{"id":9902,"date":"2010-08-27T08:10:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T12:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=9902"},"modified":"2016-01-31T06:42:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T11:42:08","slug":"quinoa-tabbouleh-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=9902","title":{"rendered":"Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tabbouleh is a popular Middle Eastern dish often served as an appetizer along with hummus, eggplant, and spicy salads.\u00a0 Traditionally tabbouleh is prepared with bulgur, which is made from wheat .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I substitute <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/featured\/quinoa-quinoa-quinoa\/9768\/\">quinoa<\/a> for bulgur, so the recipe is much friendlier to my blood sugar.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also gluten-free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The secret to this salad is finely chopping the ingredients without turning it in to paste &#8211; the finer the chopping the better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"zlrecipe-container-67\" class=\"zlrecipe-container-border\" >\n<div id=\"zlrecipe-container\" class=\"serif zlrecipe\">\n  <div class=\"recipeRating\"><div id=\"post-ratings-9902\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"d4d830fc31\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_9902_1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/asweetlife_stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(9902, 1, '');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_9902_2\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/asweetlife_stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(9902, 2, '');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; 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Set aside for 5 minutes before removing from pot. This will make the quinoa fluffier. Refrigerate quinoa for 1-2 hours.\n          <\/li>\n              <\/ol>\n\n<div class=\"zlmeta zlclear asl_meta\">\n  <div class=\"fl-l\">\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\" > window.ajaxurl = \"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\";<\/script>\n    \n\n        \n    \n    \n      <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"fl-l\">\n    \n        <p id=\"zlrecipe-yield\">\n            Yield:            <span itemprop=\"recipeYield\">4<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n    \n    \n      <\/div>\n  <div class=\"zlclear\">\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        \n            <div class=\"ziprecipes-plugin\" style=\"display: none;\">1.3<\/div>\n\n        \n  <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"zl-printed-copyright-statement\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">Copyright \u00a9 2009-2020 Diabetes Media Foundation, All Rights Reserved. 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