Minty Chickpea Salad With Couscous

Minty Chickpea Salad With CouscousAnna Williams
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Serves 4| Hands-On Time: 15m | Total Time: 15m

Directions

  1. Place the couscous in a medium bowl, pour 1 ½ cups hot tap water over the top, cover, and let sit for 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork.
  2. Stir in the chickpeas, orange zest, 1 tablespoon of the oil, and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine the tomatoes, onion, mint, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, and the remaining oil.
  4. Spoon the couscous and tomato mixture onto a platter and sprinkle with the almonds.
By Kate Merker,  August 2007

Nutritional Information

  • Per Serving
  • Calories 508Calories From Fat 149
  • Fat  17g
  • Sat Fat  2g
  • Cholesterol  0mg
  • Sodium  522mg
  • Protein  18g
  • Carbohydrate  77g
  • Sugar  10g
  • Fiber  10g
  • Iron  3mg
  • Calcium  117mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101.

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For an easy-to-tote picnic salad, toss the chickpea and tomato mixtures with ½ pound of cooked pasta instead of couscous.

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