Salad help please

[Gileswithachainsaw]

I need a simple and tasty bean salad recipe. One that will transport ok in a lunch box.

Also need inspiration for cous cous and quinoa

Dd has requested some salads for her lunch box in september.

And does anyone know if pine nuts are classed as nuts or seeds? School has a nut ban

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Harissa spiced veg cous cous
I make this quite often an find it pretty tasty.

Ooh that looks nice I have to leave out sweet potato as she doesn't like it. But it looks good thanks :)

I make plain cous cous and add cucumber, tomato, spring onions and olives.

I make this couscous one from
BBC Good Food quite frequently. It's so quick and tasty.

How about making tabbouleh? That's really simple and delicious.

Are pine nuts nuts? Those look nice too but not sure I can put the pine nuts in?

I've had a gorgeous quinoa with roasted veg salad - just make up the quinoa, roast whatever veg you've got (beetroot, carrots, butternut squash, onion, celery, peppers all roast nicely) then just mix it all together.

Download the easy meal app, it has some great recipes on there.

I bought quinoa as I had it out and it was lovely. It tasted just of lemon juice and had spring onion and cherry tomatoes so I am hoping there was no other ingredient and its tasteless.

Sorry skim read the OP - I suspect you'll have to leave them out but think the good food one will be absolutely fine without the pine nuts - there's lots of flavour in there!

Yum

We are going to be living off cous cous

Bean recipe- mixed bean or white beans with parsley, red onion, cubed cucumber and tuna, you could also cube up some peppers or halve cherry toms, plenty of black pepper and salt, olive oil and vinegar of your choice or squeeze of lemon. Holds up well in the frige for a couple of days too

Thanks roger sounds lovely and simple :)

Pine nuts are actually seeds, so they should be ok.

Waitrose do some really nice flavoured cous cous packets which I add roast veggies to and chicken if we have had a roast recently

A packet is 93p and lasts 2 lunches

I'll head off to wait rose. And yay on the pine nuts!!!

My friend is allergic to peanuts and pine nuts......