There's nothing like a fresh salad. They are healthy and contrary to popular belief they can be quite filling and extremely satisfying! Spinach Couscous Salad is made with fresh spinach, arugula, couscous, sliced red grapes, cheese crumbles, pecans and my special house-dressing!
Course Salad
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2people
Ingredients
1/2cup couscous
1 tablespoon oil
1/4teaspoon salt
2cups spinach, steamed removed and roughly chopped
2cups arugula roughly chopped
1/4 cup pecans roasted and roughly chopped
1/2cup seedless red grapes cut in half
1/2cup pear cut into bite size pieces
3 tablespoons feta cheese crumbled
2/3cup water
Dressing
2tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2tablespoons olive oil
2teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon salt
¼teaspoon black pepper
½teaspoon mustard (rai) powder
1 teaspoon ginger juice*
Instructions
For dressing: add all the dressing ingredients together mix it well making sure sugar is dissolved. Set aside. * To make ginger juice shred the ginger using fine shredder or zester, and squeeze the juice with fingers.
Boil the water in a saucepan over medium high heat with oil and salt. Add couscous mix it, cover the pan and turn off the heat. Couscous should be ready in about 5-6 minutes, fluff couscous with a fork. Set aside.
Toss spinach, arugula, couscous, pecans, and grapes together pour the dressing over and toss, sprinkle the feta cheese.