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Apricot Salad

Put summer on a plate with this easy apricot salad. This recipe serves six as a side salad.

Serves

6

Preparation Time

10 Minutes

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Ingredients

300g pearl cous cous, cooked and cooled
3 apricots, cut into wedges
Juice of 1 orange
1 small red onion, finely sliced
Large handful of coriander
Salt and pepper
1/4 cup greek or natural unsweetened yoghurt
2 tablespoons of mint, chopped
Juice of 1/2 a lemon

Method

Squeeze half of the orange juice over the cut apricots to soak while making the rest of the salad.
Combine the cous cous, red onion, coriander, the remainder of the orange juice and season with salt and pepper.
Make the dressing by combining the yoghurt, mint and lemon juice.
Gently toss the apricots through the cous cous and add dollops of the yoghurt dressing.

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