Dinner ready in 20 minutes! Enjoy this lemon- basil dressed Italian pasta salad recipe made using couscous, vegetables and Progresso® cannellini beans.
Tuscan Couscous with Lemon Basil Dressing
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 20 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 15
Ingredients
Couscous
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup uncooked couscous
Dressing
- 1/4 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh or 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 4 to 5 drops red pepper sauce
Salad
- 1 can (15 oz) Progresso™ cannellini beans, drained, rinsed
- 1/2 cup chopped unpeeled cucumber
- 1/4 cup halved pitted kalamata olives
- 4 medium green onions, sliced (1/4 cup)
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, cut in half
Instructions
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Step1In 1 quart saucepan, heat water and 1/4 teaspoon salt to boiling. Remove from heat; immediately stir in couscous. Cover; let stand 5 minutes. Fluff couscous with fork.
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Step2Meanwhile, in small nonmetal bowl, combine all dressing ingredients; mix well.
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Step3In large bowl, gently toss cooked couscous, beans, cucumber, olives and green onions. Pour dressing over couscous mixture; gently toss until coated.
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Step4Just before serving, add tomatoes; toss gently. Serve warm.
Nutrition
100
Calories
3g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
16g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 25
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 4%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 130mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 180mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 16g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 10%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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