Recipes
Recipes

Fruit & nut bulgar wheat salad

Our version of tabbouleh - a Middle Eastern salad made with wheat - makes an easy-to-put-together meal

Our version of tabbouleh - a Middle Eastern salad made with wheat - makes an easy-to-put-together meal

Cooking Time

Cook: 45 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £1.25 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 324g serving contains

Energy
2631kj
629kcal
31%
Fat
25.6g
High
37%
Saturates
5.5g
Med
28%
Sugars
20.4g
High
23%
Salt
0.32g
Med
5%
1
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
812kj/194kcal

Ingredients

300g Good & Balanced Bulgar Wheat

2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves, plus extra leaves to garnish

100g raisins (or sultanas)

50g peanuts

50g sunflower seeds

80g pomegranate seeds

50g Lancashire cheese, crumbled

3 tbsp lemon juice

3 tbsp olive oil

Pinch ground cinnamon

160g pack washed baby spinach leaves

Method

1
Put the bulgar wheat in a bowl and pour over boiling water to just cover. Soak for 30 minutes, then drain off any excess water.
2
Put the wheat in a larger bowl. Add the chopped mint, raisins, peanuts, sunflower seeds, pomegranate seeds, and cheese. Gently mix together.
3
Whisk together the lemon juice, oil and cinnamon. Season to taste and add to the salad.
4
Just before serving, gently stir in the spinach. Garnish with mint leaves.