Moroccan Carrot Cilantro Couscous Salad with Tahini Dressin

Active Poster Joined: Apr 23 2007 Posts: 86

Easy and light. This is great for a grab on the go lunch.

Moroccan Carrot Cilantro Couscous Salad with Tahini Dressing

1 cup prepared whole wheat couscous or 1 cup quinoa
1 cup grated carrots
1 cup drained canned garbanzo beans
Generous handful of chopped cilantro
Shredded romaine or spinach
(Slivered toasted almonds, optional)

Stir together couscous, carrots, beans and cilantro. Then heap on top of romaine lettuce or spinach leaves.

Tahini Dressing
1 tbsp. tahini
1 tbsp. water
Juice of 1/2 lemon
A dash of coriander or cumin
1 clove chopped garlic

Stir it all together. Pour over salad.

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 20 2005 Posts: 5270

Sounds Yumm!

this is just my type of salad. thanks for the recipe!
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