PLASTIC FREE COUSCOUS BOWL
Updated: Jan 9, 2025
Welcome back to our Zero Food Waste Series, where we share how you can save your dollars and the planet! 🌎
Today Educator Ella is making a high-protein couscous bowl while demonstrating how to keep it plastic-free! 👏🏾
She started by visiting her local farmers market, bringing along her reusable produce bags to shop for fresh, local produce. 👩🏽🌾🥬
For items she couldn’t find at the market, she opted for plastic-free options at the grocery store. She also stopped by a bulk store to fill her reusable mason jars with chickpeas and couscous.🫙
Check out our recipe for this delicious crunchy couscous bowl below! 😋
Ingredients:
Roasted Chickpeas:
🌱1 ½ cups cooked chickpeas (or 1 can if that's what you prefer)
🌱2 Tbsp cumin
🌱1 tsp garlic powder
🌱1 tsp cumin
🌱Salt and pepper to taste
Couscous bowl:
🌱1 cup of couscous
🌱4 cups of lettuce/mixed greens
🌱1 cucumber
🌱1 pepper
🌱1 pint of tomatoes
🌱optional: top with fresh herbs, lemon zest
Dressing:
🌱1/3 cup of tahini
🌱Juice from 1 lemon
🌱2 Tbsp olive oil
🌱2 Tbsp maple syrup
🌱1 tsp salt
🌱Pepper to taste
🌱Water per desired consistency
Method:
🌱Cook chickpeas per instructions in our previous roasted chickpea recipe here!
🌱Bring 1 ½ cups of water (or vegetable broth for more flavour) to a boil and add couscous. Turn off heat, cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Uncover and fluff with a fork.
🌱Chop up lettuce, cucumber, pepper and tomatoes.
🌱Mix all dressing ingredients together
🌱Place couscous, chickpeas and veggies in a bowl. Drizzle dressing over your dowl and top with fresh herbs and lemon zest.
🌱Enjoy!
🌱4 servings, 72g of total protein.
Enjoy!!😋
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