with Blistered Tomatoes, Olives and Feta
We're celebrating veggie night with this Middle Eastern-inspired couscous! Packed with oven-roasted falafel, blistered tomatoes, briny olives, feta and garlic-tossed carrots, this dish has checked off every flavour box!
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Falafel
150 g
Couscous
0.5 cup
Mixed Olives
30 g
Baby Tomatoes
227 g
Garlic, cloves
1 unit(s)
Feta Cheese, crumbled
0.25 cup
Carrot, julienned
56 g
Lemon
1 unit(s)
Parsley
7 g
Spicy Mayo
4 tbsp
Radish
3 unit(s)
Sugar
0.5 tsp
Unsalted Butter
2 tbsp
Oil
4.5 tbsp
Pepper
0.125 tsp
Salt
0.25 tsp
- Toss falafel with 1 1/2 tbsp (3 tbsp) oil on an unlined baking sheet.
- Roast in the middle of the oven, flipping halfway through, until golden-brown, 8-10 min.
- Slice radishes into 1/4-inch rounds.
- Roughly chop parsley.
- Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
- Drain, then roughly chop olives.
- Zest, then juice half the lemon (whole lemon for 4 ppl). Cut any remaining lemon into wedges.
- Meanwhile, whisk together garlic, 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) oil, 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) lemon juice and 1/2 tsp (1 tsp) sugar in a large bowl.
- Add carrots, radishes and half the parsley.
- Season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat. Set aside.
- Add 2/3 cup (1 1/3 cups) water and 1/8 tsp (1/4 tsp) salt to a small pot.
- Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Once boiling, remove from heat, then add couscous. Stir to combine.
- Cover and let stand, 5 min.
- When couscous is tender, fluff with a fork.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat.
- When the pan is hot, add tomatoes and 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook, stirring often, until tomatoes blister and soften, 3-4 min. Set aside.
- Add tomatoes, olives, 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) lemon zest, 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) butter and half the feta to the pot with couscous. Toss to combine.
- Divide couscous between plates.
- Top with falafel, then marinated veggies.
- Sprinkle remaining parsley and remaining feta over top.
- Drizzle spicy mayo over top.
- Squeeze a lemon wedge over top, if desired.
1030
kcal
Calories
80
g
Fat
18
g
Saturated Fat
68
g
Carbohydrate
8
g
Sugar
8
g
Dietary Fiber
17
g
Protein
65
mg
Cholesterol
1280
mg
Sodium
1
g
Trans Fat
700
mg
Potassium
175
mg
Calcium
3
mg
Iron
with Blistered Tomatoes, Olives and Feta
