Couscous Tabbouleh Salad (French Tabloué)
A fresh and flavorful tabbouleh salad made with couscous and seasoned with parsley, mint, tomato, and lemon juice.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat couscous
- 1 cup boiling water
- 30 cherry tomatoes
- 2 cups fresh parsley with stems cup off, (2.5 ounce bag)
- 3 Tbs fresh mint leaves
- 1 English cucumber sliced and quartered
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/3 cup strained tomatoes
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup + 1 Tbs of lemon juice ( This was the juice of 2 lemons for me)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Put couscous into a bowl, add boiling water and mix. Cover the bowl with a plate and let the couscous rest for 5 minutes.
- Put the cherry tomatoes into a food processor with the parsley and mint leaves. Mix.
- Put the diced bell pepper and cucumber into a large bowl. Add the couscous to the bowl. Add the cherry tomato, parsley and mint mixture from the food processor to the bowl and mix. Cut up clumps of the couscous so it doesn't have large lumps.
- Add the onion powder, strained tomatoes, salt, lemon juice and olive oil to the bowl. Mix. Taste. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- This salad tastes best after it is refrigerated for a few hours, but you can eat this right away.
Nutrition
Calories: 229kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 176mg | Potassium: 359mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2182IU | Vitamin C: 59mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 3mg