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Couscous Salad with Walnuts and Fruit

Couscous Salad with Walnuts and Fruit

25 min.
Time:
591
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
85 / 100
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Ingredients
300 grams Couscous
400 milliliters Vegetable broth
4 scallions
200 grams dried Fruit (such as figs, dates, or sultanas)
1 pomegranate
2 Tbsps Walnut
Oranges
3 Tbsps olive oil
1 tsp honey
4 stalks parsley
salt
peppers
How healthy are the main ingredients?
Walnutolive oilhoneypomegranateOrangeparsley
Preparation
1.

Add the couscous to a bowl, pour boiling broth over it, and let it soak for 10 minutes.

2.

Rinse, trim, and thinly slice the scallions. Chop the dried fruit. Halve, seed, and juice the pomegranate.

3.

Finely chop the walnuts. Rinse half an orange in hot water, dry, finely grate, and squeeze the juice. Mix the pomegranate juice with the olive oil, orange juice, and honey. Mix the spring onions, dried fruit, and walnuts with the couscous. Add the orange juice mixture, and thoroughly combine.

4.

Rinse , dry, and chop the leaves of the parsley. Mix into the couscous just before serving. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie591 cal.(28 %)
Protein13 g(13 %)
Fat18 g(16 %)
Carbohydrates92 g(61 %)
Sugar added3 g(12 %)
Roughage10.9 g(36 %)
Healthy, because

Healthy, because

Thanks to the dried fruits, this salad scores with plenty of roughage - and this ensures long-lasting satiety. The walnut kernels also provide vitamin E and healthy polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Even smarter

Even smarter

If you get some, you should use whole grain couscous. This contains even more fibre as well as vitamins and minerals.

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