Mediterranean Couscous Salad Recipe | HEART HEALTHY RECIPE!

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Goat cheese provides a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is more affordable while still providing necessary fat.

Boil water in a saucepan.

Add 1 cup of couscous to the boiling water and remove from heat; let sit for a few minutes.

Chop the cucumber into quarters and then into 1-inch chunks; set aside in a small bowl.

Chop the onion and combine it with the cucumber in the small bowl.

Substitute grapes with chopped plums and add them to the cucumber and onion mixture.

Rinse half a can of chickpeas under cold water to remove excess sodium; add to the salad mixture.

Chop olives and add them to the salad or keep them on the side if preferred.

Add 2 tablespoons of dried parsley to the salad; if using fresh parsley, use about 1/3 cup instead.

Add 1 tablespoon and 1/2 of olive oil to the salad.

Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to the salad.

Add 2 tablespoons of vegan feta to the salad and mix everything together.

Refrigerate the salad for about 20 minutes to cool before serving.

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