easy couscous salad

We love this light couscous salad — it doubles as a side, can be the main event or works well topped with grilled chicken or Adam’s favorite, shrimp! With lots of texture from crisp cucumber, sweet tomatoes, crunchy nuts and raisins, this is certainly one of our favorites. You can even make it ahead of time. See the notes section below for our tips.

Our Favorite Lemon Herb Couscous Salad

Israeli couscous, also called pearl couscous

Salt and fresh ground black pepper

olive oil

Dijon mustard

honey

lemon zest

lemon juice, depending

English cucumber, diced

tomato,

walnuts,

raisins, we love golden raisins

These salad recipes can be. very tasty indeed. Very easy and quick to make for speedy lunch.

Wow! Great taste, I added a little more salt than suggested. Will definitely make again!

Loved it - I can see it's a dish I will tweak each time I do it and add more or less of some ingredients, but it's definitely one I'll do again. I maybe overdid the lemon, but next time I'll taste and change the dressing to suit before just putting it on the salad. I only had cilantro but next time some parsley would be good as well. Many thanks!

Sooo delicious and easy!  Great for lunches. My family loves it. A keeper.

Totally delish!  Of course as stated in the directions, play with the dressing to find the flavor you like. For me I added more lemon and Dijon since it was a bit too olive oil flavored. I also used diced grape tomatoes since they are firmer than regular tomatoes. I also omitted the raisins and walnuts and put crumbled feta on mine. This base is so wonderful to build upon for your tastes. Very versatile and a go to salad for me.

Tastes absolutely delicious! Will look at doing other versions of this. This will work with pearl couscous and fish and carrots too. So many options!

I've always made wraps with this recipe. Except I use cran raisins and a lot more honey! I cut the cucumber in long strips and put on top of the couscous. Everyone loves these hand held  sandwich  wraps!

Very nice, thank you for sharing this recipe! I replaced walnuts with pecans, removed raisins and added some cooked shrimps. Will be making this again! :)

Easy and so delicious. I have made this three separate times and it was a hit each time. The last time I made it I had a guest who can't eat pasta so I substituted farro for the couscous and it was very good. Highly recommend this recipe.

I really wasn't sure about the mint, but I'm glad I went with it because it was delicious. Half parsley and half mint was just right. I used regular whole wheat couscous and added a can of drained chickpeas. I also added coarsely shredded carrots for nut-free crunch and color. I will make this again!

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