Made too much Tabbouleh. Hate to throw it out, neighbors don't want
any. Can it be frozen??

"tomkanpa" > wrote in message
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> Made too much Tabbouleh. Hate to throw it out, neighbors don't want
> any. Can it be frozen??

I believe the quality would suffer too much if you put it in the freezer.
I'm assuming you made it with fresh herbs, tomato etc?
What I would do is try to incorporate it into as many meals as possible over
the next
few days, and chalk it up to a learning experience if you do have to toss
any out.
I'd get as creative as possible. I buy organic foods, and absolutely hate
wasting any because of
the cost.
If it were me, I'd put some in an omelette for a different breakfast, add
some strips of chicken or steak to it for a quick lunch, have it as a side
dish for dinner, or try to turn it into a dinner salad base, and add some
meat or more veggies to it.
I have a vacuum sealer, and what I might also do is try to seal it on the
delicate setting, to get as much air out as possible, without crushing the
veggies. Then it might keep a few more days.
Hope this helps,
Chaviva

On May 24, 11:49 am, tomkanpa > wrote:
> Made too much Tabbouleh. Hate to throw it out, neighbors don't want
> any. Can it be frozen??

Funny you mention it. I'm visiting George Shirley, an occasional
poster to r.f.c. and a dear friend from r.f.preserving, in SW
Louisiana -- he prepared moussaka, tabbouleh, and hummous for dinner
last night. When he piled it into the serving dish, he put it atop a
base of romaine lettuce leaves. There was a good cup and a half left
over and he said he was going to freeze it. I'll have to ask him if
he'd ever frozen it before; I told him I couldn't see how freezing it
would be a good thing to do. Anyway, he remarked that the liquid in
the serving bowl went beneath the lettuce leaves, thus preventing the
tabbouleh from becoming especially soggy. Must've been true because
what we had for lunch today was every bit as good as last night's
original serving.
-Barb

tomkanpa > wrote in news:1180025369.804750.245630
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> Made too much Tabbouleh. Hate to throw it out, neighbors don't want
> any. Can it be frozen??
>


I wouldn't try to eat it as salad when thawed, but you could maybe use it
inna soup or a curry or something.

K

wrote:
> On May 24, 11:49 am, tomkanpa > wrote:
>
>>Made too much Tabbouleh. Hate to throw it out, neighbors don't want
>>any. Can it be frozen??
>
>
> Funny you mention it. I'm visiting George Shirley, an occasional
> poster to r.f.c. and a dear friend from r.f.preserving, in SW
> Louisiana -- he prepared moussaka, tabbouleh, and hummous for dinner
> last night. When he piled it into the serving dish, he put it atop a
> base of romaine lettuce leaves. There was a good cup and a half left
> over and he said he was going to freeze it. I'll have to ask him if
> he'd ever frozen it before; I told him I couldn't see how freezing it
> would be a good thing to do. Anyway, he remarked that the liquid in
> the serving bowl went beneath the lettuce leaves, thus preventing the
> tabbouleh from becoming especially soggy. Must've been true because
> what we had for lunch today was every bit as good as last night's
> original serving.
> -Barb
>
I didn't get to freeze any of it since Barb ate it all for lunch. <g>

George

On May 25, 7:21 am, George Shirley > wrote:
> wrote:
> > last night. When he piled it into the serving dish, he put it atop a
> > base of romaine lettuce leaves. There was a good cup and a half left
> > over and he said he was going to freeze it. I'll have to ask him if
> > he'd ever frozen it before; I told him I couldn't see how freezing it
> > would be a good thing to do. Anyway, he remarked that the liquid in
> > the serving bowl went beneath the lettuce leaves, thus preventing the
> > tabbouleh from becoming especially soggy. Must've been true because
> > what we had for lunch today was every bit as good as last night's
> > original serving.
> > -Barb
>
> I didn't get to freeze any of it since Barb ate it all for lunch. <g>
>
> George

Hey! I left some for Miz Anne!