Hello,
Spring has definitely sprung! I was at work yesterday and the birds were chirping outside. I went outside to see just how warm it was and before me was a mother duck and 10 of her little ducklings swimming in a water puddle. It was amazing.... So that's when I got the idea to make a very spring type dish. I made an easy version of "Tabbouleh". Tabbouleh is very spring like with fresh tomatoes and herbs.
Typical Tabbouleh is made with Bulgar wheat. I decided that to make an easy version I would use, "cous cous". I love cous cous! It can be made many different ways and it makes a great Tabbouleh. Cook your cous cous according to the directions on the box which is usually 2 cups of bowling water to 1 box of cous cous. I like to add salt and olive oil to the water while it's bowling. I think its easy to prepare the cous cous by pouring the water over the cous cous in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap so the steam does not escape. You know your cous cous is ready when the water has completely left the bowl and the cous cous is soft.
While you are waiting for the cous cous to get ready, you can start chopping the other ingredients. I like to use fresh tomatoes, parsley, mint, and spring onions. The fresher the ingredients the better. Before you chop your tomatoes it is best to seed them ( remove all the seeds and juice). I like to cut the tomatoes around the middle of the tomatoes and use my fingers to get all the seeds out of the pockets of the tomatoes. Any extra liquid you can remove from your vegetables the better for your salad. The tomatoes should be chopped small. As you can see from the photos there is a lot of herbs in this salad. I use equal amounts of parsley and mint all chopped small. Slice the green onions as thin as you can. Depending on your own taste buds will decide on how much lemon juice you would use. Using fresh lemon juice is definitely better in this dish. Just be careful of the seeds! Add more olive oil and taste it for salt and pepper. Once you decide that it has enough flavors for you then it is ready! I hope you enjoy this easy version on Tabbouleh and I am sure your family will at the next family gathering.
INGREDIENTS:
COUS COUS
TOMATOES
PARSLEY
MINT
SPRING ONION (GREEN ONION)
LEMONS
OLIVE OIL
SALT AND PEPPER
MO
Spring has definitely sprung! I was at work yesterday and the birds were chirping outside. I went outside to see just how warm it was and before me was a mother duck and 10 of her little ducklings swimming in a water puddle. It was amazing.... So that's when I got the idea to make a very spring type dish. I made an easy version of "Tabbouleh". Tabbouleh is very spring like with fresh tomatoes and herbs.
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| "UMM UMM GOOD!!" |
INGREDIENTS:
COUS COUS
TOMATOES
PARSLEY
MINT
SPRING ONION (GREEN ONION)
LEMONS
OLIVE OIL
SALT AND PEPPER
MO
