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Quinoa Tabbouleh Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe:

8 to 18 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 Cup Cooked Quinoa - recipe below
  • 8 Large or 12 Medium or 18 Small Tomatoes - tops cut off and insides cut and scooped out - Or 2 to 3 diced tomatoes
  • 1 Cucumber - deseeded - diced
  • 1/2 Cup or 1 Small Red Onion - minced
  • 2 Tablespoons Italian Parsley - minced - or to taste
  • 1 Tablespoon Mint - minced - or to taste
  • 1 Garlic - minced
  • 1/4 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 3 Tablespoons Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
  • 2 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
  • 2 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1 Teaspoon Sea Salt - or to taste
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper

Quinoa

  • 1 Cup Dried White Quinoa
  • 1 3/4 Cups Filtered Water
  • 1 Vegetable Bouillon Cube - unsalted or low salt
  • 1 Teaspoon Sea Salt

Instructions

Quinoa

  1. First, rinse the quinoa well then add all ingredients into a small saucepan.
  2. Bring to a boil then mash the bouillon and cover the pot, turn to medium-low, then simmer for 15 minutes. (I recommend using a timer)
  3. When finished cooking, remove from heat and let sit with the lid on for 5 more minutes.
  4. Fluff with a fork and let cool completely.
  5. Salad
  6. Peel the cucumber and scoop out the seeds.
  7. Cut into strips lengthwise and cut into small pieces.
  8. Add to a large bowl.
  9. Mince the red onions, mint and parsley and add to the bowl. Set aside.
  10. In a small bowl, mix together both kinds of vinegar, olive oil, lemon, garlic, salt and pepper.
  11. When the quinoa is cool, mix it into the vegetable really well.
  12. Let sit for at least 10 minutes to let the flavors meld together. Set aside

Assemble

  1. Slice the tops off the tomatoes and scoop out the insides.
  2. I had to use a knife to carefully cut around and then scoop it out but it will depend on the tomatoes you use.
  3. Scoop the salad onto the tomatoes and garnish with small mint or parsley leaves.

Recipe Notes

*Notes I saved the tomato tops and diced them up to use later. I also saved the insides and pureed them then used it in a soup. If you want to make it as a salad you will only need about 3 tomatoes. Just dice them up and stir them in.