Middle Eastern Dinner, Convenience-style
Once again, not a recipe as such but a nudge to what can easily be put together from supermarket ready-mades for those of you who just don’t want to cook or are strapped for time! Alternatively, try something like Waitrose Vegetable Tagine, which is a hot one pot meal.
Total time
5 minutes
Meal
- mains
- lunches
- sides-light-meals-and-salads
Servings
1-4
Ingredients
Choose from some or all of these
- Couscous or quinoa based salad, ready-made – these are everywhere and usually vegan. See below for a few examples from just three of the supermarket chains
- Hummus, any flavour as long as it’s vegan
- Fresh bean salad, eg Sainsbury’s Four Bean; ASDA Minty Bean
- Flatbread, pitta or GF wraps
- Vine leaves, stuffed with rice
- Olives, any colour or type, (not the type with anchovies or feta!)
- Salad leaves, tomatoes, cucumber if desired
- Handful fresh parsley, any type, chopped fine
- Lemon juice to sprinkle
- Other options: ready roasted veg in a tub, eg aubergines, peppers, courgettes; antipasta in a jar; sundried tomatoes from a jar or packet
ASDA Good & Balanced Quinoa & Edamame Bean Salad; ASDA Roasted Vegetable Cous Cous
Morrisons Grilled Pepper Cous Cous
Sainsbury’s Fruity Couscous; Sainsbury’s BGTY Chargrill Vegetable Couscous; Sainsbury’s My Goodness! Quinoa & Cashew Salad
Tesco Pepper And Spinach Cous Cous Salad; Tesco Lime And Coriander Quinoa Mix
Instructions
- Place everything artistically on a plate or in several small bowls. Toast the flat bread or pitta if using. Serve and eat.
Optional extras / notes
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Servings depend on how much you want and how many items you buy or use.
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