Thursday, 22 March 2012

Chrissy's Mediterranean Bell Pepper Salad

 Great new recipe by my friend Chrissy. So delicious and healthy!
Mediterranean Bell Pepper Salad
Step #1
1 cup - Couscous
1 1/4 cup - Water 
1 teaspoon - Olive oil

Boil water. Add olive oil then couscous, stir, cover, set aside and let sit.

Step #2

4 tablespoons - olive oil 
3 - Bell peppers (large) (chopped)
2 - small hot red peppers (add according to preferred spicyness level !) (Sliced into tiny slivers)
2 - Cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
1/2 - Purple onion (large) (chopped)
2 tablespoons - Cumin 
2 table spoons - Coriander 
1/2 squeeze bottle - Gourmet Garden Mediterranean Herbs and Spice Blend 
1/8 - cup of water


Warm olive oil at med-high temp in Wok pan. Add all ingredients above, cover with lid till vegetables are almost cooked.

Step #3 (Optional)

0.5 Ib - Extra lean ground turkey 

Mix into vegetables, sprinkle black pepper over meat, cover and let cook. Still on med-high temp.

Step #4

1/8 cup - water 
1/2 squeeze bottle - Gourmet Garden Mediterranean Herbs and Spice Blend 
1 teaspoon - Olive oil 
2 handfulls - Spinach leaves

Mix ingredients together in cup. Add couscous and cup mixture to wok, stir often. Let flavours simmer at med-low for 5-10 min. 

Step #5

1/2 cup - Feta Cheese 

Top with Feta Cheese. Serves 4. Enjoy either hot or cold. :D



No comments:

Post a Comment