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Cauliflower Tabouleh

This is a quick and easy salad recipe with Mediterranean flavours. We've swapped traditional bulgur for cauliflower rice to make this light, fresh and super healthy salad. It's plant-based, gluten free, nut free and dairy free.
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: gluten free, low carb, Mediterranean, nut free, plant based, vegan
Keyword: big salad, cauliflower
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 108kcal
Author: Dr. Stephanie Gray ~www.drstephanieskitchen.ca

Equipment

  • 1 large salad bowl
  • 1 mason jar with lid
  • 1 blender for ricing cauliflower

Ingredients

For the Dressing

  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

For the Salad

  • 1 head cauliflower riced * see instructions for method
  • 1/3 cup capers drained
  • 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes in thin slices
  • 1 cup parsley large stems removed and chopped
  • 1/2 cup mint large stems removed and chopped

Instructions

To make the Salad Dressing

  • In a mason jar, add olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper. Secure with lid and shake to mix.

To Rice Cauliflower

  • Put cauliflower florets in a blender. Fill the blender to cover the cauliflower (no more than 3/4 full). Pulse until cauliflower is the size of rice. Number of pulses varies depending on the blender.
  • Using a colander, drain water from riced cauliflower.

To make the Salad

  • In a large salad bowl, add riced cauliflower, capers, sundried tomatoes, parsley and mint.
  • Pour salad dressing over the salad and mix.

Notes

Substitutions:
Substitute black olives for capers.
Substitute 1 cup of fresh cherry tomatoes for sundried tomatoes. 
Substitute fresh basil for mint. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 108kcal | Carbohydrates: 10.2g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 236mg | Potassium: 56.8mg | Fiber: 3.5g | Sugar: 1.8g