{"id":431,"date":"2017-02-17T13:25:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T21:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/?p=431"},"modified":"2017-02-17T13:25:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T21:25:53","slug":"fresh-mozzarella-tomatoand-basil-couscous-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Mozzarella, Tomato,and Basil, Couscous Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh, light and delicious! Perfect with Chicken, Fish, or any BBQ side!<\/p>\n

Ingredients;<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 cups diced tomato, seed removed<\/p>\n

1 cup diced fresh Mozzarella, about 4 oz.<\/p>\n

3 Tbsp minced shallots, or red onion<\/p>\n

3 tsp EV Olive Oil<\/p>\n

1 tsp lemon juice plus zest of 1 lemon\u00a0to put in at end of recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp salt and 1\/4 tsp pepper<\/p>\n

1 clove garlic crushed and finely minced<\/p>\n

1 1\/4 cup chicken broth or water (broth adds more flavor)<\/p>\n

1 cup uncooked couscous<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup chopped basil or more to liking<\/p>\n

Directions;<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. In a large bowl combine all ingredients from above up to the broth\/ water. Except Lemon Zest we will use that later<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. In a sauce pan bring chicken broth up to a boil. add the couscous and stir to combine. Quickly remove from heat, cover and let stand about 10 minutes.<\/li>\n
  3. With a fork, fluff the couscous and let cool<\/li>\n
  4. Add cooled couscous, zest of lemon and chopped basil to tomato mixture<\/li>\n
  5. Adjust salt if needed. Might need a little more lemon juice? Then add it!<\/li>\n
  6. ENJOY<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Fresh, light and delicious! Perfect with Chicken, Fish, or any BBQ side! Ingredients; 2 cups diced tomato, seed removed 1 cup diced fresh Mozzarella, about 4 oz. 3 Tbsp minced shallots, or red onion 3 tsp EV Olive Oil 1 tsp lemon juice plus zest of 1 lemon\u00a0to put in at end of recipe 1\/2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recipes.theskinnyonscv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}