Dried Cranberry Couscous Salad

Dried Cranberry Couscous Salad is a lacto ovo vegetarian salad. This recipe makes 2 servings with 925 calories, 29g of protein, and 23g of fat each. For $5.34 per serving, this recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have feta cheese, olive oil, red onion, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 347 people found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. It is brought to you by My San Francisco Kitchen. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns an outstanding spoonacular score of 98%. Couscous Salad with Dried Cherries, Curried Couscous Salad with Dried Cranberries, and Couscous Salad with Blue Cheese and Dried Cranberries are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 2

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 15 minutes

 

Ingredients:

10 cherry tomatoes, sliced in halves

¾ cup NatureBox dried cranberries (

½ cup cucumber, chopped

½ cup crumbled light feta cheese

2 cups Israeli couscous

2 tbsp olive oil

1 red bell pepper, chopped

2 tbsp red onion, finely chopped

Equipment:

sauce pan

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

In a medium-sized saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat.Add couscous and stir occasionally over 5 minutes, until lightly browned.Add water and bring to a boil.Cover and turn down heat to low.Simmer for 10-15 minutes, until water is absorbed.Transfer to a large bowl and let rest 10 minutes to cool.Stir in red bell pepper, cranberries, red onion, cherry tomatoes and cucumber.Drizzle herb vinaigrette over the top and toss everything together.Sprinkle crumbled feta cheese over the top, or mix in.Serve chilled.

 

Step by step:


1. In a medium-sized saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat.

2. Add couscous and stir occasionally over 5 minutes, until lightly browned.

3. Add water and bring to a boil.Cover and turn down heat to low.Simmer for 10-15 minutes, until water is absorbed.

4. Transfer to a large bowl and let rest 10 minutes to cool.Stir in red bell pepper, cranberries, red onion, cherry tomatoes and cucumber.

5. Drizzle herb vinaigrette over the top and toss everything together.Sprinkle crumbled feta cheese over the top, or mix in.

6. Serve chilled.


Nutrition Information:

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924k Calories
29g Protein
23g Total Fat
147g Carbs
55% Health Score
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Calories
924k
46%

Fat
23g
36%

  Saturated Fat
7g
49%

Carbohydrates
147g
49%

  Sugar
8g
10%

Cholesterol
33mg
11%

Sodium
449mg
20%

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Protein
29g
58%

Vitamin C
102mg
124%

Manganese
1mg
84%

Fiber
12g
50%

Vitamin A
2483IU
50%

Phosphorus
471mg
47%

Vitamin B3
7mg
37%

Vitamin B6
0.64mg
32%

Vitamin B2
0.54mg
32%

Vitamin B5
2mg
30%

Copper
0.56mg
28%

Vitamin B1
0.42mg
28%

Vitamin E
3mg
26%

Magnesium
104mg
26%

Calcium
249mg
25%

Folate
91µg
23%

Potassium
709mg
20%

Zinc
2mg
19%

Vitamin K
18µg
18%

Iron
3mg
18%

Vitamin B12
0.63µg
11%

Selenium
6µg
9%

covered percent of daily need
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