Side Dish

Couscous Tabouli Salad is for Side Dish.

Couscous Tabouli Salad takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Couscous Tabouli Salad takes several minutes to cook.

Couscous Tabouli Salad makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Couscous Tabouli Salad are:

1/2 cup boiling water
1 1/4 cups dry couscous
4 Tbsp olive oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
medium tomato, diced
1/2 medium red or geen pepper, diced (green makes a better color contrast)
1/2 medium onion, diced (I use red)
1/2 medium cucumber, seeded and diced
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 lemon (slice other half into 1/8 inch rounds for optional garnish)

(note: I once used cilantro in place of the parsley to a very good effect, but parsley is more standard.)

Here is how you make Couscous Tabouli Salad:

Mix dry couscous with boiling water, add olive oil and lemon juice. Stir thoroughly, then cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Perfect time for dicing all those veg. Fluff the couscous then add in all veg & herbs. Toss together with juice of one half lemon, then salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes. Fluff again prior to serving.Garnish with lemon rounds and sprigs of chosen herb.Yields 5 one cup servings.Number of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SIMSARAH.

The nutritional information for Couscous Tabouli Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 267.9

• Total Fat: 11.7 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 7.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 37.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
• Protein: 6.0 g

The dietary needs meet for Couscous Tabouli Salad is Vegan