Taboule

This salad tasted very good if made an hour or so before serving. For best taste use only fresh parsley. It's flavor is tart so add the lime juice a bit at a time to suit your taste. I like to fill lettuce leaves with it and roll them up like a taco.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 8-10
• Yields: 8 cups

Ingredients

• 2  cups cracked bulgur wheat
• 5 -6  firm ripe tomatoes or 5 -6  green tomatoes
• 2  bunches of fresh mint
• 2  bunches fresh parsley
• 1  bunch green onions or 1  bunch scallion
• 5 -9  key limes, juice of
• 1⁄4-1⁄2 cup olive oil (to taste)
•  salt and black pepper
•  tender lettuce leaf

Directions

1. Soak the bulgur wheat in enough water to cover for 30 minutes. Meanwhile finel chop the tomatoes, the parsley and mint and the green onions ( tender green and white parts). Drain the wheat and mix in a large bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Let rest in the refrigerator so the flavor develops. Serve with the lettuce leaves.