{"id":58293,"date":"2015-08-14T04:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T02:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellerepublic.de\/couscous-salat-mit-wassermelone\/"},"modified":"2020-05-24T23:03:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T21:03:39","slug":"couscous-salad-with-watermelon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellerepublic.de\/en\/couscous-salad-with-watermelon\/","title":{"rendered":"Minted Couscous Salad with Watermelon & Baby Cucumber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watermelon and mint transform a humble couscous salad into something wonderfully refreshing and light, and perfect for heat-wave like summery days. Tossed together with cool, crunchy baby cucumbers, refreshing mint, tangy lime and a little fresh red chili and green onion for pep, this salad will not only keep you refreshed and satisfied in summer but is so easy to prepare you can forget all about any of those lofty cooking goals you may have had.
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I love summer evenings that involve practically zero amounts of cooking. But, I do of course like to embrace outdoor grilling \u2014 it\u2019s practically synonymous with summer. And in our case it more than \u201cpractically\u201d synonymous \u2014 in our world, grilling means it is finally warm enough to think about grilling. And since we don\u2019t have a grill, it also means we are on holidays somewhere enjoying a terrace, a garden, the sun. Glory days.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, when I say I “like to embrace outdoor grilling”, it’s actually the part I happily hand over to my favorite Schwabe. I\u2019ll gladly keep to salad duty. It leaves me more time for chilling on the patio and freedom to relax and be my goofy self without having to pop up what seems every five minutes to check on how the grill is progressing. Grilling is labor intensive, or shall I say attention intensive. All that standing and flipping, poking and prodding. And round after round of it until everyone gets their fill. I\u2019ll stand in the kitchen and stir risotto any day. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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For this recipe, the baby cucumbers I used were more than just small — they were ultra mini (the size of my finger mini), so I used about 5 or 6 of them and sliced them instead of dicing them.<\/p>\n

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Minted Couscous Salad with Watermelon<\/h2>
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