Tabouli with Feta and Endive
Tabouli with Feta and Endive Recipe - Perky tabouli with bulgur wheat and salty feta cheese, served on endive leaves for a healthy hand-held snack!
Ingredients
- 1 cup bulgur wheat
- 1 1/2 cups water boiling
- 2 lemon zested and juiced
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 clove garlic (large), minced
- 2 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 bunch green onion chopped (tops and bottoms
- 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley chopped
- 1 bunch mint chopped, leaves
- 1 cucumber chopped, English variety
- 2 pints cherry tomatoes quartered (or 2 large tomatoes, diced
- 1 cup feta cheese crumbled
- 8 heads endive (small)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the bulgur wheat, lemon zest and juice, oil, cayenne, garlic and salt. Pour the boiling water over the top. Stir and allow it to sit for at least 1 hour.
- Wash the endive and cut off the bottoms. Carefully separate the leaves and set aside.
- Chop all the herbs, cucumber and tomatoes. Once the wheat has plumped up and absorbed the liquid, toss in the herbs, cumbers and tomatoes. Then salt and pepper to taste.
- You can eat the tabouli immediately, but the flavor does develop if you give it a little time to sit. Scoop into endive leaves and sprinkle each with feta.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 202
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cup | |
| Calories | 202kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 11mg | 4% |
| Sodium | 706mg | 29% |
| Potassium | 1260mg | 27% |
| Fiber | 12g | 48% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 7410IU | 148% |
| Vitamin C | 54.7mg | 61% |
| Calcium | 248mg | 25% |
| Iron | 3.9mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.