This couscous salad is filling and sustaining, keeping me going until dinner (I usually have it at lunchtime).
Very versatile, you can add all kinds of bits and pieces to it from those little dishes in the fridge
What do I need to make vegan couscous salad
This recipe features in weekly meal plan 2
To make 2 servings, you will need
▢ 50 g couscous
▢ 80 g olives, black or green, whatever you have
▢ 25 g salted cashews
▢ 2 tblsp oil
▢ 100 g peas
▢ 100 g carrot grated
▢ 50 g onion sliced very fine
▢ garlic
▢ 50 ml water
How to make vegan couscous salad
This is pretty simple and doesn’t take long.
- Put couscous in a bowl with oil and water. Add grated carrot.
- Cook some green peas (1 min in the microwave from frozen will do it) and add to the couscous
- If you have any mint in the garden, a pot of basil or any other fresh herbs, chop a spoonful very finely and stir in (optional)
- Halve the olives and stir in the cashews
- Leave all to stand for 10 minutes or so and you’re done
Changes you can make
If you are following Meal Plan 2, you will need to follow the recipe fairly closely.
If you aren’t, omit any of the ingredients if you don’t have them.
- Use black or green olives, don’t forget to remove the stones to avoid a tooth crunching unpleasant surprise.
- Garlicky roasted vegetables
- Grated raw swede
- Chopped pepper of any colour
- Change the nuts to whatever you have, or leave them out
- Add sweetcorn, frozen or canned
- Lightly cooked green beans
- Add a couple of chopped date, dried apricots or a handful of sultanas
- Prawns, tuna, sardines
- Chopped chicken, cubed cooked roast beef, chopped ham
- Chick peas, lentils and beans
- or any other protein that you have will all work well.
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Meal Plan Two – salted cashews, black olives and soft cheese
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Servings: 2
Cost per portion 23p
Calories: 425kcal
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Ingredients
- 50 g couscous
- 80 g olives
- 25 g salted cashews
- 2 tblsp oil
- 100 g peas
- 100 g carrot grated
- 50 g onion sliced very fine
- garlic
- 50 ml water
Instructions
- Put the couscous in a bowl and add oil and water.
- Add the carrot.
- Cook the peas (1 min in the microwave from frozen will do it) and add to the couscous.
- Chop the herbs very finely and add if using
- Add olives, halved
- Leave all to stand for 10 minutes or so.
- Mix in the cashews.
- Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
Equipment Needed
Notes
Variations
You can add a great many other vegetables to this, depending on what you have. Cooked peppers from a jar, fine sliced radishes, fine chopped cucumber, tomato, raw or cooked broccoli or cauliflower. Or how about some roasted courgette and artichoke, look to see what you have in the fridge and cupboard and put in anything that you like in a combination, it will be yummy! If you are following Meal Plan 2, you will need to follow the recipe fairly closely. If you aren’t, omit any of the ingredients if you don’t have them.- Use black or green olives, don’t forget to remove the stones to avoid a tooth crunching unpleasant surprise.
- Garlicky roasted vegetables
- Grated raw swede
- Chopped pepper of any colour
- Change the nuts to whatever you have, or leave them out
- Add sweetcorn, frozen or canned
- Lightly cooked green beans
- Add a couple of chopped date, dried apricots or a handful of sultanas
- Prawns, tuna, sardines
- Chopped chicken, cubed cooked roast beef, chopped ham
- Chick peas, lentils and beans
- or any other protein that you have will all work well.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Vegan Couscous Salad
Amount per Serving
Calories
425
% Daily Value*
Fat
27
g
42
%
Saturated Fat
3
g
19
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
6
g
Monounsaturated Fat
17
g
Sodium
746
mg
32
%
Potassium
447
mg
13
%
Carbohydrates
39
g
13
%
Fiber
8
g
33
%
Sugar
7
g
8
%
Protein
9
g
18
%
Vitamin A
8893
IU
178
%
Vitamin C
25
mg
30
%
Calcium
68
mg
7
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Yes, I’ve found I can use up little bits of this and that. Very satisfying!
I make couscous salad often as you can use up all the leftovers I also add homemade vinaigrette dressing