Cous Cous Salad

Serves 8, adapted from Asda magazine June 2010 slimming world friendly use nuts or seeds as healthy extras and syn point the apricots

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1  red onion (chopped)
•  low-fat cooking spray
• 1  teaspoon ground coriander
• 1  teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 200  g couscous
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice
• 375  ml boiling water
• 150  g  dried apricots (chopped)
• 1  sweet red pepper (pointed diced)
• 100  g pistachios (or sunflower seeds roughly chopped)
• 3  tablespoons flat leaf parsley

Directions

1. Cook onion in low fat cooking spray until soft, stir in spices and cook for 1 minute. Add the cous cous, stir and remove from heat.
2. Add the apricots, pour on boiling water, over and leave to cool.
3. Place in a bowl and fluff up with a fork, add lemon juice, pepper nuts and parsley, stir well.