Black Bean and Couscous Salad

I am so excited to share this salad recipe with you. I make often and I eat on it through the week. This Black Bean and Couscous Salad is the perfect summer recipe.

Wheat Couscous

Couscous is not technically a grain. The combination of semolina wheat and water make this more like a pasta. Couscous takes only five minutes to prepare and works well as a side dish in place of rice, pasta or potatoes. Or make it into a salad as I did in this recipe. Tell me this doesn’t look delicious?!

This recipe would also be great on a whole wheat tortilla shell. It’s both filling and delicious. Not to mention it’s super easy and fast to make. You could also replace the couscous with quinoa.

Black Beans & Corn

Use organic black beans and organic corn to make it super healthy. This recipe would also be great on a whole wheat tortilla shell. It’s both filling and delicious. Not to mention it’s super easy and fast to make. You could also replace the couscous with quinoa.

Garden Vegetables

I love using fresh garden vegetables in my recipes. If you have a garden use your cherry tomatoes and spinach from it. They are the best!

Avacado

I love adding avocados to this dish for a healthy fat. I add this last. You can also leave this ingredient out if you aren’t an Avacado fan.

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Black Beans and Couscous Salad

Course Salad

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 259kcal

Author A Cup Full of Sass

Ingredients

• 1 cup of Couscous uncooked Whole Wheat
• 1 can of Black Beans drained and rinsed
• 1/2 can of Corn drained
• 1 cup of fresh Spinach chopped
• 1/3 cup of fresh Lime squeezed
• 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes halved
• 4 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 Avocado diced
• 1 1/2 teaspoon Cumin
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

• In large sauce pan, combine 1 cup water, pinch of salt and bring to boil. Add 1 cup of Couscous. Remove from heat and cover with lid for let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork.
• Mix lime juice, olive oil, cumin, salt and pepper together. Set aside
• Combine corn, black beans, spinach and tomatoes in bowl.
• Add liquid mixture.
• Add couscous and diced avocado.
• Mix well and season with salt and pepper.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 259kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 16mg | Potassium: 362mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 870IU | Vitamin C: 13.7mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1.4mg

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