Comments on: French Couscous Salad (French Taboulé)

By: Audrey

Audrey — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:37:10 +0000

Merci, Chuck! Absolutely always adjust a recipe to your specific tastes… Generally in France, we use a lesser amount of dressing, but my husband always likes to add more. It’s all preference, and we need to eat the way we enjoy!

Glad you enjoyed it for your 4th of July festivities 🙂

By: Chuck Schardin

Chuck Schardin — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:52:30 +0000

Looking for a side dish to accompany our July 4 th BBQ, we decided to try the Taboulé. The results were great and simple to achieve. We followed the recipe exactly except for the dressing amount. For our tastes we nearly doubled the dressing ingredient amounts after taste testing. The recipe makes a large amount so a great recipe for a crowd. If you like Tabbouleh you’ll love Taboulé!

By: Audrey

Audrey — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 06:06:46 +0000

In reply to Bee. I can appreciate that, Bee and completely understand what you're saying.

By: Bee

Bee — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:05:10 +0000

Changing the spelling of the dish does not make it an entirely different one, it’s still an Arabic word. Lebanese to be specific. It’s not a “cousin” of tabboule (which hints that they have co-existed in different regions at the same time), rather it is indeed a french version inspired by Lebanese tabboule following the huge Lebanese diaspora in France. It’s not personal i love your blog, but food is political, especially during these times.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:53:16 +0000

In reply to Skye_Leap. Much appreciated! I just had some of this Taboule for lunch this past weekend, so I can't help but very much agree!

By: Skye_Leap

Skye_Leap — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:35:05 +0000

Delicious

By: David

David — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:54:56 +0000

In reply to Holly. Hi.thanks for the recipe. We have a large family gathering this coming weekend and I hope to make it then. French often use this as part of a plate of crudites. N France you can get it in a packet, which comes with a small packet of oous cous and a can of the vegetable/ herb mixture. You just add them together in a salad bowl, stir and refrigerate for an hour and they presto.

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By: Audrey

Audrey — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 11:32:54 +0000

In reply to Barros. You are right, and I did mentioned that what the French call “Taboulé” is more of a loose-adaptation from the authentic Levantine “Tabbouleh” (in first paragraph). Thank you for adding more details to the recipe background :)

By: Barros

Barros — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 21:10:59 +0000

I’m afraid taboule (tabbouleh) is not a French dish, but Eastern Mediterranean. The reason why it is so popular in France comes from the fact that they have very large Algerian and Lebanese communities. I think it would be nice to add this information to the recipe’s background so that people won’t wrongly mistaken this as a French dish 🙂