Vegan Gluten-Free Tabouli Salad

Tabouli Salad is a great way to use colorful antioxidant rich fresh produce. Sunripened tomatoes, cool cukes, sensuous spearmint, and hip hempseed as an alternative to the gluten containing bulgur wheat that is traditionally used. Hemp can provide omega 3's, protein and vitamin E. The hempseed oil adds a lovely richness that might even win over olive oil aficionados. There is no THC in the hempseed or oil. Try this Mediterranean treat that can be a meal in itself!

Tabouli Salad
The bulgur in most tabouli salad is made of the common gluten containing allergen, wheat. This one's gluten free, wheat free and enzyme rich, of course!)

1 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup chopped fresh spearmint
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 cucumber, chopped
Juice of 1 lemon juice
1 cup hempseed
1/4 cup hempseed oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
Put them all together in a big bowl and mix them all about! Chill before serving for 1/2 hour. (Serves 4-6)

For those of you that have never tried Hempseed (Cannabis sativa), it is a member of the Cannabaceae (Hemp) Family and one of the oldest cultivated plants on the planet. Hempseed is really akin to a nutrient dense grain, though it contains no gluten and is not in the Poaceae (Grass) Family that grains like wheat, rye, barley, spelt and kamut fall into. Hempseeds can be useful in special diets where people have intolerances to dairy, soy, corn and gluten, as it is easily tolerated and digestible.

Hempseed's flavor is sweet and mild and somewhere between a sunflower seed and pine nut.

Hempseed is a rich source of vegetable protein. Most find it easy to digest and unlikely to cause allergic reactions and is not from genetically modified plants, which is common with soy and corn.

(For more delicious recipes please visit www.Nutivakitchen.com or check out my book The HempNut Health and Cookbook, co-authored with Richard Rose and Christina Pirello.)

 

 

 

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Comments

[Nick Kuiper]

06:43 PM on 09/19/2011

Sounds about right. Thanks for posting!

[Jeannines Opinion]

09:06 AM on 09/16/2011

looks delicious! big fan of tabouli, will have to google or bing where i can purchase the hemp products. I am not allergic to gluten but if i can make something that is delicouis and high in omega-3, i am all for it.. a lil flat bread and fresh garlic sauce.. that is a meal in itself... now a recipe for gluten free flat bread and that most helpful... now i am seriously craving... darn.

[DebbyM]

10:06 PM on 09/16/2011

Try this for the flatbread: 1/4 cup chick pea flour, 1/2 cup swiss chard leaves (or any other green), salt and pepper to taste, two tablespoons hemp seed and enough water to make it a rather thin batter. A little coconut oil on a hot griddle and fry/bake on both sides. I usually leave the lid off the pan as the amount of water in it makes it a little slow to cook through. I just love this stuff and the taste seems to improve if you can get them fairly thin and a little crispy on the edges.

[GrannyCrow]

10:25 PM on 09/15/2011

Bridget, you forgot to mention something about hemp seed and its oil! Hemp seed is rich in Omega 3 which is "heart-healthy", and it also can help lift depression! The American diet is woefully deficient in Omega 3 and this recipe is a good start in correcting that deficiency. That American farmers are not allowed to grow this very nutritious food (with its multi-purpose fiber as a byproduct), is shameful!

[frank day]

10:22 PM on 09/15/2011

Sounds delicious, although I'd use Dill instead of Spearmint.

I'm a Dillaholic.