Couscous and green bean salad with crumbled Wensleydale

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Ready in 20 minutes
  • Difficulty: easy

Try this hearty dish of couscous and green bean salad with crumbled Wensleydale, runner beans and peas.

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Ingredients

  • 200g couscous
  • 300ml hot vegetable stock
  • 300g runner beans, trimmed and sliced diagonally
  • 100g freshly shelled peas (about 250g unpodded weight)
  • 150g Wensleydale cheese, crumbled
  • Small bunch of fresh mint, leaves chopped

For the dressing

  • 50ml olive oil
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 tsp runny honey
  • 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
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Method

  1. Place the couscous in a large bowl and pour over the hot vegetable stock. Stir with a fork, cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and set aside for about 5 minutes, until all the liquid has been absorbed. Fluff up the couscous grains with a fork.
  2. Meanwhile, half-fill a saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Add the runner beans and peas and simmer for 2 minutes, until just tender. Drain well and add the beans and peas to the couscous.
  3. Place all the dressing ingredients in a bowl or screw-top jam jar with plenty of freshly ground black pepper. Screw the lid on tight and shake until combined.
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  5. Stir the crumbled cheese and mint into the couscous. When ready to serve, pour over the dressing and mix together well.

Quick wins & tips

Runner beans and fresh peas are in season now, so should be plentiful in farm shops and grocers.

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