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icinglady1
06-13-2006, 11:36 PM
Light-tasting colorful bulgar salad with dried cranberries, walnuts, and fresh mint

Cruisin' for new recipe ideas with whole grains? Well, this nutty, high-fiber bulgur salad is sheer genius! it's so scrumptious and so healthy, even if you haven't used a pot in years, its worth Dustin off, man.

1 cup orange juice
1 cup bulgur
1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries
1/2 cup each..diced celery, and peeled, diced English cucumber
1/4 cup minced red onions
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or natural almonds
1/3 cup chopped parsley (fresh)
2 tbsp chopped fresh mint leaves
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teasp grated lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1. Combine orange juice and 1 cup water in a medium saucepan. Bring to aboil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and stir in bulgur. Simmer, covered, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, covered until bulgur has absorbed all of the liquid, 15-20 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, place cranberries, celery, cucumber, red onions and nuts in a large bowl. Add cooked bulgur, parsley, mint, olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

Makes 6 servings
Per serving
Calories 191, total fat 5.7g(sat 0.6g) protein 5g, carb 33g, fiber 5.6g, chol 0mg, sodium 112mg.

MelHub
06-14-2006, 06:27 AM
This one sounds so good to and it has bulgar and I was looking for new ways to have bulgar. Thanks for posting


Melinda

curious1
06-15-2006, 10:24 AM
You always post such good sounding recipes. Where do you find them? Thank you for posting, I put bulgur on the shopping list.

icinglady1
06-15-2006, 02:35 PM
I'm a cookbook hound...my newest purchase was the book these came from

Eat, Shrink and be Merry

Also: Mood & Food

I post the best sounding ones!

curious1
06-15-2006, 03:16 PM
Well, I am glad that we have similar tastes. Keep them coming. I will look for those books. Thanks.

Falada
07-06-2006, 05:00 PM
I made this wonderful salad over the 4th of July weekend. My oldest daughter, who just started WW, just loved it, and several relatives asked for the recipe.


I didn't have any nuts, so chopped up a few dried apricots to add to the mix instead. It was so satisfying, and the leftovers were great the next day for lunch.

Fala