Serve alongside Homemade Potato Salad and Pesto Pasta Salad With Chicken for the ultimate summer spread. My husband and I are picnic snobs. Don’t get me wrong, we love a picnic, but we hate bad picnic food. We have one of those luxury picnic baskets with all the utensils, silverware, glasses and other essential items (ie a corkscrew/bottle opener) included. In the summertime, we use it a lot. When you’re filling a picnic basket like that, who wants to fill it with boring sandwiches and packaged foods? We fill ours with beautiful antipasti items, fresh bread, and gorgeous salads like this Greek inspired couscous salad.
The Key To Perfect Couscous
This may seem obvious but be sure to read the package instructions. Different brands of couscous may have variations on the proportions of liquid to couscous. If the instructions in this recipe don’t match the instructions on the package – go by the package and adjust the recipe accordingly. Update Notes: This post was originally published in 2014, but was republished with an updated recipe, new photos, step by step instructions, and tips in August of 2021. Erren’s Kitchen is written and produced for informational intentions only. We are not certified nutritionists, and the nutritional information found on this site has not been assessed or authorized by a nutritionist or the FDA. The nutritional information found in our recipes is offered as an estimate and should not be considered a guarantee or fact. The estimated data is provided as a courtesy and calculated through a third-party online nutritional calculator, spoonacular API. Although we do our best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered rough estimates. Many factors, such as brands or products purchased and the nutritional fluctuations that naturally occur in fresh produce, can alter the effectiveness of the nutritional information in any recipe. Furthermore, various online calculators provide different results depending on their particular algorithms and nutrition fact sources. To obtain the most precise nutritional information in a provided recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the exact ingredients you are using when preparing the recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
