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Couscous & Chick-Pea Salad

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Recipe

 

Yield

4 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

10 min

Ready

30 min
Low Cholesterol, Trans-fat Free, High Fiber

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 cup couscous
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½ cup raisins, seedless
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1 cup chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
canned, drained
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4 ounces ham
sliced, julienned
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¼ cup parsley leaves
fresh, chopped
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3 each scallions, spring or green onions
chopped
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1 each tomatoes
diced
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1 each sweet red bell peppers
diced
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1 small zucchini
diced, or 1 cup
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½ cup olive oil
good quality
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3 tablespoons lemon juice
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1 each garlic cloves
minced
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¾ teaspoon salt
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½ teaspoon cumin
ground
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¼ teaspoon turmeric
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1 dash red hot pepper sauce
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
237 ml couscous
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118 ml raisins, seedless
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237 ml chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
canned, drained
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115.6 ml/g ham
sliced, julienned
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59 ml parsley leaves
fresh, chopped
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3 each scallions, spring or green onions
chopped
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1 each tomatoes
diced
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1 each sweet red bell peppers
diced
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1 small zucchini
diced, or 1 cup
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118 ml olive oil
good quality
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45 ml lemon juice
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1 each garlic cloves
minced
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3.8 ml salt
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2.5 ml cumin
ground
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1.3 ml turmeric
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1 dash red hot pepper sauce
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Directions

In saucepan, bring 1¼ cup water to boil; stir in couscous and raisins.

Cover and remove from heat; let stand for 5 minutes.

Fluff with fork.

In large bowl, combine couscous mixture, chick-peas, ham, parsley, onions, tomato, red pepper and zucchini.

Whisk together oil, lemon juice, garlic, slt, cumin, turmeric and hot pepper sauce; toss with salad until combined.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 296g (10.4 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 58645% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 29g 45%
Saturated Fat 4g 21%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 15mg 5%
Sodium 946mg 39%
Total Carbohydrate 23g 23%
Dietary Fiber 7g 29%
Sugars g
Protein 32g
Vitamin A 34% Vitamin C 104%
Calcium 7% Iron 17%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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