Help with side dish for Bike Club potluck

[mary9761]

Sounds yummy, I was going to suggest something similar but with your choice of pasta (garden rotini is good for this to add a bit of extra veggie power) The balsamic vinegarette is a wonderful condiment to put as it keeps better than anything mayo based.

[Bikingmomof3]

An easy pasta salad with lots of cut up raw veggies and light dressing?

[snapdragen]

Dang - I've got an awesome tabouli recipe, AND I CAN'T FIND IT!!!!!! This is going to drive me crazy....


/helpful, eh?

[withm]

I can find mine:

Tabouleh

1-3/4 cup bulghur
1 bunch green onions, chopped fine
1 cup fresh parsley, chopped fine
2 cups fresh mint, chopped fine
5-6 medium tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped

Dressing
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Pepper

Put bulghur in bowl, pour in 6-7 cups boiling water to cover. Let stand 3-4 hours, drain in colander (a couple hours is good, stir it up once in a while), squeeze excess water out and fluff with fork. Make sure the bulghar is really dry and fluffy. Add scallions, parsley and mint, and mix well. Fold in chopped tomatoes.

Mix dressing, pour over tabouleh and mix well with wide rubber spatula.

Cover and refrigerate. Best served the next day so flavors will blend.


Some people add chick peas, but I don't particularly care for them....
Martha

[Pedal Wench]

Cold sesame noodles with wilted spinach in a garlic/peanut sauce?

Buckwheat (soba) noodles, cooked and rinsed in cold water. Mix chopped garlic with soy sauce and slowly stir into heated peanut butter (or just a runny variety). Wilt some spinach, toss with noodles, sliced scallions and then add the sauce. Top with toasted sesame seeds and a few more scallions. Yum! Cold or room temp.

[ace]

Good suggestion, Pedal Wench. I made that for the last potluck. Unfortunately, someone else had made it, too, and it was much better than mine. Very sad.

[KnottedYet]

I vote for the tabouli!

(if you worry that someone else might have the same idea, you can make yours with quinoa instead of bulgar wheat. And the gluten-intolerant celiackers and wheat allergy folks can eat it, too!! )