Colourful Couscous Salad for losing weight

Author: Lorena Göllinger (B.Sc. Nutritional Science)
· Proofreader: Sebastian Tok (B.Sc. Nutritional Science)
 · Updated: · 15 min prep time
colourful couscous salad for weight-loss

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A vegan couscous salad that everyone will enjoy. Ready in just 20 minutes and a great salad for losing weight.

You will need these ingredients for this salad for losing weight:

  • 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tsp. olive oil
  • 75 ml tomato passata
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 100 g couscous
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 1/2 pepper (yellow)
  • 1 tomato
  • 15 peppermint leaves (fresh leaves)
  • A pinch each of salt, paprika powder and pepper (black)

Here's how you prepare this dish for losing weight:

  1. Squeeze the lemons and mix the juice with the oil. Add the tomato passata.
  2. Peel the garlic and crush with garlic press. Add to the tomato mixture.
  3. Stir the couscous into this mixture and leave to stand.
  4. Peel and chop the cucumber. Scald, skin and seed the tomatoes, then cut up small.
  5. Mix the vegetables and couscous and season with salt, pepper and some paprika powder.
  6. Rinse the peppermint, pluck from the stalks and fold in to the salad.

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