Ww Couscous Salad

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 3/4 cup broth (a garlic and herb stock cube is perfect but chicken broth also works nicely)
• 1 cup couscous
• 10 cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 cucumber
• 1 yellow bell pepper
• 3 spring onions (also known as scallions)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat the broth to boiling, or crumble a stock cube into 3/4 cup boiling water and stir until dissolved.
• 2 add the couscous to the hot broth, cover and leave to "cook"- about 5 minutes. then allow to cool while chopping the salad veggies.
• 3 quarter the cherry tomatoes and finely dice the cucumber, bell pepper and spring onions/ scallions.
• 4 make the dressing- pour into a small jug or bowl the olive oil and red wine vinegar. season to taste with salt and pepper and whisk until the two liquids are completely blended together.
• 5 fluff the couscous with a fork.
• 6 add the salad veggies to the couscous and stir.
• 7 drizzle the dressing over and stir to mix.
• 8 cover and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to chill and for the flavours to blend.
• 9 serve and enjoy!