Quinoa & Tomato Tabbouleh-6 Ingredients

This side dish is not only nutritious and full of protein and fiber, it’s so tasty! Just add a few ingredients to cooked rainbow quinoa and that’s it! Plus, it’s gluten free and Vegan too!

This Quinoa & Tomato Tabbouleh recipe is so simple to make that it just may become your new favorite side dish or vegetarian main dish. Make it for your Vegan relative coming over for dinner.

It’s a great way to use up garden tomatoes and cucumbers too! I know you probably have tons of fresh parsley in your herb garden too. Mine didn’t grow this year for some reason?!

This is really a fantastic quinoa side dish! I really love it and could eat the whole bowl in one sitting! Knowing it’s nutritious makes me not feel so guilty if I overeat it.

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Quinoa & Tomato Tabbouleh

I don’t know about you but, looking at this bowl of healthy goodness is making me hungry! I just can’t wait to make this dish again!

It’s perfect to serve with grilled chicken, steak or shrimp!

However, this is a great dish to make when you have vegetarian or Vegan friends coming over! It’s also a wonderful gluten-free option.

Quinoa & Tomato Tabbouleh-6 Ingredients

*The printable recipe is at the bottom of this post.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rainbow quinoa or plain quinoa
• 1 1/2 cups cucumber slices cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 cup tomato cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 scallion cut into 1/2 round pieces
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
• salt
• black pepper

Instructions:

1. First, cook quinoa according to package directions.
2. Meanwhile, in a large serving bowl, add cucumber, tomato, chopped parsley, oil, salt and pepper to taste and cooked quinoa. Stir until combined.

Storage:

Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

This is the perfect way to use up your garden vegetables this summer but, this side dish is great to eat any time of year. It’s a wonderful vegetarian main dish for Meatless Mondays too! Take it to potlucks as it’s affordable too. Healthy and delicious!

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Quinoa & Tomato Tabbouleh

This is healthy and delicious side dish! Quinoa & Tomato Tabbouleh has rainbow quinoa, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers and is lightly seasoned! It's so good and the perfect summer dish!

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Mediterranean

Keyword quinoa tabbouleh, tomato tabbouleh

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

Servings 4 servings

Calories

Author Joanne Schweitzer

Ingredients

• 1 cup rainbow quinoa or plain quinoa
  
• 1 1/2 cups cucumber cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 cup tomato cut into 1 inch cubes
  
• 1 scallion cut into 1/2 round pieces
• 1 tbsp 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
• salt to taste
• black pepper to taste

Instructions

• First, cook quinoa according to package directions.
  
  
• Meanwhile, in a large serving bowl, add cucumber, tomato, chopped parsley, oil, salt and pepper to taste and cooked quinoa. Stir until combined.

Notes

Storage:

Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.