Chickpea & Couscous Salad

Submitted by kflockhart

"Light and fresh"

 

• Ready In: 17mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 200 g couscous
• 200 ml vegetable stock
• 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons harissa
• 400 g chickpeas
• 1 small red onion
• 125 g cucumbers
• 150 g cherry tomatoes
• 1 small handful pine nuts (optional)
• 1 small handful cashew nuts (optional)
• 2 tablespoons chopped of fresh mint
• 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
• 2 tablespoons of chopped basil

directions

1. Put the juice of the lemon, the harissa and olive oil into an empty jar/container and shake to mix.
2. Half the cherry tomatoes, dice up the onion and the cucumber.
3. Put the couscous into a bowl and pour over the hot vegetable stock (one stock cube and boiling a kettle is fine) then cover.
4. Whilst toasting the pine nuts and the cashew nuts, open then rinse the chick peas.
5. Chop up the mint, parsley and basil.
6. Finally, toss everything in a large bowl and mix through. This can be made in advance and kept in the refrigerator until required!