Greek Couscous Salad
with vegetables and feta
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Health Score:
90 / 100
Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
40 min.
Preparation
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This Mediterranean salad is packed with vegetables, including vitamin-C-rich zucchini and tomatoes, which contain many antioxidants. Additionally, the feta cheese adds valuable protein and calcium.
Add some grilled chicken to this salad for extra protein!
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Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 1 ⅔ cups instant Couscous
- 1 ⅔ cups hot vegetable stock
- 1 zucchini (diced)
- 1 Eggplant (diced)
- 1 red pepper (sliced)
- 1 yellow pepper (sliced)
- 1 onion (cut into wedges)
- 1 Red onion (cut into wedges)
- 1 clove garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- 2 Tbsps olive oil
- 4 tomatoes (sliced)
- ½ cup black Olives (pitted, sliced)
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 0.333 cup dry white wine
- 1.333 cups Feta (diced)
- 1 bunch mixed Lettuce (e. g. rocket, sorrel, cress, spinach)
Preparation steps
1.
Place the couscous in a bowl and add the hot stock. Leave to steep for around 10 min.
2.
Fry the zucchini, eggplant, peppers, onions, and garlic in hot oil for 2-3 min. Add the tomatoes, olives, and lemon zest and fry for 1-2 min. Add the wine, season with salt and ground black pepper and simmer for a further 3-4 min. Remove from the heat and stir in the cheese.
3.
Fluff the couscous with a fork, arrange on plates and place the vegetables on top. Serve garnished with the lettuce leaves.
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