I made this last week as a complete experiment. I thought it came out alright but not great. Until... I ate it cold! Then I feel in love! The sweet couscous with the bite of cilantro, fresh summer squash and creamy feta? YUM!
The husband wasn't game but I had a friend come over and try it. She thought it was tasty and loved the cilantro. I think I may need to start cooking for others. 😉
The only thing I think I'll do differently next time is a bit more feta. I'm not too sure I used enough. I'll post exactly how I made it and if you give it a try you can always bump up the feta.
Ingredients
- Half of a sweet onion
- 1 medium yellow squash (You could always use a zucchini too!)
- ½ cup of whole wheat couscous uncooked (I use RiceSelect
) - 5 oz of Pomegranate Juice
- About ½ cup fresh cilantro chopped
- ¼ cup (34g) crumbled Feta
)Instructions
Heat a medium-sized pot over medium heat and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Add the onion and sauté until browning.
Once the onion is brown, add the yellow squash and cook for a few minutes.
Add the dry couscous and Pom juice. It should almost immediately come to a boil. Stir, remove from heat and cover. Here's what it looks like just before covering.
While the couscous is cooking, prepare the cilantro and weigh out the feta.
After 5 minutes the couscous should have soaked up the pom juice. uncover, add the the cilantro and feta.
Toss.
You could eat it warm but I preferred it chilled. 🙂
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📖 Recipe
Yellow Squash and Pom Couscous Salad with Cilantro and Feta
Ingredients
- Half of a sweet onion
- 1 medium yellow squash You could always use a zucchini too!
- ½ cup of whole wheat couscous uncooked I use RiceSelect
- 5 oz of Pomegranate Juice
- About ½ cup fresh cilantro chopped
- ¼ cup 34g crumbled Feta
Instructions
- Heat a medium-sized pot over medium heat and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Add the onion and sauté until browning.Half of a sweet onion
- Once the onion is brown, add the yellow squash and cook for a few minutes.1 medium yellow squash
- Add the dry couscous and Pom juice. It should almost immediately come to a boil. Stir, remove from heat and cover. Here's what it looks like just before covering.½ cup of whole wheat couscous uncooked, 5 oz of Pomegranate Juice
- While the couscous is cooking, prepare the cilantro and weigh out the feta.About ½ cup fresh cilantro chopped, ¼ cup 34g crumbled Feta
- After 5 minutes the couscous should have soaked up the pom juice. uncover, add the the cilantro and feta.
- Toss.
roni
I've heard people talking about this! Never saw it myself. I'll investigate. Thanks for the tip!
RG
Another foodie idea, this one comes from a DC restaurant called Zaytinya though it is much more widespread than that. There, instead of a bread basket, each table gets freshly baked pita breads with a dipping oil with a yummy maroon liquid in the oil. Upon investigation, I found out that the maroon liquid is pomegranate molasses. I think it's basically pom juice that's been reduced; I buy it in middle eastern grocery stores. It is amazing on bread, chicken, even salad instead of balsamic vinegar. I like your idea of cooking with pom juice, to create the same effect, but the molasses feels more versatile.
roni
ok.. found it. I calculated for 3 servings. Thank you so much for catching it!
Johnna Duke
No worries Roni, either way it's a superb dish :-). I found it to be 3 servings at approximately 190 calories and 2 at about 280 each. And of course this could be if our pom juice was different.
I ate it warm and cannot wait to try it cold, it was fantastic!! And very filling.
roni
Johnna thanks for pointing that out! It's a typo. I will have to go home and check my notes, but I'm pretty sure I got 2-3 servings but I'll double check.
Johnna Duke
I made this dish and it is superb in flavor! Love the refreshing burst of cilantro! I do have a question though. In looking at the nutritional information, you posted that the entire recipe is only 230 calories. I too purchased Rice Select Organic Whole Wheat Couscous and in using the amount in your recipe (1/2 cup), the calories alone for this would total 420 calories (not adding in any of the other ingredients), so how does the entire recipe only come to 230 calories?
Thank you, just want to see if I'm missing something. Love your blog and REALLy love your recipes...can't wait to try your new cabbage slaw recipe.
Lori McHugh
I substituted cranberry juice for the POM juice and used fat-free crumbled feta and it came out great! I quadrupled the recipe for my family, used both green and yellow squash, and served it over a bed of greens. You could also "lihten it up" a bit more by using the "light" cranberry juice. I liked the contrast between the salty feta and the sweet couscous. I'll definitely make this one again (great picnic food).
monica
It looks totally yummilicious!!!! and I haveeeee to make this now! and I like how you show the step by step cooking with the pics. [email protected]
FoodontheTable
Delicious! I think feta + couscous is a great idea!
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HOLY MOLY THIS LOOKS YUMMY!! <3 nice job!!