Mediterranean Diet Israeli Couscous Salad

5 from 1 vote

Mediterranean Diet Israeli Couscous Salad

Mediterranean Diet Israeli Couscous Salad, a delicious and flavorful lunch or dinner recipe made with healthy ingredients.

Prep Time30

Total Time30

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Mediterranean, Mediterranean Diet, vegetarian

Search Result: Mediterranean Diet Israeli Couscous Salad

Servings:

Equipment

Large Skillet

Ingredients

For couscous

2 tsp Olive Oil
1 ½ cups Israeli Couscous
2 cups Vegetable Broth
2 cups Baby Spinach chopped
12 oz Roasted Red Peppers
1 ½ cups Grape Tomatoes
½ cup Almonds slivered
¼ cup Parsley
¼ cup Mint

Dressing

⅓ cups Olive Oil
¼ cups Lemon Juice

Optional ingredients, crumbled feta, Seasonings as desired. This can include Italian Seasonings, Mediterranean Diet Seasoning Blend, Greek Seasoning Blend, Salt, and/or Pepper.

Instructions

Start by cooking the couscous. Cover the bottom of a large skillet with olive oil and heat the skillet on medium. Then add the couscous to the skillet and cook until golden brown (about five minutes) stirring often.
Once the couscous has browned, add the vegetable broth and any desired seasonings.
Bring the water to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low and cover the skillet to allow it to simmer until the liquid is absorbed (about ten minutes).
Drain any excess liquid from the skillet and then set it aside to cool at room temperature for about ten minutes.
While the couscous is cooling, toss together the other ingredients in a large serving bowl.
Also, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
When the couscous has cooled for ten minutes, toss half of it with the ingredients in the bowl and then toss the remainder.
When you are ready to serve your salad, whisk are blend together the dressing ingredients and then pour it over the salad.

Recipe Notes

*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe.

Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used.

To make this recipe fully vegan, please make sure that you are using fully vegan ingredients.
See Foodwineandlove.com for details on this recipe.

originally posted:

August 7, 2023

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Nutrition

Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!

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