So, I am 100% a meal planner for the week. Mainly because I have an out of control appetite and making sure I always have food on hand helps keep it in check, but I also find it just makes making meals easier. However, this week I got mixed up at the grocery store and I didn't buy enough veggies for dinners...gasp!!! I started scrounging through the fridge and discovered I had about 3/4 of a bunch of parsley left. At first I thought, "Well that won't be of any help." Then I remembered my favourite part about shawarma...okay, I won't lie, I love absolutely everything about shawarma...but I do get a little bit extra excited about the parsley salad that often comes with it!
I got out my handy dandy computer and googled "parsley salad" and got the response of Tabbouleh. I then did some crazy detective work, also known as going to
www.allrecipes.com , and looked up some Tabbouleh recipes. Most of the recipes I found included some sort of grain (bulgar, quinoa, etc.) and the recipe I wanted to try and recreate didn't have any grains in it, so I decided to wing it. Good news is that it turned out pretty darn good and I think I'll incorporate it pretty regularly into my meal making this summer. If you're interested in giving it a try yourself, here goes:
Ingredients
- About 1 tsp of olive oil
- Juice from 1/4 of a lemon
- Dash of salt
- Couple grinds of pepper
- 1/2 bunch of parsley, chopped fine
- 1/2 roma tomato, chopped fine
- 1 very thin slice of yellow onion, chopped fine
Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper until it's a dressing consistency and you like the taste. Add the remaining ingredients, combine and eat! Makes approximately 1 side serving for 1 person.
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