Healthy Mediterranean Food
Couscous and Vegetable Salad
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(2 votes)
Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
15 min.
Preparation
ready in 25 min.
Ready in
Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 14 ozs Couscous
- 1 ½ ozs sun-dried tomato in oil
- 3 Tbsps Currants
- 3 Tbsps raisins
- 1 Red Bell pepper
- Vegetable broth (amount is determined by the couscous directions)
- 1 onion
- ½ bunch mint
- 2 Tbsps White vinegar
- 2 Tbsps lemon juice
- 3 Tbsps olive oil
- salt
- freshly ground peppers
Preparation steps
1.
Bring the vegetable stock to a boil, the pour over the couscous, raisins, and currants. Let soak for 10 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
2.
Coarsely chop the sun-dried tomatoes. Rinse and halve the peppers. Remove the seeds and finely dice. Peel and finely dice the onion. Coarsely chop the mint.
3.
Mix the vinegar, lemon juice, and oil to make a dressing. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then add to the vegetables and toss until thoroughly combined.
4.
Mix the vegetables into the couscous, garnish with the mint, and serve.
