Crazy Jack Couscous Salad with Seeds and Nuts
Added on December 21st, 2010
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Couscous Salad, a good mixture of couscous, fresh salad with seeds and nuts for a Medetarian feel and with lots of seeds this is really healthy option with taste.
Ingredients
- 200g Crazy Jack Couscous - a quick and easy grain to prepare.
- 2 or 3 Spring Onions
- 1 or 2 fresh tomatoes
- ½ a cucumber
- A big bunch of coriander (or mint, parsley or Basil)
- Juice & zest of an unwaxed lemon*
- 1 Tbsp PineNuts* – a luxury organic nut that adds sparkle to any salad, for a cheaper alternative you could could substitute blanched slivered organic almonds.
- 1 Tbsp Pumpkin Seeds* – a good versatile seed which is great for nibbles as well as in salads.
- 1 Tbsp Sunflower Seeds* – a healthy snack seed
- 1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
* Crazy Jack organic has all of these seeds and a convenient organic squeezy lemon juice with essential oil as an alternative to fresh lemons
Cooking Instructions
Prepare the couscous as follows:
1. Boil 2 cups of boiling water (or stock) in a wide bottomed pan.
2. Remove from heat and add 1 cup (200g) of couscous
3. Cover and leave for 5-7 minutes
4. Add a knob of butter or tablespoon of oil and fluff up with a fork
5. Dice all of the fresh vegetables; mix the vegetables and seeds into the couscous
6. Roughly chop the coriander (or other herb) and stir it through
7. Finally fork in the oil and lemon, and serve.
This is great served warm, or can be kept cold in the fridge to snack on the day after.
Tags: couscous, organic seeds, salads
