Girlfriends’ Grain Salad | epicuricloud (Tina Verrelli)

Ingredients

• 2 cups bulgur wheat*
• 4 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8-10 mini cucumbers, sliced (or 4 cups diced cucumber)
• 1 cup flat leaf/Italian parsley (finely chopped)
• 2/3 cup fresh mint (chiffonade (stack leaves, roll, thinly slice))
• 1/2 cup minced red onion
• 2 (15-oz) cans garbanzo beans (chick peas)* (rinsed & drained)
• 2 lemons, juiced
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 1/2 cups feta cheese, crumbled (from a 12 ounce brick feta)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper (+more to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (+more to taste)
• 1 cup roasted, salted, shelled pistachios