Feta and Olive Couscous Salad

Name: Feta and Olive Couscous Salad
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 cups, couscous; 1 cup, water; 1 cup, chicken broth; , Salt and pepper; 6 ounces, feta cheese, crumbled (1 1/2 cups); 1 , cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped fine; 1 cup, pitted kalamata olives, chopped coarse; 1 cup, sliced almonds, toasted; 1 , small red onion, chopped fine; 6 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup, chopped fresh parsley; 3 tablespoons, lemon juice

7 comments

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2013

SERVES4 to 6

TIME35 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Back-of-the-box instructions for couscous yield mushy, clumpy granules, and forget about that spice packet. Toasting the uncooked couscous in some butter and garlic not only sets the starch in the pasta, keeping the granules separate and pr...

This is a members' feature.