Garlic Herb Bulgur Wheat Food

GARLIC & HERB BULGUR WHEAT

Steps:

• Cook the bulgur wheat in boiling salted water for 15 mins or until tender, adding the peas for the final 3 mins of cooking.
• Make the dressing by combining the oil, lemon juice and seasoning. Stir the herbs through the drained bulgur wheat and peas with the dressing.

BULGUR WHEAT WITH PINEAPPLE, PECANS AND BASIL

Steps:

• Combine water and bulgur in large saucepan. Heat to boiling, reduce heat and simmer, covered 35 to 40 minutes or until bulgur is tender but not mushy.
• Transfer to large bowl; cool to room temperature.
• Stir pineapple tidbits, pecans, basil, parsley and oil into bulgur. Serve at room temperature.
• Per Serving: 309 calories, 13g fat (1g sat.), 0mg cholesterol, 21mg sodium, 46g carbohydrate (9g dietary fiber, 16g sugars), 6g protein, 5% Vit A, 34% Vit C, 3% calcium, 10% iron, 6% potassium, 4% folate

CROSS CULTURAL BULGUR WHEAT

Steps:

• Set bulgur wheat in a bowl and cover with water; let stand for 20 minutes. Meanwhile in a mixing bowl combine sesame and vegetable oils with ginger, garlic, lemon zest and juice and season well to taste with salt and crushed red pepper. Drain the bulgur and squeeze out as much water as you can with your hands. Combine bulgur with dressing, mint, cilantro and scallions. Fold in the jicama and adjust seasoning; serve over watercress and Boston lettuce.

BULGUR WHEAT AND ROASTED VEGETABLE SALAD

Steps:

• Cover bulgur wheat with cold water in a saucepan, partially cover pan with lid, bring water/wheat to boil and then simmer for approximately 10 minutes or until cooked (wheat should have a plump, soft but slightly chewy consistency, take care that the water does not boil over the pan or the wheat will go everywhere!).
• Drain wheat in sieve, rinse with recently boiled water to remove starch, set aside in a bowl to cool.
• Wash and slice courgette, carrot and 1/2 the onion fairly thinly, chop pepper and mushrooms a little more chunkily (i like my pepper slightly crunchy, but prepare according to your taste).
• Mix veggies on a baking tray with 1 tsp oil, 1 tsp herbs, paprika and salt (this can be ommitted if you're watching your salt intake, the flavour of the veggies is still yummy).
• Grill vegetables under a moderately high grill until browned at the edges/cooked to your taste, remembering to turn after about 5-10 minutes to ensure cooking on both sides, set aside to cool.
• Chop the other 1/2 onion and the garlic clove, blend can tomatoes in a food processor (alternatively you could buy passata, or concentrated tomato juice); mix with onion, 1 tsp herbs, pinch black pepper, garlic and 1tsp olive oil in a saucepan.
• Cover with a pan-lid and simmer tomato sauce over a low heat for 10-15 minutes, until the liquid has reduced by about 1/3- it should be a relatively runny paste (alternatively you can microwave the sauce in a bowl, covered with microwave cling-film, for approximately 3 minutes on a high setting, followed by another three on a medium setting), set aside to cool.
• To the cooled bulgur wheat, add the linseeds and mixed pine nuts/pumpkin and sunflower seeds; mix the cooled sauce with the cooled vegetables, toss into the wheat/seeds.
• Enjoy, (or store in an airtight container in the fridge and eat within two days).

BULGUR WHEAT WITH VEGGIES

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pan over medium-high heat.
• Slice mushrooms.
• Add onion, garlic and mushrooms to pan.
• Saute for about 2 minutes.
• Add the zucchini and wheat, stirring for 3-4 minutes.
• Add broth.
• Cover and let simmer over low heat for about 25 minutes.
• Remove from heat but don't remove the cover.
• Allow to sit for about 20 minutes.
• Fluff and sprinkle with parsley.