Pineapple Brown Rice Salad ~~~~~ Couscous Salads ~~~~ Greek salad
Hi all...
Today is father's day in Germany and usually the guys go out on a drinking and walking tour into the fields or woods with their little push carts, filled to the brim with beer and picnic food or they take part in other outdoor amusement just for men and fathers.... but in my family this has never been the tradition and this year we decided to have a little BBQ... I was in charge of the salads and the pushcart hot dog sauce this is what I made... Everything tasted very nice matched the different kinds of sausages that we grilled and it was a good lunch...
Cheers Alissa
2 cups couscous fine grain
3 cups of water
1/4 c olive oil
1/4 c fresh lemon juice
1 large garlic clove minced
1 tsp harissa
a bit of sea salt and pepper
8 cherry tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped to grain size
1/2 cucumber, peeled, seeded and finely chopped or grain size
flat parsley finely chopped
olives finely chopped or grain size (today I omit)
bring the water to a boil and the couscous in a bowl and pour over the water, stir and let rest for 5 min so the couscous can soak. Then mix with all the other ingredients and taste to liking...
You could add feta cheese, grilled peppers, grilled zucchini or other ingredients to you like- this is a very versatile salad!
adapted by a salad from the German cookbook - I added the pineapple and ginger which gives it a nice tang and special note... I like it very much ... It's different from the usual rice salads...I used spelt in this recipe as I wanted to try out how that goes - very nice I say... I would make it again...Enjoy Alissa
2/3 cup rice (i use spelt grains you can also use barley, wheat berry or any other grain)
1 green pepper, grilled, skinned and finely chopped
1 red pepper, grilled, skinned and finely chopped
1 red onion finely chopped (i omit as my dad can't have raw onions)
2/3 cup ham finely chopped
1/4 fresh pineapple finely chopped
1 can mandarin oranges (keep half the juice) chopped in half
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp soya sauce
2 tbsp sugar
a bit freshly ground ginger
salt and pepper to taste
cook the rice till done and mix everything together, chill overnight, taste and spice to your liking. Serve
10 cherry tomatoes chopped
1 cucumber, peeled and chopped
1 small goat cheese chopped
10 basil leaves, torn
1 red onion chopped
1 1/2 lemon the juice
3 tbls extra virigine olive oil
fleur de sel + freshly ground black pepper
mix together taste and serve!
Today is father's day in Germany and usually the guys go out on a drinking and walking tour into the fields or woods with their little push carts, filled to the brim with beer and picnic food or they take part in other outdoor amusement just for men and fathers.... but in my family this has never been the tradition and this year we decided to have a little BBQ... I was in charge of the salads and the pushcart hot dog sauce this is what I made... Everything tasted very nice matched the different kinds of sausages that we grilled and it was a good lunch...
Cheers Alissa
Couscous Salad
this is a salad I always make for a BBQ or picnic...
2 cups couscous fine grain
3 cups of water
1/4 c olive oil
1/4 c fresh lemon juice
1 large garlic clove minced
1 tsp harissa
a bit of sea salt and pepper
8 cherry tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped to grain size
1/2 cucumber, peeled, seeded and finely chopped or grain size
flat parsley finely chopped
olives finely chopped or grain size (today I omit)
bring the water to a boil and the couscous in a bowl and pour over the water, stir and let rest for 5 min so the couscous can soak. Then mix with all the other ingredients and taste to liking...
You could add feta cheese, grilled peppers, grilled zucchini or other ingredients to you like- this is a very versatile salad!
Pineapple - Brown Rice Salad
adapted by a salad from the German cookbook - I added the pineapple and ginger which gives it a nice tang and special note... I like it very much ... It's different from the usual rice salads...I used spelt in this recipe as I wanted to try out how that goes - very nice I say... I would make it again...Enjoy Alissa
2/3 cup rice (i use spelt grains you can also use barley, wheat berry or any other grain)
1 green pepper, grilled, skinned and finely chopped
1 red pepper, grilled, skinned and finely chopped
1 red onion finely chopped (i omit as my dad can't have raw onions)
2/3 cup ham finely chopped
1/4 fresh pineapple finely chopped
1 can mandarin oranges (keep half the juice) chopped in half
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp soya sauce
2 tbsp sugar
a bit freshly ground ginger
salt and pepper to taste
cook the rice till done and mix everything together, chill overnight, taste and spice to your liking. Serve
Greek Salad
10 cherry tomatoes chopped
1 cucumber, peeled and chopped
1 small goat cheese chopped
10 basil leaves, torn
1 red onion chopped
1 1/2 lemon the juice
3 tbls extra virigine olive oil
fleur de sel + freshly ground black pepper
mix together taste and serve!
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