{"id":298,"date":"2008-06-10T21:45:17","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T21:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=298"},"modified":"2008-06-10T21:45:17","modified_gmt":"2008-06-10T21:45:17","slug":"israeli-couscous-salad-with-summer-vegetables-and-lime-vinaigrette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Couscous Salad with Summer Vegetables and Lime Vinaigrette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Israeli Couscous Salad with Summer Vegetables and Lime Vinaigrette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4967.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/IMG_4967.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jas.familyfun.go.com\/recipefinder\/display?id=40815\">This recipe<\/a> is from Family Fun magazine.  I tore it out a looooooong time ago and have been meaning to try it.  We usually do Israeli couscous a little simpler, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/TOASTED-ISRAELI-COUSCOUS-WITH-PINE-NUTS-AND-PARSLEY-231300\">like this<\/a>, but this recipe came together really quickly and is pretty tasty.  I did make a few modifications:<\/p>\n<p>I toasted the couscous in a pan with a miniscule amount of olive oil before boiling it.  Also, I sauteed the squash and zucchini (in the same pan, with a bit of olive oil, just after toasting the couscous), instead of boiling it, because, boiling?  Ewww.<\/p>\n<p>Tasty, easy and a hit with all four of us, but it needs <em>something<\/em>.  I will be making it again and I think I&#8217;ll again some lightly sauteed (with the squashes) garlic and\/or onion and maybe some frozen (thawed) baby peas and grated carrot.  It would make a really nice main dish (great for a potluck!) with some grilled and chilled, chopped chicken.  Maybe a little chopped cucumber and\/or tomato (halved grape tomatoes?), too?<\/p>\n<p>Yum&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Couscous Salad with Summer Vegetables and Lime Vinaigrette This recipe is from Family Fun magazine. I tore it out a looooooong time ago and have been meaning to try it. We usually do Israeli couscous a little simpler, like this, but this recipe came together really quickly and is pretty tasty. I did make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=298\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Israeli Couscous Salad with Summer Vegetables and Lime Vinaigrette&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-side-dishes-starch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}