Couscous Salad with Vegetables

This meal is so simple.  It literally takes me 10 minutes to throw together.  Biggest and Bigger will not eat all the veggies in this salad, so I always set some plain couscous aside for them.  They add a little soy sauce and inhale it...hence the vegetarian corn dogs along with the meal tonight.

2 c. whole wheat couscous from TJs

4 T. olive oil

1/2 t. salt

1/4 c. pine nuts, toasted

1 1/2 c. halved grape tomatoes

1 1/2 c. quartered english cucumber

1/4-1/2 c. crumbled feta (however much you like)

balsamic vinaigrette dressing from TJs

In a large saucepan, begin to boil 2 cups water.  Add olive oil and salt (the package calls for butter, but I use olive oil).  When water is at a boil, add couscous and quickly mix.  Cover with a lid and remove from heat.  Let sit while you toast the pine nuts and chop up the tomatoes and cucumber.  Spoon couscous into a salad bowl and set some aside in another bowl for your kids if they are like mine and won't eat the vegetables.  To the salad bowl, add the pine nuts, tomatoes, cucumber, and feta.  Drizzle with balsamic dressing and toss.  You will have plenty leftover for lunch the next day.

Smooches,