Side Dishes Salads Couscous & Roast Vegetable Salad

Serves : 4-6

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 1 hour

Couscous & Roast Vegetable Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 peppers either red or a mix of red and yellow, de-seeded and chopped
  • 255g courgettes, halved lengthways and cut into chunks
  • 1 small red onion, peeled and cut into wedges
  • 4 garlic cloves, outer skins removed
  • small bunch thyme sprigs
  • olive oil, to drizzle
  • 200g couscous
  • 250ml hot vegetable stock
  • 7 cherry tomatoes
  • small bunch mint, finely chopped
  • 6 black olives, pitted and halved
  • 100g feta cheese, crumbled
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • griddled or toasted pitta breads, to serve

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/Fan180°C/Gas Mark 6. Place the peppers, courgettes, onion, garlic and thyme in a roasting tin. Drizzle with olive oil and roast for 45 minutes.

  2. Meanwhile, place the couscous in a large bowl and pour over the vegetable stock. Cover and set aside.

  3. Add the cherry tomatoes to the roasted vegetables and roast for a further 15 minutes.

  4. Loosen the couscous using a fork and your fingers. Drizzle with olive oil and stir through the mint. Place the couscous on a serving plate. Top with the roasted vegetables. Sprinkle over the olives and feta. Drizzle with olive oil and season. Toss to combine just before serving. Serve with griddled or toasted pitta breads.