad looks really colourful and pretty.
ReplyDeleteLike Vaishali said , quinao is very pricey here! But would love to try it out...
ReplyDeleteThese days I'm cooking quinoa during dinner time..your salad looks great..
ReplyDeletelove tabbouleh and quinoa version makes it super healthy
ReplyDeleteSalads are such healthy option to carry...very nice one..
ReplyDeleteTabbouleh is on my to try list. Quinoa version looks very tempting
ReplyDeleteIts in my to do list,tabbouleh looks so colorful and healthy.
ReplyDeleteIn my to-do for a while. Very tempting pictures!
ReplyDeleteLovely recipe again !! As always, I have ended up book marking more than 10 recipes from this site :)
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