Butternut Tabbouleh
Fresh winter tabbouleh salad recipe featuring butternut squash instead of tomatoes and some dried cranberries for good measure! This recipe yields enough for two medium salads (shown) or four small side salads. Feel free to double it; you'll probably need to cook the butternut longer than indicated below.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 7 of 11 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Feta Cheese | 1 oz (28g) cheddar | 113 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Shallot | 1 tbsp minced (10g) | 7 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Bulgur | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 small butternut squash (about 1½ pounds), sliced into little ¼-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup bulgur
- 1 cup water
- Pinch salt
- 1 cup chopped fresh parsley (about ½ bunch of parsley, chopped)
- ½ cup chopped fresh mint (1 small bunch of mint, chopped)
- 1 shallot, minced (about ⅓ cup minced)
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Optional garnish: crumbled feta cheese