Israeli Couscous Salad
This healthy, easy, vegetarian Israeli Couscous Salad is so delicious and it’s the absolute perfect meal for summertime and it’s the best picnic salad. The days of boring salads are gone and hearty, filling, flavourful salads are here to stay! This salad is filling with Israeli couscous, chopped crunchy cucumber, red onion, and lots of delicious herbs. This salad gets its protein from chickpeas, which keeps it vegetarian and super hearty. I love adding salty, briny, delicious feta as well! I also like putting a bunch of arugula in to add even more flavour and nutrients, but the arugula is completely optional.
Dressing for Israeli Couscous Salad
We need to talk about the dressing for this salad because it is so darn good. The dressing is a tahini-based vinaigrette, which may sound counterintuitive but the tahini adds flavour and creaminess and gets whisked together with red wine vinegar, mustard, lemon juice, olive oil, and maple syrup. You can shake all the ingredients up in a mason jar, so it’s really easy. I like dressing this salad at least an hour before serving and honestly, it gets better the longer it sits, the couscous gets marinated in the dressing and it’s so tasty! If you’re adding arugula, add it right before serving to avoid it getting wilted.
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Ingredients for Israeli Couscous Salad:
Pearl couscous/Israeli couscous
Cucumber
Red onions
Dill
Mint
Chickpeas
Feta
Olive oil
Tahini
Red wine vinegar
Lemon juice
Dijon mustard
Maple syrup
How to make Israeli Couscous Salad:
This recipe is so delicious and simple to make! Pack this salad up for your next picnic, make it for lunches, or serve it alongside the rest of your dinner!
Start by cooking your couscous according to the package directions. Let your couscous cool while you prepare the rest of your ingredients.
Chop your cucumber into chunks, I love keeping the chunks on the bigger size to get a good juicy, crunch with every bite. Finely slice your red onion and chop your herbs.
This salad dressing is unbelieverably delicious and you can shake it all up in a mason jar. Add your olive oil, tahini, vinegar, lemon juice, dijon mustard, and honey to a jar. Shake well to emusify.
Put together your salad! On a platter or in a large bowl, toss together the couscous, cucumber, onion, herbs, drained and rinsed chickpeas, and feta. Pour the dressing on top and toss to combine. Right before serving add arugula, if you’re using it. Serve and enjoy!
Israeli Couscous Salad
Author: ElizabethServings: 4
Ingredients
1 cup uncooked pearl couscous
1 cucumber, chopped
1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced
1 cup dill, chopped
1/2 cup mints, chopped
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 cup feta, crumbled
3 cups arugula (optional)
Dressing
3 tablespoons tahini
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
1 tablespoon honey
Instructions:
1. Cook the couscous according to package directions. Let cool before assembling the salad.
2. In a large bowl or on a platter, combine cooked and cooled couscous, chopped cucumber, sliced onion, herbs, chickpeas, and feta.
3. To make the dressing, combine tahini, oil, vinegar, lemon juice, dijon, and honey in a mason jar. Shake to emulsify.
4. Pour dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Right before serving, add arugula, if using.
5. Serve and enjoy!
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