10-minute couscous salad

This makes a great lunchbox filler for a day out and is equally good at home from the fridge

  • Prep:10 mins
  • Serves 2
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 327
  • fat 17g
  • saturates 5g
  • carbs 33g
  • sugars 7g
  • fibre 2g
  • protein 13g
  • salt 0.88g

Ingredients

  • 100g couscous
  • 200ml hot low salt vegetable stock (from a cube is fine)
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 red pepper
  • ½ cucumber
  • 50g feta cheese, cubed
  • 2 tbsp pesto
  • 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts

Method

  1. Tip couscous into a large bowl, pour over stock. Cover, then leave for 10 mins, until fluffy and all the stock has been absorbed. Meanwhile, slice the onions and pepper and dice the cucumber. Add these to the couscous, fork through pesto, crumble in feta, then sprinkle over pine nuts to serve.

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