This traditional salad is a healthy and vegan appetizer or side made with fresh ingredients.

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
• Salt and pepper to taste
• ¼ cup of fine #1 bulgur
• Fresh curly parsley, finely chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 green onions, finely chopped
• Fresh mint, finely chopped (to your liking)

Instructions

• Whisk the olive oil with lemon juice and salt and pepper
• Stir in bulgur
• Allow the grains to soak in the dressing for about 30 minutes and become plump
• While that marinates, add your parsley, green onions, tomatoes, and mint to one side of the bowl with the bulgur, don’t mix yet though
• Once the bulgur is ready, stir it all together