{"id":5326,"date":"2016-07-12T16:45:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T20:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/?p=5326"},"modified":"2016-07-12T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T20:46:19","slug":"israeli-coucous-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/12\/israeli-coucous-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli coucous salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=5327\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5327\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5327\" src=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/18recipehealth-master675-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"18recipehealth-master675\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/18recipehealth-master675-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/18recipehealth-master675-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/18recipehealth-master675.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For the Lemon-Dill Vinaigrette<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1 large lemon, juice of<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u2153<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> cup extra virgin olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1 tsp dill weed<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">1 tsp garlic powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\">salt and pepper<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>For the Israeli Couscous<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">2 cups Israeli couscous (Pearl couscous)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Water<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">2 cups grape tomatoes, halved<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u2153<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> cup finely chopped red onions<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00bd English cucumber, finely chopped<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00bd cup good pitted kalamta olives<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">15-20 fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped or torn; more for garnish<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">10 mini fresh mozzarella balls (or 1 cup chopped fresh mozzarella), optional<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">To make the lemon-dill vinaigrette, place the vinaigrette ingredients in a bowl. Whisk together to combine. Set aside briefly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">In a medium-sized heavy pot, heat two tablespoons of olive oil. Saute the couscous in the olive oil briefly until golden brown. Add 3 cups of boiling water (or the amount instructed on the package), and cook according to package. When ready, drain in a colander. Set aside in a bowl to cool.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">In a large mixing bowl, combine the remaining ingredients minus the basil and mozzarella. Then add the couscous and the basil and mix together gently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">Now, give the lemon-dill vinaigrette a quick whisk and add it to the couscous salad. Mix again to combine. Test and adjust salt, if needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the Lemon-Dill Vinaigrette 1 large lemon, juice of \u2153 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp dill weed 1 tsp garlic powder salt and pepper&nbsp; For the Israeli Couscous 2 cups Israeli couscous (Pearl couscous) Olive oil Water 2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/12\/israeli-coucous-salad\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,93,296],"tags":[677,332,282,242,717,59,119,10,538],"class_list":["post-5326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-salad","category-salad-dressing","tag-crushed-red-pepper-flakes","tag-cucumber","tag-dill","tag-israeli-couscous","tag-kalamta-olives","tag-lemon","tag-olive-oil","tag-salads","tag-tomatoes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5326"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5329,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5326\/revisions\/5329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}