Falafel and couscous salad boxes
Fluffy couscous, crisp veg and falafel with a spoon of houmous. No cooking on the day.
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Ingredients
- Falafel12 falafels
- Couscous200 g
- Cucumber½ cucumber
- Tomatoes250 g
- Houmous200 g
- Lemons½ lemon
Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.
Usually contains: Sesame, Gluten.
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Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
- Put the couscous in a bowl and pour over 250 ml of just-boiled water. Cover with a plate and leave for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork, then stir in a squeeze of lemon juice, a tablespoon of oil and a pinch of salt.200 g couscous½ lemon
- Chop the cucumber and tomatoes into small pieces and stir them through the couscous.½ cucumber250 g tomatoes
- Divide between lunchboxes. Add the falafel and a spoon of houmous to each. Keeps in the fridge for 2 days.12 falafels200 g houmous
Stir a pinch of cumin into the couscous water. It makes the whole box taste more of the falafel.
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