Cous cous salad

So to continue on with the challenge, it's getting towards the end of my fresh food supply. This is the time when food becomes a bit more interesting. But so far it's turned out well. So I give you my cous cous salad, may sound a bit weird but this was SOOOO tasty, I found it hard to save some for lunch the next day.

Cous Cous Salad

Ingredients:

For the salad:

1/4 C quinoa

1 C whole grain cous cous

1/2 Onion

1 cob of corn

1 zucchini, grated

3 eggs, hard boiled

For the dressing:

5 cloves of garlic, diced

1 tbs spice mix (whichever you like)

1 tbs olive oil

1 tbs tahini

2 1/2 tbs thickened cream

3 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp brown sugar

Method:

Cook the cous cous and quinoa as per their cooking instructions. (See below if you don't have the cooking instructions). Place the grated zucchini, hard boiled eggs, cous cous, quinoa, sliced onion and corn from the cob into a large bowl.

Heat the oil in a saucepan until just hot, turn down the heat to low and stir in the garlic. Make sure you don't let it burn. After about 1 minute remove the pan from the heat and add the other dressing ingredients. Replace the pan on a low heat and stir until well combined and heated through. Do NOT let it burn or boil. 

Pour the dressing over the salad and season with salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy.

Happy Eating!

Variations:

- This is very much a "whatever is in my fridge" recipe. The veggies in the salad can all be substituted with others, or add more if you have them. 

- The eggs can be replaced by any protein source, chicken would work well for the meat eaters. Otherwise chickpeas would also be tasty. 

- The dressing could be played around with as well, just be careful not to over power the flavour, tahini can be quiet bitter (hence the brown sugar). But if a lighter more summer feel is what you're after try removing the tahini and sugar and add some orange zest. 

Cooking Cous Cous: I cook cous cous by putting it in a plastic container with equal parts cous cous and boiling water. Then put the lid on to keep it air tight for about 10 minutes. 

Cooking Quinoa: I place 1 part quinoa to 3-4 parts liquid in a microwave safe bowl, cook for about 10 mins on high. After about 8 minutes it's advisable to watch it, more liquid may be required.

As always, please let me know if you try this. I'd love to hear feed back. And Happy Eating!