Healthy Bulgar Wheat Avocado Salad
Posted on January 10, 2020 by nerinatimm in salads, vegetarian
Since I’ve made this Healthy Bulgar wheat Avocado Salad, my family has fallen in love with it. It is fresh, clean flavors and a really feel good dish.
You can make this Healthy Bulgar wheat Avocado Salad in less than 30 minutes and if you feel like a piece of grilled chicken, a lamb chop of some pork to go with it, go for it. My son has chosen a vegetarian diet since late last year. The rest of the family however still eats meat. For me it is easy to cook a vegetarian meal and add meat on the side, oppose to cooking two different dinners every night.
Bulgar wheat is an edible cereal grain made from dried, cracked wheat — most commonly durum wheat. It is an excellent source of magnesium, manganese, and iron. Bulgar is considered a whole grain, that means the entire wheat kernel — including the germ, endosperm and bran is consumed. When cooked, bulgar wheat is very similar to quinoa and couscous.
I cook a cup or two and keep it in air0tight containers in my fridge so that I can make something healthy at a drop of a hat.
Healthy Bulgar wheat Avocado Salad
serves 4 as a side dish
Ingredients
250 ml/1 cup bulgar wheat
600 ml/6
2 ml salt
½ of each peppers – green, red, yellow
1 small or ½ a cucumber – chopped
fresh basil
3 spring onions – finely chopped
2 ripe avocados
8 – 10 small tomatoes, cut in half
salt and pepper to taste
For the Dressing
15 ml white vinegar
45 ml Olyfberg Olive Oil
10 ml Dijon mustard
pinch of salt
10 ml honey
Method
Pour the water into a small pot and add the bulgar wheat. Cook for 10-15 minutes or until the bulgar is soft but still has texture. Drain the Bulgar and allow to cool. When cooled down, add the cucumber, peppers, spring onion, tomatoes and fresh basil. The avocado is added just before serving. I like to scoop the avocado with a teaspoon, instead of cut it into cubes.
The dressing can be made in advance and just shaken before serving. Simply whisk all the dressing ingredients together and pour over the salad.
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