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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place sun-dried tomatoes in a large bowl, cover with hot water, and let stand 10-15 minutes or until softened. | 2. Drain well, and coarsely chop. | 3. Add couscous, cucumber, radishes, parsley, basil, feta, and pine nuts, and toss lightly to combine. | 4. In a small bowl, whisk lemon juice, vinegar, oregano, salt, and pepper until well combined. | 5. Set aside for 5 minutes for flavor to develop. | 6. Slowly add olive oil while continuing to whisk briskly. | 7. Pour over couscous mixture, and toss to blend. | 8. Cover, and refrigerate for 1-2 hours. | 9. Taste, and adjust seasonings before serving. | 10. For some reason, this salad dissipates flavors like you wouldn’t believe. | 11. You will probably need more of most dressing ingredients, especially more lemon juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper; but don’t add them into the initial dressing mix. | 12. Add after the dish has set for a while. | 13. Variation: Replace couscous with coarse bulgur wheat, preferably#3 (very coarse), available at middle-eastern markets and some specialty food stores. | 14. To prepare, thoroughly rinse 1 cup bulgur in a strainer under running water. | 15. Place in a medium bowl, cover with very hot tap water, add 1 Tsp salt, mix thoroughly, and set aside for 30 minutes. | 16. Drain thoroughly, and use as noted above for couscous. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
sun tomato	10		sun-dried	-	-	-	-
hot water				-	-	-	-
couscous	2	cups	cooked	1300.96	267.9078	44.1496	2.2144
cucumber	1	cup	unpeeled seeded chopped	15.6	3.7752	0.6759999999999999	0.1144
radish	4 -5		unpeeled scrubbed stemmed chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
parsley leaf	3 -4	tablespoons	chopped	-	-	-	-
basil leaf	1	tablespoon	chopped crushed	-	-	-	-
feta cheese	2	ounces	crumbled	149.688	2.319	8.0571	12.0658
pine nut	2	tablespoons	toasted	113.5688	2.2072	2.3102	11.5374
lemon juice	1/4	cup		13.42	4.209	0.2135	0.1464
red wine vinegar	1	tablespoon		2.8310000000000004	0.0402	0.006	0.0
oregano	2	teaspoons	chopped crushed	5.3	1.3784	0.18	0.0856
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
extra virgin olive oil	4	tablespoons		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.