Summer is slowly slipping through our fingers; temperatures are getting lower at night, kids are almost back in school, but luckily summer is still around. Enough summer fruits, enough heat and humidity during the day, so let’s take advantage of it and enjoy another fruit salad and spent little time in the kitchen – a Couscous Arugula Strawberry Salad.
Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- Pearl couscous – other grains are of course an option. What I like about the pearl couscous is the large
- Strawberries
- Arugula
- Feta cheese – I used French Feta. I like it over the Greek or Bulgarian Feta in this salad, simply because it is less sharp and less salty. I believe that flavor differences are good, but not too many ingredients should compete for the attention of your taste buds at the same time. The French Feta is the least briny and salty of the three, but you still know you’re eating feta.
- Dressing – olive oil, white wine vinegar, honey, Dijon mustard, salt & pepper
- Poppy seeds
I combined strawberries and arugula; the bitterness of the arugula is countered by the sweetness of the strawberries. The pearl couscous adds a light body to the salad and feta for the necessary protein and tanginess. The poppy seeds in the dressing are a crunch, and the tiny black specks give this salad a little spark.
This salad is great for lunch, or an appetizer or even as a light main dish. Soon we’ll be resorting to comfort food again, let’s hang on to light and summer-like dishes just a little longer.
Couscous Arugula Strawberry Salad
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- 1/2 cup pearl couscous
- 1 cups strawberries
- 2 ounces arugula
- 3.5 ounces feta cheese
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
Instructions
- Cook the couscous according to the directions on the packaging and completely cool.
- Wash the arugula and the strawberries.
- Hull the strawberries and quarter them.
- Crumble the feta cheese.
- Mix white wine vinegar, honey, mustard and oil and whisk them into a dressing. Add salt and pepper and poppy seeds and mix again.
- Add all ingredients into a bowl, add the dressing and mix to coat.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.