10-minute Couscous Salad

Couscous is a super fast grain to prepare and cook. This refined grain has a very neutral flavor making it ideal for salads.

A sweet and savory combination of couscous, dried cranberries, sugar snap peas and pine nuts makes this salad irresistible.  In addition, the combination of green, red and gold colors is really pretty. This dish is great to bring to a party, for a picnic or for lunch.

Couscous Salad

(serves 6)

100 g/ 3 oz pine nuts, toasted

250 g/ 8.8 oz sugar snap peas or frozen peas

200 g/ 7 oz instant couscous

100 g/ 3 oz dried cranberries

350 ml/ 1,5 cups water

40 g/ 1.4 oz parsley, minced

2 Tbsp lemon juice

3 Tbsp olive oil

Salt, Pepper

Wash and cut the sugar snap peas, put in a bowl. Add the couscous and the cranberries and mix. Bring the water to a boil and pour over the salad. Let stand 5 minutes. Add pine nuts, parsley, lemon juice and olive oil.

Season with salt and pepper.