Spanish-Inspired Couscous

Ingredients

• 2 cups couscous
• 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock, heated
• 1 tin chickpeas, rinsed
• 1 Spanish onion, thinly sliced
• 3 baby cucumbers, sliced
• ½ green capsicum, roughly chopped
• ½ red capsicum, roughly chopped
• ¼ iceberg lettuce, roughly chopped
• ¼ cup olive oil
• Pinch paprika
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• Coarse salt
• Cracked pepper

Method

• Place couscous in a bowl and pour over the hot stock. Stir and cover. Once the stock has absorbed, fluff it with a fork.
• Place couscous, chickpeas, onion, cucumbers, capsicums and lettuce in a bowl and toss to combine.
• Combine olive oil, paprika, salt, pepper and lemon juice and spoon over salad.
• Tip: Use veggie or chicken stock to cook the couscous as it adds so much flavour!