Tabouli Quinoa Salad (Sammy’s WF Pizza Copycat)

My mother-in-law introduced me to this salad and it’s my new favorite! You can find this salad at Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza restaurant… with a whopping 1/2 cup of oil and 2 tsp of salt. Yikes! I decided to recreate this salad WITHOUT that nonsense, turned out even better than the original!

My hubby was a bit skeptical but devoured an entire plate full! I served this with romaine leaves and a few flatbread crackers. I also added a couple cooked/chopped Gardein Chick’n Scallopini filets, per my hubby’s request. I try to stay away from fake meats as much as possible so this was a rare occasion.

Tabouli Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

1/2 cup of shredded carrot
2 cups chopped parsley
1 cup chopped mint
1 cup diced onion
1 cup diced fresh tomato
1 cup diced cucumber
2 cups shredded lettuce – romaine
1 cup cooked quinoa
1/2 cup bean liquid – from canned beans or home made
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 – 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp black pepper, ground
1 tsp allspice, ground
*OPTIONAL: Saute up a few Gardein Chick’n Scallopini fillets, chop and add them in.

Directions:

Cook quinoa according to package and let cool completely.
Combine all ingredients, mix well and serve with flatbread and/or romaine leaves. You can wait to add the veggie/mint/onion/etc mixture to the chopped romaine until you serve it if you need it to last longer. This makes a ton of salad, I saved the mixture and added it to chopped romaine the next few days.
Serves 6

Add cooked/cooled quinoa with all other ingredients – I added all ingredients EXCEPT romaine lettuce together then combined them before we were ready to eat

Now combine with chopped romaine. If you’re only serving a few people and want leftovers, reserve some of this mixture to combine with more chopped romaine later