[recipe] Curried Couscous Salad ~ vegan

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This salad has a nice spice flavor to it; not hot though...

 

Curried Couscous Salad

 

3/4 cup water

1/2 cup uncooked couscous

1 cup frozen peas, thawed

1 medium diced cucumber

1 large carrot, shredded

2 green onions, chopped

1 tsp parsley

1/4 cup soy Bacos [fake bacon bits]

 

Dressing:

1/4 cup olive oil

1 Tbs. cider vinegar

1 Tbs. soy sauce

1 tsp. sucanat [or sugar]

1 tsp. curry powder

 

In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil.

Stir in couscous. Cover and remove pan

from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes.

Fluff with a fork. In a large bowl, combine

the couscous, peas, cucumber, carrot,

onions and parsley. Cover and refrigerate

until chilled.

In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the

dressing ingredients; shake well. Just before

serving drizzle over salad and add the Bacos.

Toss to combine.

Yield: 4 servings

 

~ pt ~

 

We need a moral philosophy in which the concept of love,

so rarely mentioned now by philosophers, can once again

be made central.

~ Iris Murdoch (1919-)