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Easy Summer Salad (vegan)

Easy Summer Salad - Couscous Summer Salad. Spiced couscous, juicy tomatoes, mixed beans, crunchy cucumber and cooling basil. It doesn't get any better or easier. So good! | Munchyesta.com
Couscous Summer Salad. Spiced couscous, juicy tomatoes, mixed beans, crunchy cucumber and cooling basil. It doesn't get any better or easier.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

Couscous Salad Base

  • 1 cup Couscous Uncooked
  • 1¼ cup Vegetable Broth Warm
  • 1 tsp Ground Cumin
  • 1 tsp Ground Coriander

For the Couscous

  • 1 Cucumber
  • 2 large Tomatoes
  • ½ cup Kidney Beans
  • ½ cup Butter Beans
  • ½ cup Chickpeas
  • ½ Red Onion
  • 1 bunch Red Onion

Dressing

  • ½ Lemon - juice from
  • 1 tbsp Maple Syrup
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil

Instructions

  • Begin by bringing the veggie broth to a boil. In a large bowl, add the uncooked couscous and cover with the veggie broth. Add the seasoning and cover completely and set aside while the couscous cooks. About 5 minutes.
    Let the couscous cool a little.
    In the mean time, rinse the cucumber and cut it into cubes. Rinse the tomatoes and chop into cubes before finely chopping the red onion.
    Drain the water from the beans and chickpeas and add them to the couscous. Add the chopped veggies and stir everything together.
    Mix the ingredients for the dressing together and pour it over the couscous salad. Gently stir everything together and season with chopped fresh basil before serving.