{"id":274329,"date":"2025-08-10T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/?p=274329"},"modified":"2025-08-13T12:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:20:16","slug":"greek-israeli-couscous-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/?p=274329","title":{"rendered":"Greek Israeli Couscous Salad."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/greek-pearl-couscous.jpg\" alt=\"greek pearl couscous\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>When it&#8217;s hot as balls outside (80\u00b0 is hot to this socal girlie), you run the A\/C and make some cold Greek Israeli Couscous Salad. Jessie used to make this for me all the time after I had my stroke \ud83e\udd79<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greek Israeli Couscous Salad<\/strong><br \/>\nAdapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowlofdelicious.com\/israeli-couscous-salad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bowl of delicious<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 oz. Israeli (Pearl) Couscous<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1 package (12 oz.) feta cheese, crumbled<\/li>\n<li>1 can (3.8 oz.) sliced black olives<\/li>\n<li>1 package (10 oz.) red grape tomatoes, sliced in halves<\/li>\n<li>1 can (15.5 oz.) garbanzo beans<\/li>\n<li>1 can (14 oz.) quartered artichoke hearts<\/li>\n<li>1 large cucumber, sliced and quartered<\/li>\n<li>1 cup diced red onion<\/li>\n<li>1 cup Primal Kitchen Dressing &amp; Marinade, Greek<\/li>\n<li>4 tablespoons toasted pine nuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a medium pot, mix 16 oz. Israeli (Pearl) Couscous and 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil. Toast over medium heat, stirring frequently, until some of the pieces of couscous get brown in color. Add 3 cups water and 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Bring to a boil, cover, turn heat down to low, and simmer for 10 minutes, or until all the water has been absorbed <em>(stir every so often to prevent sticking).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>When the couscous is done, put it in a colander and run cold water over it until pearls are cool. Put it in the fridge as you prep the other ingredients.<\/li>\n<li>Add all remaining ingredients to a large bowl and add the couscous. Gently mix it so everything is coated in the Greek dressing, and keep it chilled in the fridge until ready to eat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it&#8217;s hot as balls outside (80\u00b0 is hot to this socal girlie), you run the A\/C and make some cold Greek Israeli Couscous Salad. Jessie used to make this for me all the time after I had my stroke \ud83e\udd79 Greek Israeli Couscous Salad Adapted from bowl of delicious Ingredients: 16 oz. Israeli (Pearl) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-drink","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274329"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283981,"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274329\/revisions\/283981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}