Start your new year meal planning with a healthy recipe that makes a great main dish for lunch, or side dish to accompany dinner. It’s filling, healthy, and easily allows for modifications.
Couscous Salad Mix
| Ingredients |
US |
Metric |
| Couscous |
30 oz |
850 g |
| Fresh parsley (finely chopped) |
1.5 oz |
45 g |
| Fresh mint (finely chopped) |
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| Orange (zest of) |
1 |
1 |
Method
- Prepare couscous to package instructions and cool
- Mix cool couscous with finely chopped parsley, mint and orange zest
Vegetable
| Ingredients |
US |
Metric |
| Cauliflower |
1 lb + 2 oz |
500 g |
| Broccoli crowns |
9 oz |
250 g |
| Carrots (peeled) |
6 oz |
170 g |
| Dried apricots |
5 oz |
140 g |
| Red peppers |
6 oz |
175 g |
| Red Onions |
1 oz |
25 g |
Method
- Dice onion
- Chop all vegetables into bite size pieces
- Dress vegetables with dressing
Dressing
| Ingredients |
US |
Metric |
| Mayonnaise |
1¼ cup |
315 ml |
| Sambal Oelek |
1 tsp |
6 g |
| Curry powder |
1 tbsp |
15 g |
| Liquid honey |
2½ oz |
70 g |
| Ground coriander |
¼ tsp |
¾ g |
| Salt and pepper |
to taste |
to taste |
| Water |
¼ cup |
62 ml |
Method
- Put mayonnaise into large bowl
- Microwave honey to liquefy – use care as it burns very easily
- Add liquefied honey and spices to mayonnaise
- Whisk and then scrape out into vegetables
- Blend well
Final Step
- Place couscous in bowl
- Add dressed vegetables on top
- Garnish with a sprig of mint
Download and print recipe: Vegetable Couscous Salad
