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. 1/2 cup of shredded carrot
2. 2 cups chopped parsley
3. 1 cup chopped mint
4. 1 cup diced onion
5. 1 cup diced fresh tomato
6. 1 cup diced cucumber
7. 2 cups shredded lettuce – romaine
8. 1 cup cooked quinoa
9. 1/2 cup bean liquid – from canned beans or home made 
10. 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
11. 1/4 – 1/2 tsp salt
12. 2 tsp black pepper, ground
13. 1 tsp allspice, ground
14. *OPTIONAL: Saute up a few Gardein Chick’n Scallopini fillets, chop and add them in. 

1. Cook quinoa according to package and let cool completely. 
2. 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. 
3. 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

YUMMY!!! I added chopped Gardein Chick’n Scaloppini filets

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