Bacon, pasta and garbanzo beans? Tasty! The salad comes together in minutes and can be served warm or chilled. Curried Bacon Couscous Salad Ingredients: 4 slices bacon, thick cut and lower sodium 1 medium sweet onion, peeled and diced 1/2 cup diced dried carrots rehydrated in 1 cup cool water for 15 minutes or 1… Continue reading Curried Bacon Couscous Salad
Tag: Lunch
Curried Couscous Salad
For this weekend's upcoming hike this was my newest salad recipe for us to enjoy for our post-hike lunch. I found white balsamic vinegar at Trader Joe's a month or so ago and had been trying to figure out recipes to use it in - it has a sweetness that other vinegars do not. Recently… Continue reading Curried Couscous Salad
Black Bean Couscous Salad
Last weekend I made this salad up for our Saturday lunch - another easy to make salad that can be taken with you - and that is high in protein! Black Bean Couscous Salad Ingredients: 1 cup lower sodium chicken broth 1 cup whole wheat couscous 15 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained 15… Continue reading Black Bean Couscous Salad
Black Bean and Pepper Rice Salad
For the weekly after-hike salad I came up with this recipe. I would hedge that for most people you would want more salt than we take. It is good both hot and cold. Black Bean and Pepper Rice Salad Ingredients: 3 cups water 1 1/2 cups long grain rice 1 cup frozen tri color bell… Continue reading Black Bean and Pepper Rice Salad