OT Tabouli Salad OT

The same works for garbanzos (chickpeas), couscous, lentils and myriad otherwise bland bean and wheat products.

I thought bulgur was buckwheat groats, or is that kashii I'm thinking of?

I like to use red wine vinegar and virgin olive oil instead of the lemon...

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Just now I pack up the things I shall bring with me on summer holiday! I see I have to take my "bulgur bag"! This tastes summer Mirjam! I love to make salads and summer food when I have lots of time, and when there always are people dropping in for an easy meal! Coriander is not a common herb in Norwegian shops, but when I go to one of the small towns nearby, the Asian shops have fresh coriander.

I also bring your cucumber recipe.

Thank you for reminding me of warmer "tasty" days, Mirjam! AUD ;-))

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Well, Wooly, I see I have to bring my lentils too! Beans and lentils are some of my favourites, I love the taste! I think it is "something in my childhood"... .... and when the others do not quite understand, I tell them how HEALTHY it is... ... how much healthy proteïn they get from it! A very good excuse for me!LOL! Aud ;-))

Coriander or cilantro is very easy to grow in aw indowsill, and it is self-seeding if you let a few plants go to flower. I'll be glad to send you enough seed to get you started...

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Thank you, Wooly, that sounds marvellous!

But you se I'm leaving now, and am not home till middle of August!!

Is it best to start to grow them in spring?? You say you grow it in a windowsill, and that means it has to grow indoors; ecpessially in Norway, I think! LOL!. (I do that with other herbs too) "home grown" herbs tastes fantastic! AUD ;-))

Allow me to entertain you with a little ditty from my childhood. Beans, beans, the musical fruit; the more you eat, the more you toot. But seriously, I like beans, especially bean soup. As Aud said, they are a healthy food. They are low in fat and a good source of protein, fiber, the B vitamins and some minerals.

That rhyme is a blast from the past, when I read that I got a long-forgotten memory flash of my father saying that, except that he followed it up with "toot too much and you buy a new suit." (my father had an off sense of humor :)

I'm a lentil & bean lover too, although I didn't realize they had all that nutrition and vitamin in them.

Karen in MN

Interesting. The bulgur which I buy at the local International Foods Store here only needs to be soaked for about ten minutes. I put it in a bowl, cover it with hot water and set it aside, and by the time I have finished chopping the rest of the ingredients and stirred them in it is ready to serve.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Jan, when I was growing up here in New England, my dad taught us that rhyme with a second verse:

Beans, beans, the musical fruit; The more you eat, the more you toot. The more you toot, the better you feel, Then you are ready for another meal.

Jackie in hot, hot Massachusetts

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Erf, I wouldn't eat them uncooked either. The chickpeas I can get are dried in bags and are so hard that eating them uncooked doesn't bear consideration. Fortunately they're fast cookers so I can make up a salad in under an hour if needs be.

I just mowed the back yard, where I let the herbs "run wild" this year. Its quite fragrant out there right now...

Welcome back, Jackie! :o)

Gemini

Welcome Welcome jackie Nice to see/read you again mirjam

Yep, you're thinking of kasha (buckwheat groats). Bulgur, called burghul in some places, is cracked wheat.

I picked up a batch of lovely tabbouleh at my favorite health food store to serve at a family reunion/cookout we held at our house yesterday... and forgot to serve it!! I was loading leftovers into the fridge when I found it, fortunately a sister and niece were more than willing to take half of it off my hands (it really doesn't keep long). I particularly love this store's tabbouleh because of the high parsley content.

Oh yes, I learned a slightly more risque version that goes

Beans, beans, they're good for your heart The more you eat, the more you fart, the more you fart, the better you feel, so eat your beans with every meal.

Our cookout yesterday featured a lot of legumes: hummus, lentil salad, and a wonderful tradiitonal lentil and ground beef stew made by my new sister-in-law, who's Bolivian. Everyone who tasted it demanded the recipe.

I heard this one while growing up too. ;o)

Gemini

The version I learned was: Beans, beans, the musical fruit the more you eat the more you toot the more you toot, the better you feel so eat your beans at every meal

Noreen

Should I hang my head in shame and confess that I have only ever used canned chickpeas?

Katherine

I have tried to grow it, but it never really worked. I wonder what I am doing wrong?

Katherine