Couscous & Pumpkin Salad

Cook Time 20 minutes

Servings 4

Ingredients

200g San Remo cous cous
250ml vegetable stock or water
2 tbs. olive oil
½ butternut pumpkin, dice in to 1cm cubes
2 tbs. honey
1 tsp. dried chilli flakes
1 red onion, chopped finely
½ telegraph cucumber, deseeded and finely chopped
1 can chickpeas, drained
½ bunch fresh coriander, washed &roughly chopped
150g goats cheese

Dressing
1 tbs. honey
Juice ½ lemon
4 tbs. olive oil
1 tbs. natural yogurt
2 tbs. milk
Salt, pepper

Method

For the dressing, mix all the ingredients together.

Pre heat the oven to 180°C.

In a saucepan bring the stock to the boil and pour in the couscous. Stir, remove the pan from the heat and cover until the couscous has absorbed all the liquid and the couscous has swollen.  Stir with a fork until the couscous is nice and fluffy. Let it cool

Put the pumpkin on a baking tray and add the chilli, honey and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 10 minutes.

To assemble the salad, add the cooked pumpkin and remaining vegetables to the couscous, along with the chickpeas and dressing. Garnish with goats cheese and coriander.

Previous
Previous

Couscous Royale

Next
Next

Country-Style Spring Chicken Stew