Bulgur Wheat Salad with Avocado
This bulgur wheat salad is naturally sweet, extra nutritious, vegan, and filling! You can prep it for work or have it as a side dish with your dinner.
Servings: 3 bowls
Ingredients
- 1 cup bulgur wheat
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 8 romaine lettuce leaves chopped
- 1 avocado sliced
- Green onion Chopped
- Dill chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ lemon
- A pinch of salt & black pepper
Instructions
- Add bulgur and 1 ¾ cups of water into a saucepan. Bring to simmer, then lower the heat and cover the saucepan. Let it simmer for a total of 10 minutes.
- Now, turn off the heat and let the bulgur sit for another 10 minutes with the lid on. If the grains aren’t soft, let them sit in the saucepan with the lid on for a couple more minutes.
- Drain the remaining liquid and fluff with a fork.
- Boil some water in a saucepan, add broccoli to it, let it simmer for 4 minutes or so, and then remove.
- Get a large plate and cover it with chopped romaine lettuce, then cover the leaves with bulgur, broccoli florets, avocado slices, green onion, and dill.
- Drizzle with olive oil, squeeze in the lemon juice, and add some salt and pepper.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 bowl (8 oz) | Calories: 342kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 9.7g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12.1g | Sodium: 82mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 2.7g