Side Items

Couscous and Veggie "Pasta" Salad is for Lunch.

Couscous and Veggie "Pasta" Salad takes several minutes to prepare.

Couscous and Veggie "Pasta" Salad takes 20 minutes to cook.

Couscous and Veggie "Pasta" Salad makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Couscous and Veggie "Pasta" Salad are:

For Couscous Dish:
1 Bag Osem Israeli Couscous (or other pearl couscous)
1 Medium Onion
1 Vegetable Bouillon Cube in
2 Cups of Water
Black Pepper, Curry Powder, Garlic Powder,Cumin and Black Pepper to taste (or 1 tsp each)
1/4 Cup Raisins

To Make 1/2 Couscous dish into pasta salad:

1/2 Prepared Couscous Dish
About 12 grape tomatoes halved
1/3 Cucumber chopped fine
1/2 Cup cooked carrots chopped fine
1/2 Cup cooked broccoli chopped into small florets
4 Tbs of Kraft Greek Vinaigrette Dressing

Here is how you make Couscous and Veggie "Pasta" Salad:

Makes about 4 half cup servings of salad and 3 servings of curry couscousMake Osem Couscous according to the package:Brown the onion in 1 tbs olive oil, add bag of couscous and toast.add spices to taste, add 2 cups of boiling water and a bouillon cube. Bring to a boil then cover and simmer about 10 minutes. Fluff and add in raisins. Reserve or eat about half of this dish.Take the other half of the couscous and mix in cooked broccoli and carrots, fresh halved grape tomatoes and diced cucumber.The amounts of veg I added are just a guideline. I mix according to eye, taste and what is in the fridge.Add about 4 tbs of Kraft Greek Vinegarette. Still, chill and enjoy.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JESSBLUE22.

The nutritional information for Couscous and Veggie "Pasta" Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 198.5

• Total Fat: 6.6 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 274.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 31.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 4.1 g

The dietary needs meet for Couscous and Veggie "Pasta" Salad is Vegetarian