tabouleh!

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I had been meaning to make tabouleh for several weeks. My growing-between-the-patio-bricks parsley is tall and lush, my mint was adequate to the job, I had the bulghur and the lemon.....

Tuesday night I bit the bullet and launched into all that chopping. I had some tomatoes from the market, one of those excellent onyons from the market, and I thought I might have some little cucumbers, but alas I'd waited too long and they were icky.

It took me at least an hour to chop up everything (and throw out icky stuff). I used less olive oil and lemon juice than the recipe called for, and less onion, too. (I love cooked onion, but am not all that fond of raw onion.)

It didn't make that much, for that much work, and on Tuesday I thought it was ok, but not great.

I took it to work for lunch on Wednesday, and this pic was taken on my office window sill on Wednesday.

It was pretty darn good! I ate most of it Wednesday, and the rest Thursday (we do have a fridge!!!).

I'm still not sure about spending over an hour on something that takes less than 15 minutes to eat............... But I'm glad that I used my parsley and mint. And I love tabouleh and like being able to control the amount of oil that goes in.

Another time I would add some non-pre-soaked bulghur. After sitting all night it was pretty sloppy.

All that red-red and green-green is pretty. Wish I had some more; I'd happily eat it for lunch today, too.



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