Couscous Vegetable Salad

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 10min
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A quick and healthy after-work recipe featuring fresh ingredients.

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Ingredients

  • 400 g couscous
  • 50 g sun-dried tomatoes in oil
  • 50 g currants
  • 50 g Raisins
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • vegetable broth (amount according to couscous package)
  • 1 onion
  • 0.5 bunch mint
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper (freshly ground)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Pour boiling vegetable broth over couscous, raisins, and currants; let stand for about 10 minutes to absorb liquid, then fluff with a fork.

  2. 2.

    Coarsely chop the sun‑dried tomatoes. Wash, halve, seed, and dice the bell pepper. Peel and dice the onion. Roughly chop the mint.

  3. 3.

    Whisk together vinegar, lemon juice, and olive oil to make a dressing; season with salt and pepper and pour over the vegetables.

  4. 4.

    Fold the couscous into the vegetable mixture, add the mint, and serve.