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, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The street food—hummus, falafel, tabbouleh—has always been legendary.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2017
  • The wheat is the base for dinner rolls and tabbouleh at the French Laundry.
    — Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The kumquats in the quinoa tabbouleh gave the entire thing a seriously tangy punch.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • The tabbouleh is herb-heavy, with plenty of bright lip-smacking acidity.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2019
  • There’s the requisite hummus and baba ghanoush, tabbouleh, grape leaves and the like.
    — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2018
  • 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
  • Israeli couscous adds heft to this Mediterranean salad, a chunkier take on tabbouleh.
    — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • The Middle Eastern salad tabbouleh is a great dish for riding out a heatwave.
    — OregonLive.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Pair hummus with tabbouleh, whole grain rice, or cauliflower rice for a delicious plant-forward side dish.
    — Aviv Joshua, Verywell Health, 20 Nov. 2024
  • At the newlyweds’ reception, sushi boats and shrimp ceviche spoons supplant tabbouleh.
    — Ani Duzdabanyan, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • Adding a generous amount of arugula to the mix changes the typical proportions in a way that might remind you of tabbouleh.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Standard gyros and other pita sandwiches come with rice, salad, or tabbouleh.
    — Julia Sayers, AL.com, 26 May 2017
  • Fuel up on breakfast sandwiches, and then browse the produce and prepared foods such as tubs of tabbouleh or fresh-made raviolis stuffed with squash and leeks.
    — Jennifer Justus, Southern Living, 2 July 2024
  • In this country, a lot of people make tabbouleh with mostly bulgur wheat, and parsley is a secondary ingredient.
    — OregonLive.com, 23 June 2017
  • Bring your travel companions along for dinner or weekend lunch, and order the hummus, baked halloumi, and tabbouleh.
    — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2024
  • An elementary school in Israel currently has the tabbouleh record.
    — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
  • 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
  • Both salads are uplifted by high-quality Lebanese olive oil, which especially shines in the tabbouleh.
    — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2018
  • Start with the unassuming House of Kabob, where the dolma and tabbouleh are just as delicious as the restaurant’s namesake dish.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • Fans will be able to enjoy everything from Elote Dogs and tabbouleh salad to cherry limeade margaritas.
    — Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • My favorite lunch was a bountiful mezze plate loaded with green falafel, sauerkraut, kale salad, pomegranate tabbouleh, smooth sweet potato puree, and hummus.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Both dishes will join a table of tabbouleh – this version with tomato and pepper pastes and pomegranate, to be scooped up with lettuce leaves – and lebeniye, a meatball and yogurt soup.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2023
  • With chickpeas, cucumbers, tomato, and feta, this salad tastes like a cross between hummus, Greek salad, and tabbouleh.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 18 Apr. 2018

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