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Ingredients
Summer Couscous Salad with Mint
- Ingredients
- 400 milliliters Vegetable broth
- 300 grams Couscous
- ½ Cucumber
- 1 red Bell pepper
- 1 yellow Bell pepper
- ½ green Bell pepper
- 2 scallions
- 4 stalks mint
- 1 Lime
- 1 Tbsp Caper (jarred)
- 2 Tbsps olive oil
- Chili salt
- peppers
Bring the broth to a boil. Add the couscous to a boil, pour the broth over it, and let it soak for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork and let cool.
Peel the cucumber and cut into a small dice. Rinse the peppers, halve, and remove the seeds and membranes. Cut the peppers into a small dice.
Rinse, trim, and julienne the scallions. Rinse, dry, and remove the leaves from the mint. Set aside some for garnish, and chop the rest. Squeeze the lime.
Mix the couscous with the vegetables, capers, chopped mint, 2-3 tablespoons of lime juice, and the oil. Season with the chili salt and pepper. Serve in a bowl garnished with the whole mint leaves.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 366 cal. | (17 %) | ||
| Protein | 11 g | (11 %) | ||
| Fat | 9 g | (8 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 60 g | (40 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 9 g | (30 %) |
Healthy, because
This salad is perfect as a light meal because it contains a lot of fibre. They ensure that the dish will fill you up for a long time.
Even smarter
If you get some, you should use whole grain couscous, for example made from spelt. This provides more filling fibre, minerals and vitamins than the light version.