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couscous chickpea & feta salad, couscous chickpea salad, couscous salad, vegetarian couscous salad
Occasionally, I am at a loss when it comes to packing lunch for the girls. They love salads, which I do send them to school with, and they love couscous. What better lunch than combining their favourite foods with couscous and making a salad of it? Not to mention a healthy one! It makes a great after-school snack as well. And a nutritious one for anyone training for a marathon, such as my blogger-friend Teresa, over at little poppits.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups of couscous
1 can of chickpeas, 15 oz/425 g
Cherry tomatoes, halved, about 1 cup
1/2 a cucumber, peeled and chopped
Crumbled Feta cheese, 1 cup
5 Green onions, chopped
Raisins, a handful or about 1/2 cup
Fresh mint, chopped, a handful
Bring 2 cups of water in a pot to a boil. Add the couscous to the boiling water, stir, remove from heat and cover. Let stand for 15 minutes. Fluff with a fork and pour into a large bowl.
Add all of the ingredients to the couscous and stir gently. Make the dressing.
Dressing
3 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Juice of 3 limes, or 1/3 cup
Freshly grated ginger, 2 teaspoons
1 Garlic clove, minced
3/4 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Freshly ground pepper
Pour the dressing over the couscous salad, stir gently and enjoy!
ohlidia 
Delicious and healthy Lidia! 🙂 You are right, this is perfect for Teresa! I should give this one a try too, I haven’t been eaten healthy these last few days; too much ice cream! too happy that spring is here 🙂 btw, hubby loves cooking with ground cumin, so this is something he would really like! Hope you will have a great week Lidia!
It is healthy Ingrid, and most importantly, it’s really yummy! I love having some in the fridge for those times I’m looking for a snack. And if hubby loves cumin, he’ll love this dressing… I would 1 teaspoon instead of 3/4. Glad you’re happy with our glorious weather, as am I!!
This looks really nice! I want this for dinner tonight! 🙂
It’s fast and simple enough that you can definitely have it for dinner tonight.
That is a perfect make ahead lunch as the couscous will soak up the juices from the vegetables…making it taste better the longer it sits.
Quite right Karen, it does soak up those juices and only gets better with time!
Refreshing to look at and refreshing to eat!
You said it perfectly Fae! Thanks!
I think you have officially sold me on couscous! I have never tried it but looking at this makes me think I am really missing out! Also, I have a question on an unrelated topic. For some reason I remember chatting with you about maple syrup and I thought it was because you had a recipe that used it. One of my husband’s coworkers just gave us a jug of it. Of course I will use it on pancakes and such but I feel like since I got my hands on some “real stuff” for a change I should do some baking with it. I looked through your recipes and couldn’t find anything. Did I make this up in my head or do you have a recipe that requires maple syrup??
Oh, you really should give it a try Melissa. It’s so versatile too! You can make a ratatouille type of dish, add some chickpeas (or not) and pour it over some couscous. I’m so glad you got some maple syrup! And a whole jug! The only time I’ve mentioned it in a recipe was for pouring over the raspberry-ricotta pancakes. But… you must have some psychic powers or something… it is maple syrup season here now and I was gearing up to include some recipes using maple syrup. I just checked your blog to see if there was an alternate way of contacting you so that I could send you some recipes before then. Unless I missed it…maybe through Facebook? Let me know!
Lidia, that is so weird. I must have been reading your mind and besides I just knew you would be the person for this particular thing! You can contact me at vigilmelissa00@gmail.com
Thank you so much!
Lovely salad and it looks scrumptious!
Quite scrumptious! Thanks Anne!
How lucky your girls are that they have a mama that makes them such healthy food! I am a big fan of couscous and will give this salad a try.
I find couscous so versatile. And my girls love it, which I think is great!
What a great idea! I’ve been in a salad rut and this will shake things up!
Thanks Lidi!