The Jennifer Aniston Salad
The Jennifer Aniston Salad combines bulgur wheat, cucumbers, chickpeas, feta cheese, red onion, fresh herbs, and pistachios – all tossed with a simple lemon and olive oil dressing. It’s fresh, filling, and fantastic!
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4 servings as an entree, 8 servings as a side dish 1x
- Category: meatless entree, side dish/salad
- Method: chop, simmer
- Cuisine: Mediterrnean
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups cooked bulgur wheat (we started with 1 cup uncooked red bulgur (Bob’s Red Mill brand) and cooked it in two cups water)
3 mini cucumbers (2 cups after quartering and slicing)
1/2 cup chopped fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley
1/2 cup chopped fresh mint
1/3 cup chopped red onion, soaked for 10 minutes in cool water then drained.
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pistachios
2 cups chickpeas, drained (Note: 14.5 ounce can will yield less than two cups. You can add less, or buy a larger can to measure out 2 cups)
Juice of 1 lemon (3 tablespoons)
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup crumbled feta, plus more for serving
Instructions
- Cook the red bulgur wheat according to package instructions. Pour out on to a platter to cool. Fluff with a fork.
- Place chopped onion in cool water to take some of the bite out of the onion, then drain.
- Prepare all other ingredients and toss in a large bowl with the cooked bulgur wheat and the drained onion.
- Serve with additional feta cheese over each portion if you’d like.
Notes
As mentioned in the post above, this salad is very forgiving. Feel free to swap in different cooked grains, other vegetables and fresh herbs, different nuts, etc.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 252
- Sugar: 1.9 g
- Sodium: 338 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26.6 g
- Fiber: 6.4 g
- Protein: 8.6 g
- Cholesterol: 8.3 mg
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