ROASTED BRUSSELS SPROUT AND COUSCOUS SALAD
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Packed with darkish leafy greens, crispy roasted brussels sprouts, fluffy couscous, creamy avocado and a tremendous easy vinaigrette — this salad is nutrient-dense, filling and delicious. And greatest of all, it doesn’t FEEL like you’re consuming a salad. It feels hearty and warming and cozy, that's precisely what my physique craves whilst it’s underneath freezing outside.
And although I’m no longer one to set New Years resolutions, a large bowl filled with inexperienced certain does seem to be quite wonderful after the overly indulgent holidays. Know what I mean?
Right now, my life = avocado everything. Chopped up into salads, smashed on toast (with a poached egg of course), mixed into smoothies… eaten with a spoon… Wait, I didn’t say that. Shh.
Avocados are excessive in fat, but it’s the good-for-you type of fat — heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, the identical fat discovered in olive oil, which might be also believed to scale back inflammation. They’re also packed with fiber and potassium.
And my largest draw (besides how delicious they are) — the fat in them can in truth assist your physique take up nutrition from plant-based foods. Eating your veggies, and plenty of them, is tremendous main to your health, and so is being capable to take up all in their nutrition — adding nutritional vitamins A, D, E and K. These fat-soluble nutritional vitamins are dissolved in fat, in contrast to different nutritional vitamins which dissolve in water. To make certain you’re benefiting from them, contain heart-healthy fat like avocado and olive oil on your day by day meals.
Roasted Brussels Sprout and Couscous Salad
Ingredients:
For the Roasted Brussels Sprouts
1 pound brussels sprouts
2 tbsp olive oil
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
For the Couscous
1 cup dry couscous
½ cup water
¼ tsp salt
For the Salad
1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
1 avocado, peeled and sliced
¼ cup tahini or hummus
Up to ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
Instructions
BRUSSELS SPROUTS: Preheat your oven to 400 F. Lightly spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray, or line with foil. Prepare the brussels sprouts by trimming off a little bit of the basis cease and peeling off any broken leaves. Chop in half making certain to cut via the root, holding NULL in-tact halves, and region at the baking sheet. Repeat with the ultimate brussels sprouts. Drizzle with teh olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and roast within the oven for about 20 minutes, stirring midway via -- till they are browned but no longer burnt.
COUSCOUS: While the brussels sprouts are roasting, upload your couscous, water and salt to a small saucepan. Cover and carry to a boil, then turn off the warmth -- leaving the hide on for 5 minutes. Remove the lid and fluff with a fork.
SALAD: Mix the tahini or hummus with the apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper. You can upload extra or much less vinegar to make it the consistency you're keen on best. Fill 4 bowls with the lettuce. Top every with ¼ of the avocado, couscous, and roasted brussels sprouts. Drizzle with the dressing and serve.
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