Tricolore couscous salad

  • 4
  • 15 mins
  • 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 200 g couscous
  • 2 tsp vegetable stock (or use a cube)
  • 250 g pack cherry tomato, halved
  • 2 avocado, peeled, stoned and chopped Avocado av-oh-car-doh Although it's technically a fruit, the mild-flavoured avocado is used as a vegetable. Native…
  • 150 g pack mozzarella, drained and chopped
  • handful rocket or young spinach leaves Rocket roh-ket Rocket is a very 'English' leaf, and has been used in salads since Elizabethan times. It…
  • 1 rounded tbsp pesto Pesto Pess-toh Pesto is a generic Italian name for any sauce made by pounding ingredients together. The…
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 tbsp olive oil Olive oil ol-iv oyl Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…

Preparation

Step 1

Serves 4
Mix the couscous and stock in a bowl, pour over 300ml boiling water, then cover with a plate and leave for 5 mins.

For the dressing, mix the pesto with the lemon juice and some seasoning, then gradually mix in the oil. Pour over the couscous and mix with a fork.

Mix the tomatoes, avocado and mozzarella into the couscous, then lightly stir in the rocket or spinach to serve.