Couscous, Roasted Vegetable & Dried Cranberry Salad
Couscous, Roasted Vegetable & Dried Cranberry Salad
The perfect flu-fighting salad. It’s packed with wholesome goodies, including turmeric, veggies, almonds and dried cranberries, which I LOVE using in my salads.If you want a salad that’s going to fill you up, nourish your body and leave you feeling super healthy, this is it!
Ingredients
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1 zucchini cut into rounds
- 2 cups pumpkin chopped into small pieces
- 2 corn cobs husks removed
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt & cracked black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups couscous instant
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 3/4 cups boiling water
- 400 g canned chickpeas rinsed & drained
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup parsley leaves chopped
- 1 cup mint leaves chopped
- 1 red onion finely diced
- 1/2 cup almonds toasted & roughly chopped
Tahini Dressing
- 3 tablespoons greek yoghurt or natural yogurt
- 1 tablespoon tahini
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 lemon juice squeezed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place the cherry tomatoes, zucchini, pumpkin and corn cobs on a lined baking tray. Drizzle with some olive oil and season really well. Roast for 30–40 minutes until golden and cooked through. Remove and set aside. Cut the corn from the cobs when cool enough to handle.
- Place the couscous and turmeric in a bowl. Pour over the boiling water, cover with a plate and leave for 5 minutes. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and season well. Fluff with a fork. Leave for another 5 minutes.
- For the tahini dressing: Place all the ingredients in a bowl. Combine well and season to taste.
- To assemble: Place the turmeric couscous and roasted vegetables in a large bowl. Add the chickpeas, cranberries, herbs, red onion and almonds. Drizzle with some olive oil, combine and season well. Drizzle over the tahini yoghurt and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 694kcalCarbohydrates: 95gProtein: 23gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 316mgPotassium: 1056mgFiber: 14gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 6970IUVitamin C: 57mgCalcium: 196mgIron: 6mg
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