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The Anyone Can Do This Series- Bountiful Basket helpers and a recipe-Tabbouleh
I'm tying this post in with the Bountiful Basket posts I do because it can fit both types of readers. There are tips in this particular post that can help anyone, but it also deals with those who just bought their produce. So win win for everyone! Hooray.
So first I will get the tips out of the way and then end with the recipe.
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Tip #1: The picture above is of a head of romaine lettuce and fresh green beans in zip lock bags. Fresh vegetables are great, but if they aren't stored well they go bad before you even get a chance to use them. I put a paper towel in with the item which wicks away the moisture and keeps it fresh longer. I can't even count how many times I have killed produce because I was to lazy to baggie and paper towel them. Herbs like cilantro and parsley keep particularly good this way and last way longer than if you just throw them in the fridge with the grocery store bag over them.
Tip #2: Bags of potatoes-When I came home with my produce the bag of potatoes that were included were quite wet. DO NOT put a wet bag of potatoes under the sink or out in the garage. I want to barf just thinking about what happens. They rot and it smells horrible. We have searched for some dead animal in our garage only to find out it was a bag of potatoes. So I leave them on the counter and turn them every so often and they seem to dry fairly quickly. Then I can store them with no problem. And by the way, DO NOT store potatoes next to onions. When they are close together they create gases that spoil them both.
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Tip #3: Tomatoes-so you also got a bunch of tomatoes in your basket. What is the best way to store them? Not in the fridge....I know, how inconvenient. Tomatoes are very delicate and refrigerating them actually damages the membranes inside the fruit walls, causing them to lose flavor and they tend to get a mealy texture. Sounds yummy..not. The best way to store them is at room temperature on the counter.
Enough tips...lets get to the recipe.
For those of you with cucumbers and tomatoes to use from your baskets this will help you eat those up. And for those of you looking for something healthy but very delicious...this will help you too! If you've never heard of this then it may seem a little odd, but it is ohhh so good. I would never lead you astray!
TABBOULEH
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Yeild 8 servings
- 1 cup bulghur wheat
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons)
- 1/4 cup good olive oil
- 3 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 cup minced scallions, white and green parts (1 bunch)
- 1 cup chopped fresh mint leaves (1 bunch)
- 1 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley (1 bunch)
- 1 hothouse cucumber, unpeeled, seeded, and medium-diced
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Directions
Place the bulghur in a large bowl, pour in the boiling water, and add the lemon juice, olive oil, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Stir, then allow to stand at room temperature for about 1 hour. Add the scallions, mint, parsley, cucumber, tomatoes, 2 teaspoons salt, and the pepper; mix well. Season, to taste, and serve or cover and refrigerate. The flavor will improve if the tabbouleh sits for a few hours.
*NOW: This recipe makes and excellent side dish, salad or you can stuff it inside of a pita with greek yogurt. It is really very good.I recently had company and served it along side roasted salmon and it was a hit. If you have ever prepared cous cous it is very similar.
*Variations- It calls for cherry tomatoes but plain diced tomatoes work just fine. It also calls for mint and parsley. The last time I made it I just added a cup of chopped cilantro and it was great.
*Bulghur wheat can many times be found in the bulk section of your grocery store. Winco has it for super cheap. This recipe only calls for one cup of dried bulghur wheat but prepared makes enough for 8 people.
PLUS-my kids gobbled this up, and lately I can barely get them to eat anything that doesn't have cheese on it.
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