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Greek Salad with Couscous

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A delicious greek salad with couscous. Quick and easy to make and great for a hot day.

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup whole wheat couscous – cook according to package instructions
  • 1/4 cube of bouillon – add to the water that you cook the couscous in
  • 2 cups baby greens – I used a baby kale and spinach mix
  • 1 large tomato – diced
  • 1/2 cucumber – peeled, seeded and diced
  • 10 black olives – sliced
  • 2 oz feta cheese – cubed
  • 1 handful sliced almonds
  • 2 tbs red onion – finely chopped
  • 4 tbs olive oil
  • 2 tbs red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp dijon mustard
  • 8 twists of black pepper – from a pepper mill

Instructions

  1. Cook couscous as per package instructions. Add 1/4 cube of bouillon to the water.
  2. Let couscous cool for 10 minutes with lid on and then stir with a fork to fluff up couscous.
  3. Wash baby greens and give a rough chop – add to a bowl.
  4. Chop tomato, cucumber and feta in to similar size pieces – add to the bowl.
  5. Add sliced olives, finely chopped red onion and almonds to the bowl.
  6. Add cooled couscous to the bowl and toss all ingredients.
  7. Whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar, dijon mustard and pepper. Pour over salad and toss to combine.