When I saw Angie's Healthy Recipe Challenge I was intrigued. When I saw that the principal ingredients that she wanted inward the dish were pineapple together with greens, I was challenged. I wanted to yell back out of the box together with create something that had these ingredients. I was inward the procedure of making Couscous salad with cranberries together with walnuts for dinner . I decided to concealment these 2 ingredients together with come upwards up with a to a greater extent than nutritious salad. The resulting salad was exotic together with delicious! My married adult man loved it! Him proverb something is proficient is a big compliment inward itself.
So endeavor this salad when you lot larn a chance. You volition live on hooked. My vecino loved it too.. I got the couscous that cooks inward only 10 mins. This is perfect for a weeknight dinner! The leftover makes for a perfect lunch.
Here is the recipe:
Servings: 3
Prep time: v minsCook time: 10 minsTotal time: xv mins
Ingredients:
Couscous: 1 cup
Water: 1 & 1/4 cup
Salt: a pinch
Olive oil: 1 tsp
Dried cranberries : 1/3 cup
Roasted Walnut pieces : 1/4 cup
Pineapple pieces: 1 cup, diced small
Parsley: 1/3 cup, finely chopped
Freshly solid soil dark pepper:1/4 tsp
Extra Virgin olive oil: 1/3 cup
Lemon juice: 1/4 cup, freshly squeezed
Sea salt: 1/2 tsp
Sriracha or hot sauce: 1/2 tsp ( optional)
Minced garlic: 1/4 tsp
Baby greens: four & 1/2 cups
Method:
Take 1 & 1/4 cups H2O inward a saucepan together with convey it to a boil. Add salt, olive stone oil together with couscous. Cover together with ready on depression for 10 mins. When done, plough of the flaming together with fluff it. Keep aside to cool.
Add into a pocket-size jar, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, dark pepper, minced garlic, Sriracha/ hot sauce. Close the jounce together with mix thoroughly. Keep aside.
Take the cooled couscous inward a salad bowl. To this add together the pineapple pieces, chopped parsley, dried cranberries, roasted walnuts & the prepared dressing. Mix thoroughly. Keep it refrigerated until ready to serve.
For serving:
Divide the babe greens as with iii plates. Then split upwards the couscous salad on it. Sprinkle unopen to walnuts &/or parsley on top.
Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
Cooking made easy:
If you lot intend to make/ pack this for lunch, hence pack the greens separately inward a container. Make certain you lot wind the greens inward papertowel.
Use unopen to other container for the salad. I you lot desire the walnuts crunchy, pack it separately inward a pocket-size container/ ziplock.
Tip for salubrious living:
A salad similar inward a higher house tin live on quite nourishing together with filling. It has pretty much all the nutrient groups inward it making for a consummate balanced repast that is satisfying, soundless depression inward calories.
Food for thought:
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