Couscous Fruit Salad

Name: Couscous Fruit Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 dates, pitted and chopped; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro, or more to taste; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 118 milliliters golden raisins; 5 green onions, white parts only, chopped, or more to taste; 1 mango, peeled and chopped; 1 teaspoon olive oil, or as needed; 59 milliliters shelled peanuts; 355 milliliters pearl (Israeli) couscous; 170 grams 1/2 package sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®); 532 milliliters water

Couscous Fruit Salad might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegan recipe has 276 calories, 6g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up mango, cilantro, garlic, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion and garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Garlic

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add water to onion mixture and bring to a boil.

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Onion

Water

Stir dates, cranberries, raisins, and peanuts into onion mixture and bring to a boil again.

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Cranberries

Peanuts

Raisins

Dates

Onion

Add couscous and cilantro to dried fruit-onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover skillet, and simmer until water is mostly absorbed, 10 to 15 minutes.

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Dried Fruit