With the summer holidays just round the corner, we’ve had a couple of school/ kindergarten “end of the year” parties. For one of those events I made this salad, it went down very well and one of my friends asked for the recipe…so this is for you Francesca.
Ingredients
500g/ 17.6oz couscous
600ml/ 1.2pt vegetable stock
5 tbsp olive oil
10-12 apricots
200g/ 7oz pistachio nuts
100g/3.5oz sultanas
1 handful of mint leaves
Dressing
5 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 limes (juiced)
(1 tsp of honey if you like)
salt, pepper & couscous seasoning (coriander, cumin, chili, anise, mustard seeds, cinnamon)
Boil 600ml of stock, take off the cooker and pour the couscous into the pan. Leave to soak for about 5 minutes. Add 5 tablespoons of olive oil and stir it with a fork to get rid of any clumps. Free the pistachio nuts from their shells (you might need double the amount if your kids help out). Chop up the apricots and mint leaves. All you have to do now is add all the ingredients and pour the dressing over it.
So simple! Give it a go!
That looks and sounds so good! Great job on your photos.
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Thank you❣️
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Very colorful ⛱☺
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Thanks!☀️
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I love Couscous! Need to try this now!!
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Definitely! 😉
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Sounds delicious, I love cold couscous salt dishes. Looks very pretty too!
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Thank you!It really is very yummy! 😉
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This looks like a great salad Tammy and I love all of your pics of it!
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Thanks❣️
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The ingredients look so fresh & the salad really tasty!! Wonderful images!! 🙂
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Thank you!
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This looks fabulous!!!
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…and tastes even better!😉
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Really lovely pictures Tammy. Great styling and such delicious looking ingredients.
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Thank you!
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Looks colorful and fresh, perfect for summer😍
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Thank you❣️
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Looks like such a yummy salad 🙂
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Thanks…it did disappear very quickly. 😉
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Love colourful summer salad recipes – thank you!
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Thank you and thank you for dropping by!
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Love the mingling of fruit and spices with the grain! Will definitely try this out. Thanks!
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So do I! 😉 I hope you enjoy it!
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Great Looking Salad , yum might have to give that a try on the weekend !!
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Thanks! Do give it a try!
(And make a little more than you need, as it tastes just as good if not better if you leave it in the fridge over night and snack on it the next day.) 👍😉
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Thanks so much for checking out my blog! This salad sounds absolutely lovely and it has some of my most favorite ingredients! I love the name of your blog, too.
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Your welcome❣️And thanks for popping by….
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Wow this looks lovely. I can’t eat cous cous but may try to make a gluten free version your photos are just lovely ✨
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Thanks! Maybe quinoa would work instead. 🙄😊
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Just an FYI I have nominated you for The Blogger Recognition Award! Have a great day/night!
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Thank you for the nomination. I hope that I don‘t offend you but I would like to decline.
Kind regards,
Tammy
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No worries. Someone nominated me and I felt compelled to do complete it for him. I totally get it. I just hope it was at least a compliment! Have a great day/night!!
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Thanks❣️
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You have a beautiful blog. Thank you for following my “What The Fork” blog!
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Your welcome!
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This looks delicious!!!
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Thank you! 😊
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Reblogged this on the fashionista cook and commented:
Great summer salad!
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Looking good!
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Thank you!
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This looks delicious!
I’m going to need to try this with the Kiddo!
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Thanks❣️And yes, do! 😉
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This looks so yummy! Perfect for my weekend bbq!
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Thanks! That sounds great! 😊
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Thanks for visiting my little blog! Your photos are beautiful and the salad looks great 🙂
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Your welcome, and thanks for dropping by on mine❣️
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It’s just lovely.Keep sharing.
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Thanks, and thanks for dropping by!
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Wow, I am amazed!
Such a nice blog and such a nice dish.
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Thank you and thanks for dropping by!
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Always ^_^!
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This sounds delishious and your photography is excellent!
BTW…just read where you grew up in Switzerland some. I was fortunate
to visit over 30 yrs ago with a peace promoting choir. We toured 7 states,
and I particularly loved Switzerland and Austria. 🙂
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Thank you, I actually live in Switzerland and I love it too❣️😉
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Oh how wonderful! I’m actually way up past my bedtime right now trying to catch a photo of the lunar eclipse. I live in Indiana.😉 You don’t happen to live near Lucerne do you?
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With live about an hour away from Lucerne. Good luck with the eclipse! 😉
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This looks so delicious! I will definitely have to try it bow that it is very much summer here in Australia! 🙂
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Cool! Enjoy! 😊
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