How to Use tabbouleh in a Sentence

tabbouleh

noun
  • The mealy paste that comes next to the watery tabbouleh on a mezze plate serves its purpose.
    Jonathan Gold, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • The grain, which is used to make tabbouleh salad, is a great source of iron and magnesium.
    Leah Zerbe, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2018
  • The kumquats in the quinoa tabbouleh gave the entire thing a seriously tangy punch.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • There’s the requisite hummus and baba ghanoush, tabbouleh, grape leaves and the like.
    Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2018
  • Then come the 30+ toppings and array of sauces, too many to list, but all — from the pickled turnips to the chickpea salad to the tabbouleh and hummus — are made in-house.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • And next to the tabbouleh salad of bulgur wheat, chopped mint, onion, and tomato: a Russian roulette of mild to very hot padrón peppers.
    Dan Sadgrove, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The street food—hummus, falafel, tabbouleh—has always been legendary.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2017
  • The tabbouleh is herb-heavy, with plenty of bright lip-smacking acidity.
    Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The mezza plate is a must: hummus, tabbouleh, baba ghanuje, and falafel, with warm pita bread.
    Rainbow Rowell, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018
  • The Middle Eastern salad tabbouleh is a great dish for riding out a heatwave.
    OregonLive.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • The most obvious options are pesto and tabbouleh, but meatballs are my favorite way to finish off my herbs.
    Genevieve Ko, Twin Cities, 18 July 2019
  • Green salad is a side option, but go for the French fries, which are garnished with a drizzle of truffle oil and a dusting of Parmesan cheese, or the three-grain tabbouleh.
    Shivani Vora, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2016
  • The dinner menu has a crave-filling sampler platter with stuffed grape leaves, falafel, kibbeh, hummus, and lemony tabbouleh.
    Linda Bladholm, miamiherald, 18 Jan. 2018
  • For example, a fresh sweet-and-tart take on tabbouleh, the Middle Eastern bulgur and herb salad, is the perfect picnic lunch.
    Emily Watson, Philly.com, 13 July 2017
  • Israeli couscous adds heft to this Mediterranean salad, a chunkier take on tabbouleh.
    Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Specialty sandwiches filled with kibbeh, gyro meat, and kafta are served with a choice of classic sides like tabbouleh, wild rice, and fresh fruit.
    al, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Katzen gave me the nerve to jump into some international cooking, and Chinese peanut sauce, borscht and tabbouleh were made on repeat.
    Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The buffet offers more than 20 hot plates of food from Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan — including whole lamb, lentil soup, tabbouleh and baba ghanoush.
    Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2019
  • Mike introduced Jordanian staples like falafel, tabbouleh and baklava to the deli case, and served sandwiches on pita bread — one of the first restaurants in the city to do so.
    Jonathan Kauffman, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
  • Dinner itself, stiff but pleasant, is partly prepared by his wife and partly a take-out buffet of hummus and tabbouleh.
    Michael Wolff, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2011
  • Recipes include the greatest hits, like the sourdoughs and the croissants sold in Poilâne stores every day, but also more creative uses for leftover bread like bread crumb tabbouleh or bread granola.
    Todd Plummer, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Its menu rotated around the dishes of my youth: hummus, tabbouleh and freekeh (the green wheat my family would spend days every spring picking, sorting and smoking).
    Reem Kassis, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2020
  • In this country, a lot of people make tabbouleh with mostly bulgur wheat, and parsley is a secondary ingredient.
    OregonLive.com, 23 June 2017
  • Fans will be able to enjoy everything from Elote Dogs and tabbouleh salad to cherry limeade margaritas.
    Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Souvlaki, hummus, and quinoa tabbouleh appeared on menus.
    Sarah Schweitzer, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Both salads are uplifted by high-quality Lebanese olive oil, which especially shines in the tabbouleh.
    Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2018
  • With chickpeas, cucumbers, tomato, and feta, this salad tastes like a cross between hummus, Greek salad, and tabbouleh.
    Audrey Bruno, SELF, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The menu has a cold appetizer course that includes tabbouleh, spicy Lebanese chutney and a Lebanese flatbread followed by hot appetizers such as fried kibbeh, spinach pies and fried cauliflower.
    Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • For sides, Caffetteria will offer such items as spicy sauteed eggplant, cauliflower rice, wheat berry tabbouleh, and roasted sweet potatoes with pecans.
    Joyce Smith, kansascity, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Expect authentic Lebanese food — everything from freshly made manakeesh (flat bread) and tabbouleh to chicken kabob and beer shawarma.
    Michael James Rocha, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 May 2017

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