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Tabbouleh

July 27, 2017

Looking for the ideal summer salad to take care of your body but you want to enjoy your meal?  Let me share with you a salad recipe that is freshy so fresh, super tasty-yummy and healthy! I learned it from my mother that learnt it from my grandmother that learnt it from…. ok it’s a family recipe you got it and it is called Tabbouleh! This recipe is from Lebanon but since my mum is from Senegal (learn about Senegal in the article: 5 reasons to discover Senegal) and we have some Lebanese in my family there, I had the chance to get to know how to make the authentic Lebanese Tabbouleh! And the original recipe has really nothing to do with what you can buy in the supermarkets. I won’t lie to you, it takes time because you need to chop finely a lot of stuffs but you can prepare a big Tabbouleh and enjoy it several days. This fresh salad is ideal to eat like a starter or to have with a barbecue! Just thinking about it, I have the mouth wet and it is the time for me to eat! Bisous, I’m leaving you to have my meal now! Melissa ♡

Tabbouleh recipe

Ingredients (4pers):

  • 1 bunch of spring onions
  • 1 boot of fresh mint
  • 1 boot of fresh parsley
  • 2 medium tomatoes
  • 4 tablespoons of bulgur wheat
  • 1 cup boiling-hot water
  • Salt & pepper
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • Fresh juice of 3 limes

Preparation:

  1. Chop finely the onions, mint, parsley and cut the tomatoes in small squares
  2. Pour the bulgur in a bowl and add the cup of boiling-hot water. Then cover the bowl with a little plate and let stand 15 minutes.
  3. Once the bulgur has swelled place it in a big plate, add the onions, parsley, mint, tomatoes, lemon juice, salt, pepper and olive oil.
  4. Combine well and keep the tabbouleh in the fridge long enough to serve it fresh.
  5. Serve it with some leaves of salad and enjoy!

Want to taste another healthy salad recipe for summer? Discover my exotic salad here;)

Food

Autumn flavor

December 4, 2015

Hello! To fight against the cold weather of this week, I have cooked one of my favorite autumnal dish that is very tasty and can even delight vegetarians! I propose you the recipe of a mushroom pie with flavors from south of France (my home country). This recipe is for 6 persons and needs only 15 min of preparation and 35min of cooking.

Ingredients:
– 200g of puff paste
– 400g of fresh boletus, or other tasty mushrooms
– 50g of walnut or almond
– 3 shallots
– 2 slices of sandwich break 
– 15cl of single cream
– 1 soup spoon of armagnac or other sweet wine
– 80g of butter
– 3 cloves of garlic
– salt, pepper

And the non-vegans can add:
– 100g of smoked duck breast
– 100g of bacon or Serrano


Preparation:

  • Clean the mushrooms with a humid linen 
  • Peel the shallots, slice them thinly, brown them during 5min with the bacon and smoked duc breast cut in cubes. Flambé with armagnac. Add the walnuts, bread, single cream. Mixez everything until obtaining the texture of a stuffing. 
  • Peel and chop the garlic, brown it with butter.  
  • Spread the puff paste, garnish it with the stuffing, recover with freshly mushrooms cut in big pieces, grizzle generously with the garlic butter and saison.
  • Put in the oven at 180° during 30min. And enjoy your mushroom pie with a nice cup of wine! Bisous, Melissa ♥