Couscous And Chickpea Salad
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 225 g couscous
- 1 (440 g) can chickpeas
- 6 -8 spring onions
- 6 -8 sun-dried tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons of fresh mint
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- For the dressing
- 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon clear honey
- salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 75 ml olive oil
- Bring to the boil 400 ml of water the salt and 1 tbsp of olive oil. Stir in the couscous and take off the heat cover with the lid and leave for at least 5 minutes.
- Prepar the dressing by combing the zest and juice of the lemon with the rest of the ingredients,mixing well and making sure all the honey has dissolved.
- Fork through the Couscous turn out into a large mixing bowl. Add the dressing and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas.Trim the spring onions then chop all the white and some of the green .Chop the sun dried tomatoes,mint and parsley . Mix these all into the couscous and serve.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/couscous-and-chickpea-salad-186248 (may not work)