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Tabbouleh 4 Comments

Aug 18, 2008

My heritage is Lebanese, we ate tabbouleh at least three times a week when parsley was in season. We had parsley growing in the backyard at home in Sydney. This is my mum’s famous recipe. Friends would come over asking her to make it. This was one of my first dishes I learnt how to make. Whenever we had a dinner party, I was responsible for dicing the tomatoes into very small cubes (my mother would inspect the size of the tomato cubes to ensure they were meeting her strict guidelines!) What ever you do, do not use the food processor to chop the parsley as the parsley comes out all mushy.

When my friends found out I was creating a food blog, their first requests were to post my Lebanese recipes. Here is the first of many! Thanks, Mum.

Ingredients

2 bunches of Italian parsley finely chopped
4 medium size ripe tomatoes finely chopped into one inch cubes
¼ cup finely chopped mint
1 – 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
½ cup finely chopped scallions — use both the white and green part
½ cup freshly squeezed lemon
salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons of wheat germ/ bulgar

Serves

4

Prep Time

45 minutes

Directions

In a large bowl combine parsley, scallion, tomatoes, mint, wheat germ, freshly squeezed lemon, olive oil and stir well

Add salt and pepper to taste

Note: Feel free to add more lemon juice and olive oil to tweak the taste

Filed Under

Salads and Middle Eastern Recipes

Spices Used

Pepper

Other Ingredients Used

Parsley

4 Comments

The colors in this look so bright and lovely! Wow!

Tom Aarons, over 2 years ago

You forgot to tell how much olive oil...

—Antoine, over 2 years ago

you are right. 1- 2 tablespoons of oil. Mix it, and if you feel you need to add more, do add another teaspoon. Ursula

—ursula, over 2 years ago

looks delicous

—reva, about 1 year ago

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