Cool Couscous Salad Recipe

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Tiffany Blepp’s cold salad will refresh on even the hottest days. The Olathe, Kansas cook combines hearty coucous and tangy feta cheese for a Mediterranean flare and tops it off with balsamic vinaigrette for a punch of flavor.

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Cool Couscous Salad Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 2 Servings

10 5 15

Ingredients

1/3 cup water
1/4 cup uncooked couscous
1/3 cup garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/4 cup seeded chopped cucumber
1 small plum tomato, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup prepared balsamic vinaigrette
2 lettuce leaves
2 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in couscous. Cover and remove from the heat; let stand for 5-10 minutes or until water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork; cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
In a small bowl, combine the garbanzo beans, cucumber, tomato and couscous. Pour dressing over couscous mixture; toss to coat. Place lettuce leaves on two individual serving plates. Top with couscous mixture; sprinkle with cheese. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup (prepared with reduced-fat salad dressing) equals 204 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 4 mg cholesterol, 358 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 7 g protein.

Originally published as Cool Couscous Salad in Cooking for 2 Summer 2008, p51