TEN COMMANDMENT LAYERED SALAD

This  salad is great for the Holiday Shavuot,  This is the time when God  gave Moses the 10 commandments. In Jewish culture food very often is used as  a symbol, such as this salad,  The 10 layers of the salad represent the 10  commandments.

Ingredients:
1 cup  uncooked  Red Bulgur * see notes at the bottom
1 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
4 cloves of garlic, minced
Salt and pepper to taste
1 medium red onion, chopped
2 green bell pepper, diced
2 - 16 oz. cans  Canellini Beans, rinsed and drained
1 bunch red radish, thinly sliced
1 large seedless cucumber, diced
1  jar Kalamata olives with out the pits  and drained
1 container grape tomatoes, sliced in half
1 cup fresh mint, chopped fine
1/3 cup Pine nuts, toasted

Directions:
Place the bulgur in a large salad bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 cup lemon juice, the olive oil, garlic, and 1 teaspoon salt and a dash of pepper; drizzle this dressing over the bulgur.
Drain the juice off the  olives and rinse and drain the  cannelini beans
 Layer on the onions, green peppers, cannelini beans, radishes, cucumbers, olives, tomatoes and mint. Sprinkle more salt and pepper, cover and refrigerate for at least 24 hours.
When ready to serve, bring to room temperature and sprinkle on pine nuts.

* Notes
Make sure that the Red Bulgur is  place in the bowl raw. The dressing poured over the bulgur  will soften it to  al dente.