Chef Challenge -- White beans - Go!

12:03 PM Remy Maguire - Manifest the Best 0 Comments

White bean and Tofu Tabboleh


Planning meals for the week often takes place over Sunday night dinner. What better place to get inspired. Chowing down on our meaty, oooey, gooey, sloppy joes, Andrew suggested we go for something vegetarian. Then he tossed out a challenge. "How about something with white beans?" "Um, ok, like what?" I asked. "Dunno, that's your job!" White bean challenge - it's on!

Here's Mondays meatless meal...with white beans!

Ingredients:

1 cup bulgur wheat, uncooked
1 1/2 cups boiling water
2 cups chopped fresh parsley
1 cup chopped baby spinach
1 tomato, diced
1/2 yellow bell pepper, diced
1 small onion, finely diced
1/2 zucchini
1.4 cup diced cucumbers
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 block firm organic tofu
1/4 cup olive oil
1 lemon, juiced
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

Place the bulgur wheat in a large bowl, stir the boiling water into it, cover, and let stand until the water is absorbed and the wheat is fluffy, about 30 minutes.
In a large salad bowl, lightly stir together the parsley, spinach, tomato, yellow bell pepper, zucchini, cukes, onion, garlic, cannellini beans, tofu, olive oil, lemon juice, sea salt, and black pepper. Add the bulgur, lightly stir to thoroughly combine the salad, and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.