Rainbow Couscous Salad
If you're looking for a healthy, tasty, easy plant-based salad recipe - this is the one for you. You can either eat it all at once with a group of friends or you can pop it in tupperware and eat it cold for lunch for the next couple of days!
Serves
Ingredients
For the couscous
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For the salad
<item-todo-done>1 tbsp pomegranate molasses<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 tbsp olive oil<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>100g smoked almonds<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>100g raisins<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>60g grapes<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>60g sun-dried tomatoes<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>60g olives<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>100g sweetcorn<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>40g basil<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 pack of vacuum beetroot<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 red bell pepper<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 pomegranate<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>½ cucumber<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 avocado<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> chilli flakes<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> Salt & pepper to taste<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> Juice of 1 lemon<item-todo-done>
To serve
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Before you start
Large mixing bowl | Boil the kettle
Make the couscous
- Tip 300g of of couscous into a large bowl along with the smoked paprika and oregano
- Pour boiling water over the couscous until its fully submerged and the couscous is sitting roughly 1cm below the level of the water
- Cover with a tea towel for 2-3 minutes until all of the water is absorbed and then, using a fork, fluff up the couscous until there are no clumps
Make the salad
- Chop your grapes, olives and sun dried tomatoes in half
- Chop the cucumber, red pepper, beetroot and avocado into small chunks
- Roughly chop the basil and cut the pomegranate in half, bashing out the seeds with a wooden spoon
- Throw all your chopped veg into the couscous along with the smoked almonds and raisins
- Squeeze the juice of a lemon and pour in the pomegranate molasses and olive oil
- Mix everything together and season with salt and pepper