Nothing beats the refreshing salad with roasted warm vegetable, on a weekend in your cozy home.
Serves: 2
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
2 x 200g portions of salmon, skin removed
1 cup couscous
100g pumpkin, diced
100g sweet potato, diced
1 large zucchini, diced
1 large red onion, diced
4 cherry tomatoes
2 tablespoons basil leaves, finely chopped
¼ cup Cardini’s The Original Caesar Dressing
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a tray with baking paper.
2. Add the salmon to the tray along with the diced pumpkin, sweet potato, zucchini and red onion to the baking try and drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place the tray into the oven and roast the salmon and vegetables for 15 minutes. Add the cherry tomatoes to the tray and roast for a further 5 minutes until the skin is blistered. Remove the tray from the oven and let the salmon and vegetables cool slightly.
3. Pour the dry couscous into a bowl and cover with 1 cup of boiling water. Cover with cling wrap and set aside for 6-7 minutes until all the water has been absorbed. Fluff the couscous with a fork and set aside. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Add the diced roasted pumpkin, sweet potato, zucchini and red onion to the couscous along with the basil. Toss to combine the vegetables and couscous.
5. Serve up the roast vegetable couscous salad onto plates and drizzle with Cardini’s The Original Caesar Dressing. Top with salmon and garnish with roasted cherry tomatoes.
ABOUT Cardini’s, The Original Caesar Dressing:
This, now legendary salad, was created by Caesar Cardini, who ran Caesar’s Place in Tijuana, Mexico – a restaurant popular with Hollywood stars like Jean Harlow and Clark Gable during the Prohibition period of the 1920’s.
With all natural ingredients, no preservatives, no added sugar and less than 1g of carbohydrates per serving, Cardini’s ‘The Original Caesar Dressing’ delivers the true taste of Caesar Salad.
Cardini’s The Original Caesar Dressing is available nationally in Coles, Woolworths, IGA and other independent supermarkets, speciality delicatessens and fruiterers.
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