Roasted Vegetable CousCous
This is a great salad that uses grains instead of pasta. It is packed with awesome flavour, textures and colours. Make it for your next buffet or packed lunch.
Roasted Vegetable CousCous
A vegetarian salad
Equipment
- Chef Knife
- Chopping Board
- Baking Tray
- Frying Pan
- Large mixing bowl
- Medium Bowl
- Small bowl
- Small whisk or fork
- Glass measuring jug
- fork
- Oven Tray
Ingredients
CousCous
- 80 g couscous
- 200 ml boiling water or just enough to cover the couscous
- ½ stock cube
Dressing
- 3 tsp olive oil
- ¼ orange
- ½ tsp brown sugar
- ½ tsp dried mixed herbs
- salt and pepper to season
Roasted vegetables
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- ⅛ pumpkin
- ½ carrot
- ¼ red capsicum pepper
- ½ red onion
Salad
- 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- 1 tsp seasame seeds
- 1 tsp flaxseeds
- 5 cherry tomatoes
- 4 dried apricots
Instructions
CousCous
- Boil water, about 500ml
- Place your dried couscous into a medium bowl
- Crumble stock cube inot your jug.
- Pour over the boiling water over the stock cube.
- Stir it until the cube dissolves.
- Pour the stock over the couscous, cover and set-aside for 10 – 20 mins.
Roasted Vegetables
- Remove the skin from your pumpkin and chop into large chunks.
- Peel and slice the carrot into thick pieces.
- Chop off the top and root of your onion off. Peel the skin. cut into 4-5 large chunks.
- Place the pepper skin side down on your chopping board.
- Place the knife blade flat against the pepper and cut away the white part.
- Put all the vegetables on your baking tray.
- Sprinkle the dried rosemary over them.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Put them into the oven and bake for around 25 mins at 190°c.
Salad Dressing
- Add 3 tsp oil to your small bowl. (3 parts oil = 1 part acid)
- Squeeze your orange inot the bowl.
- Whisk until combined
- Add the sugar, dried mixed herbs, salt and pepper then whisk until combined.
- Cover and set aside.
Other Salad Ingredients
- Get a Large bowl, we will use this to make your salad in.
- Chop the dried apricots and add to your bowl.
- Chop the cherry tomatoes into quarters and add to the bowl.
- Chop the fresh mint and add to your bowl.
Toasting Seeds
- Place your frying pan on your stove.
- Turn on hob n°7
- Add your sesame seeds and cook unitl seeds turn golden colour. Add them to the bowl.
- Place the pumpkin seeds into your frying pan.
- Toast until a golden brown colour appears on the skin. Add them to your bowl. BEWARE IF THEY GET TOO HOT THEY WILL JUMP OUT OF THE PAN.
Salad
- Fluff the couscous and add it to your bowl.
- Remove the roasted vegetables from the oven and allow to cool.
- Roughly chop the vegetables and add to your bowl.
- Mix all the ingredients together
- Add the dressign and mix until it is all coated with the dressing.
- Chill in the fridge until you are ready to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 427kcalCarbohydrates: 58gProtein: 10gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 270mgPotassium: 824mgFiber: 7gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 11071IUVitamin C: 48mgCalcium: 83mgIron: 3mg
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