Falafel Couscous Bowls
with Red Pepper Hummus Sauce
Fresh and satisfying, these crispy falafels sit atop fluffy couscous, and there's a crisp salad on the side. The red pepper hummus sauce works perfectly with every ingredient. This dish certainly brings the sunshine, even on gloomy days.
Ingredients: Falafel (chickpeas, water, canola/sunflower oil, chickpea flour, bread crumbs (enriched flour, dextrose, salt, yeast, soybean oil), potato flakes (potatoes, mono and diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid), baking powder, salt, garlic, onion powder, herbs, serrano peppers, dextrose, dextrin, chicory root, powdered cellulose, spices, baking soda) (soy, wheat) • Cucumber • Baby tomatoes • Moroccan couscous (durum wheat semolina) (wheat) • Hummus (chickpeas (chickpeas, water, salt), soybean oil, tahini (sesame), water, salt, sea salt, concentrated lemon juice, sugar, modified corn starch, garlic, olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, garlic powder, spices, natural flavour, xanthan gum, citric acid, phosphoric acid, sodium bisulphate, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, calcium disodium EDTA) (sesame) • Lemon • Spinach • Roasted red pepper pesto (roasted red pepper, soybean oil, water, sunflower seeds, garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose), modified corn starch, salt, sugar, herbs, citric acid, spices, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Parsley.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
150 g
Falafel
(Contains Soy, Wheat May contain Wheat, Sesame, Soy)
½ cup
Couscous
(Contains Wheat)
113 g
Baby Tomatoes
2 unit(s)
Mini Cucumber
7 g
Parsley
56 g
Baby Spinach
¼ cup
Roasted Pepper Pesto
(Contains Milk May contain Milk, Soy, Sulphites)
4 tbsp
Hummus
(Contains Sesame May contain Sesame, Crustaceans, Egg, Mustard, Milk, Soy, Tree nuts, Sulphites, Wheat, Fish, Gluten)
1 unit(s)
Lemon
Not included in your delivery
2 tbsp
Oil*
¼ tsp
Sugar*
0.12 tsp
Salt*
0.12 tsp
Pepper*
1 tbsp
Plant-based Butter*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Add 2/3 cup (1 1/3 cups) water and 1/8 tsp (1/4 tsp) salt to a medium pot. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Meanwhile, halve tomatoes.
- Cut cucumbers into 1/4-inch half-moons.
- Roughly chop parsley.
- Zest, then juice lemon.
- Once water is boiling, remove from heat, then add couscous.
- Stir to combine. Cover and let stand for 5 min.
- Meanwhile, heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat.
- When hot, add 1 tbsp oil, then falafel. (NOTE: Don't overcrowd the pan. Cook in batches for 4 ppl if needed, using 1 tbsp oil per batch.) Pan-fry until golden-brown, 4-5 min per side.
- Meanwhile, add half the lemon juice, 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil and 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) sugar to a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper, then whisk to combine.
- Add spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers and half the parsley. Toss to combine.
- Set aside.
- Add hummus, red pepper pesto, 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) water and remaining lemon juice to a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper, then whisk to combine.
- Set aside.
- When couscous is tender, fluff with a fork. Stir in 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) plant-based butter, remaining parsley and lemon zest.
- Divide couscous between bowls. Top with falafel.
- Divide salad between plates.
- Drizzle red pepper hummus sauce over whole the plate.
