Divine! Stuffed Green To Go

Here is a fabulous bacon rotini salad recipe. I was interested in healthy cooking and read that 1/2 cup of parsley is equivalent to eating 10 fresh oranges. Now that is pretty impressive. My favorite restaurant serve's the best tabbouleh salad that I have ever eaten . I craved this salad so much that I tried making it myself using ingredients that I thought they used at the restaurant. Tabbouleh is hard to find where I live so I don't use it now. This is a modification of my tabbouleh salad.  This modification is using bell pepper, green olives, lime, and bacon.  I used the lime and olives for frog eyeball's for garnish and a half of bell pepper for the frog fanny.  What a great way to re-use pizza to-go boxes.  

I have taken this salad to work with me getting remarks like:  "Man that looks and smells so good, may I have the recipe? 

Step 1 Ingredients:

This picture shows olive oil but if you are using bacon do not use the olive oil. My original recipe is everything here except: the bacon, green olives, bell pepper, and rotini.  I have also added chicken and rotini serving it in pita bread. All of these are very good. Mint is good also. This is the first time I added bacon and my family loved the new flavor. What really sets this recipe off is using Lawry's Garlic salt course ground with parsley. I have thought about using mango and Mandarin orange but haven't tried that yet. I think I might have to leave out some of the seasonings and onion for this.


1-2 bunches chopped parsley We like much more than this, but I recommend starting with 1 and work up tasting as you go.
8 Well done bacon pieces
4 Cups cooked rotini You may use just about any kind of pasta like it in texture and size.
3-4 Chopped tomato
1 Small Chopped onion
2-3 Chopped Garlic cloves
1 Chopped cucumber
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 can Black olives whole
Few tablespoons of Olive oil

Optional:
1 Bell pepper 
1 Lime using 1 tablespoon juice for salad, and  lime  half for garnish
Green olives garnish

Seasonings

Salt
Pepper
Lawry's Garlic Salt course ground with parsley
 

Comments

[pecospearl]

Hey I like the dish name! Has that funny funky haha title.

[sunshiine]

The other name was used to try and make a catchy title so I might get more views. I decided to change the name because this is such a healthy salad. Thanks for commenting!

[crapflinger]

i'm imagining all the UK language filters are going bonkers over the title of this one.

[sunshiine]

I would have rather made the lovely carved frogs that was in my mind but creations sometimes have to be modified because of unknown causes. I think Stuffed Green To Go sounds more, well . . . . divine.

[crapflinger]

hehe didn't have to change it, i'm from the US...a fanny is a completely different thing here. though, still stuffing a frogs one doesn't sound like a tasty snack

[sunshiine]

Exactly, I was having trouble with the title, I am learning this instructable thing. You see, I figured that there are more men members than women here, and I assumed that I might receive more hits on a title like that. I guess it was the wrong title. After reading your comment I decided this was much to much of a great recipe to waste it on a title like that. So now it is Divine Green To Go. Yeah I like that, what do you think? I actually wished more people would give NICE gentle advise such as yourself in helping newbie (ish ) members such as myself make awesome instructables. Thank you for your comments! Have a super day!

[pecospearl]

Sis, you devil you! You have been hiding this wonderful recipe from me all this time :) I'll be requesting The Chef to put it on the menu soon.

[sunshiine]

Tell the cheff it is my favorite salad. The bowl is gone the first day LOL.