Courgette, Mint & Feta Couscous Salad

This courgette, mint & feta couscous salad is made with fresh veg, torn mint, fluffy couscous, salty feta & a punchy herby lemon dressing.

This courgette, mint & feta couscous salad is fresh, vibrant, delicious & incredibly easy to make! You’ll only need a handful of ingredients to make this dish & there’s no cooking involved at all (we soak the couscous in stock!). In fact, it comes together from scratch in less than 20 minutes. It’s an absolute winner!

This homemade couscous salad is great eaten on its’ own but also makes a fantastic side dish to some pan fried fish, smoked or barbecued meat (lamb especially!) or just some simple roasted chicken. It’s incredibly versatile…

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Why You’ll Love This Salad!

• It’s super easy to make & takes 20 minutes or less to prepare!
• You’ll only need a few ingredients to make it.
• There’s no cooking involved! The couscous is simply soaked in stock.
• Couscous is great eaten on its’ own but also makes a fantastic accompaniment to grilled & barbecued meats and fish.
• The couscous can be soaked with any type of stock. This means that you can use different stocks depending on what you’re going to be serving the couscous with.

Components Of This Salad

This couscous salad comes together in no time at all & you only need a handful of ingredients to make it! To prepare, we soak dried couscous in stock, fluff it up with a fork then mix in fresh veg & a punchy lemon & herb salad dressing. Then to finish, we top the couscous with crumbled up feta cheese & a sprinkling of sumac.

Couscous

Homemade couscous is super easy to make! Simply mix dried couscous with an equal amount of hot stock (or boiling water), let it soak for 10 minutes then fluff it up with a fork. I like to use different type of stocks depending on what I’m serving my couscous with. I served this salad with my bbq lamb kofta meatballs so I used lamb stock. Chicken or veg stock will work as well though.

Lemon & Herb Dressing

This punchy lemon salad dressing couldn’t be easier to make! Simply whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, sumac, dried oregano, dried mint, salt & pepper. I like to make the dressing in a large mixing bowl then add the couscous & veg straight in.

Fresh Veg

For this couscous salad, we’re going to be mixing in plenty of grated courgette, finely diced red onion, quartered cherry tomatoes plus some torn fresh mint leaves as well. If you’ve got one to hand, a thinly sliced pepper would make a nice addition as well.

Feta

To finish our couscous, we’re going to be topping it with some crumbled up feta cheese. Feta is made from sheep’s milk & has a salty flavour and crumbly texture. The salty flavour from this cheese seasons our salad really nicely!

Sumac

A sprinkling of sumac on top of our couscous salad finished it off nicely & looks great as well. Sumac is a dried spice with a tangy, citrusy flavour that enhances the flavour from our salad dressing.

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