Cucumber Couscous Salad Recipe

— This is a re-posting of an article from last Summer’s archives.  While I’m away in Europe I thought I’d give you a tour of my blog.  I’ve got years of content to delve into and plenty of fun content to keep you entertained while I’m away. —

Cucumber couscous salad is one of my favorite summer salad recipes. It’s easy and delicious and sometimes I can get both the cucumbers and tomatoes out of my summer garden, which I don’t have to tell you, is 10 kinds of fabulous.

Ingredients for Cucumber Couscous Salad:

• 1 cup couscous {it cooks up to make a lot of couscous}
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 2 cucumbers, diced
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1/4 cup sliced red onion {I chose not to use this}
• 1 clove of garlic, minced {mine was very garlic-y, even with one}
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese {I was out, so I used mozzarella instead}

Peel, wash, and dice up your cucumbers.

Then move onto your tomatoes. Mine were juicy little buggers so it was a slippery affair.

Chop up everything else and throw it into a bowl.

In a separate container {I just used a measuring cup since it was already dirty} mix together your oil, vinegar, salt, and garlic, and mix the liquid into your chopped up vegetables.

While you’re slicing vegetables, boil your water for couscous. Follow the directions on the couscous package. Mine took less than 5 minutes to cook and fluff. Once your couscous is ready, dump it on top of the vegetables and mix it all together.

Wasn’t that easy? Just a few steps, and dinner is made! Easy cucumber couscous salad. Perfect for a hot summer night. Enjoy!

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Allison

Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!