Couscous Salad
"Not your regular leaf, potato or pasta based salad!!
When I serve this, if there are leftovers, I have to send it home with a particular friend of mine. She loves this. She always asks me to make it for her pot luck parties now too!!"
photo by Stardustannie
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1 1⁄4 cups water
- 1 cup couscous (uncooked)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped fresh parsley (1/3 cup if you are using the dried stuff)
- 1⁄4 cup chopped mint leaf
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes or 1 pint grape tomatoes, cut in half
- 1⁄2 English cucumber, diced (I leave the skin on for extra nutrients, but you can peel if you prefer)
- 1 (19 ounce) can chickpeas, drained
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 3⁄4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
directions
- In a medium pot, boil water with garlic, margarine and salt. When water is at a rolling boil, add couscous. Stir a couple times. Turn off heat and cover the pot. Leave for 10 minutes without opening the lid.
- After 10 minutes, give the couscous another stir and let sit, uncovered to cool.
- Meanwhile, while the couscous is busy cooling, in a large bowl, combine all the remaining ingredients except for the feta cheese, lemon juice and the oil.
- Add the couscous to the bowl. Mix thoroughly to combine everything.
- When everything is combined, you can add the lemon juice and oil and mix again. Sometimes, I find I may have to add a litlle bit more lemon juice, but that is my preference --
- Add feta cheese just prior to serving the salad and mix again.
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Reviews
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Excellent salad. DH even said it was great and you can't get a higher compliment from him. He just didn't want to know what was in it, so I didn't tell him, but he ate it up. I did add some red wine vinegar also just to add a little more pow to the dressing and it worked well. I definitely will make this again. Great summer salad! -
Excellent salad! I also increased the lemon juice, then added red wine vinegar and fresh oregano. Great recipe! -
I made this for a potluck and added the feta right before serving. This was a very refreshing salad and I’ll definitely make it again! THX.
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This is delicious! I've made it twice & always have friends requesting the recipe. I add fresh garlic to the salad as well. YUMMY!!! -
OUTSTANDING!! I made as directed but cut the oil by 1/2. I could live on this stuff...containing some of my favourite ingredients I knew I was going to be a winner. Thanks for sharing!
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