Variation on a Theme of Tabouli

Since I can’t stand myself when I waste good food, I had to come up with something that would use cilantro (they sell it in bunches too large for my salsa recipe). I also wanted to use up the leftover salsa.
It’s like Tex-Mex Tabouli. I don’t like that name, though, so my quick and easy bulgur salad that uses up leftover cilantro shall be known as
Variation on a Theme of Tabouli** 
You’ll need–
1 cup each of

  • bulgar wheat
  • boiling water
  • chopped cilantro leaves (if you have less than a cup, use what you have);

about 1/4 cup each of

  • olive oil
  • freshly-squeezed lime juice (it must be fresh!)
  • salsa

Put it all together:

  1. Pour the boiling water over the bulgur wheat, cover and let rest for 1/2 an hour.
  2. Stir in the chopped cilantro and salsa, add most of the olive oil and lime juice, stir and taste.
  3. Add more of whatever your tongue says it needs — a little more lime? some salt and/or pepper? Maybe some chopped black olives? Crumbled queso fresco?

Yum! It makes about 5 cups of salad (6-10 servings, depending on appetites and whether its a main course or a side)
Let it rest for a while in the refrigerator and it will taste even better.
Now you can feel virtuous for having made use of the leftover cilantro which might have been (gasp!) wasted. 
**I borrowed my blog title from Rachmaninoff’s composition Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which has 20-something variations.