Healthy Mediterranean Couscous Salad Recipe: A Quick & Easy Summer Special!

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.

Prepare the dressing by whisking together olive oil, red wine vinegar, oregano, grated garlic, salt, and black pepper.

In a pot, bring water to a boil and add ½ tsp salt.

Stir in the instant couscous, cover, and remove from heat. Let it sit for about 5 minutes until the couscous is fluffy.

Drizzle 2 tsp of oil over the couscous and fluff with a fork.

In a large bowl, combine the cooked couscous, sliced cucumber, halved cherry tomatoes, sliced red onion, sliced Kalamata olives, cooked chickpeas, diced bell pepper, chopped parsley, and chopped basil.

Add the dressing to the salad and toss to combine.

Garnish with crumbled feta cheese before serving.

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