Cucumber Couscous Salad

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Cucumber Couscous Salad
Photography by Matthew Kimura

This recipe makes 6 servings

Nutritional Info
Per serving: about	-
cal	228228 cal
pro	7 g7g pro
total fat	11 g11g total fat
sat. fat	1 g1g sat. fat
carb	29 g29g carb
fibre	6 g6g fibre
chol	0 mg0mg chol
sodium	198 mg198mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	33 calcium
iron	1515 iron
vit A	22 vit A
vit C	1313 vit C
folate	1010 folate

Fresh and light, this crunchy salad is a delicious way to enjoy cucumbers all year round.

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat couscous 1 1cup cupwhole wheat couscous
2 cups diced English cucumbers 2 2cups cupsdiced English cucumberEnglish cucumbers
1/2 cup sliced radishes 1/2 1/2cup cupsliced radishradishes
2 green onions , sliced2 2green oniongreen onions, sliced
6 leaves of boston lettuce 6 6leaves of boston lettuce
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts 1/4 1/4cup cuptoasted pine nutpine nuts or slivered almonds
Dressing:
3 tbsp vegetable oil 3 3tbsp tbspvegetable oil
2 tbsp lemon juice 2 2tbsp tbsplemon juice
1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme 1 1tbsp tbspchopped fresh thyme
1 clove garlic , minced1 1clove garliccloves of garlic, minced
1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 1/2tsp tspground cumin
1/2 tsp salt 1/2 1/2tsp tspsalt
1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 1/4tsp tsppepper

Preparation

In large bowl, cover couscous with 1 cup (250 mL) boiling water; let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with fork; let cool.

Add cucumber, radishes and onions.

Dressing: In small bowl, whisk together oil, lemon juice, thyme, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper. (Make-ahead: Cover and refrigerate salad and dressing separately for up to 24 hours.) Toss dressing with salad. Serve in lettuce cups; sprinkle with pine nuts.

Source : Canadian Living Magazine: March 2007

Keywords : Salad; Couscous; Cucumbers; Boil; Make-Ahead; Lettuce;

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