This salad of crunchy vegetables is refreshing and filling and can be prepared in minutes. The chilli adds heat to the zingy dressing – if you don’t have a fresh one use a pinch of dried chilli flakes.
Serves: 1 Prep Time: 10 minutes Calories: 24kcals (+200kcal for Spicy Couscous) Steps: 3 and 4
Ingredients
20g beansprouts
20g cucumber, cut into thin strips
20g courgette, cut into thin strips
20g mangetout, trimmed and cut into strips
A few Little Gem lettuce leaves
A few sprigs of coriander or basil, chopped
1 sachet CWP Spicy Couscous
For the dressing:
1 tsp rice vinegar
1 tsp water
Juice of ½ small lime
1 tsp nam pla (Thai fish sauce)
1 small garlic clove, crushed
½ small red chilli, deseeded and diced
Directions
1. Put the beansprouts, cucumber, courgette, mangetout and lettuce in a bowl. Add the herbs and mix together.
2. Make the dressing: stir all the ingredients together until thoroughly blended or shake them in a sealed screw-top jar.
3. Meanwhile, prepare the CWP Spicy Couscous according to the directions on the packet.
4. Pour the dressing over the salad vegetables and toss everything gently. Serve with the Spicy Couscous.
Variations
Use soy sauce instead of nam pla.
Any crisp lettuce leaves can be used instead of Little Gem.
Sweeten the dressing with a drop or two of artificial sweetener.