Super Healthy Couscous Salad

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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 & eat it cold for lunch for the next couple of days! It would make a great plant-based summer side dish or a quick healthy veggie lunch. Easy peasy!

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Serves

4

Ingredients

For the roasted vegetables

<item-todo-done>½ butternut squash - peeled, cubed<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>120g cherry tomatoes - halved<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 courgette - cut into chunks<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>120g asparagus - cut into 1 inch pieces<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 red bell pepper<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 large red onion<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>5 garlic cloves<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> olive oil - a good glug, approx. 60ml<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 tsp pepper<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> chilli flakes to taste<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 tsp salt<item-todo-done>


For the cold vegetables

<item-todo-done>120g pitted olives - halved<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>120g cucumbers - cut into 1 inch chunks<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>20g basil - chopped<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>20g parsley - finely chopped<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> Juice of 1 lemon<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> couscous - enough for 4-6 people<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>60g toasted pine nuts<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>60g toasted sesame seeds<item-todo-done>


To serve

<item-todo-done> rocket<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> balsamic glaze<item-todo-done>

Before you start

Preheat oven to 200°C | Baking tray | Mixing bowl

First, roast the veggies

  • Put all the ‘roasting’ ingredients on a baking tray and bake them for 30 minutes at 200℃
  • Take the tray out of the oven, carefully remove the garlic then remove the skins from the cloves

Build the salad and serve

  • Put all the roasted vegetables in the large bowl that has your cooked couscous in it
  • Throw in the roast garlic & mix the couscous & roast vegetables together
  • Add the cold ingredients & stir them into the bowl
  • Serve immediately with rocket & balsamic glaze. BOSH!
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