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Sweet potato and haloumi skewers with couscous salad

Delivering all of your 5-plus-a-day, these vegetarian skewers are a tasty chargrilled alternative to barbequed meat or fish.

  • Hands-on time: 25 mins
  • Time to make: 45 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 cup pearl couscous
  • 1 eggplant, halved lengthways, thinly sliced
  • 2 small sweet potatoes, halved lengthways, sliced
  • 180g haloumi, halved, sliced
  • 250g punnet cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, seeds scooped out with a spoon, thinly sliced
  • 60g baby rocket
  • 1 tablespoon white balsamic condiment
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Place couscous and 2 cups boiling water in a saucepan and boil over high heat for 10 minutes or until couscous is tender. Drain. Refresh under cold water. Transfer to a large bowl.

    2 Meanwhile, drizzle a little oil over a barbecue chargrill plate and heat on medium-high heat. Add eggplant and cook for 2 minutes each side or until charred and tender. Transfer to bowl with couscous.

    3 Cook sweet potato in a large saucepan of boiling water for 3 minutes or until almost tender, making sure not to overcook. Drain.

    4 Alternate threading three pieces of sweet potato and a haloumi slice onto a metal or pre-soaked wooden skewer. Repeat to make 8 skewers in total. Drizzle a little more oil over chargrill plate, then add skewers and cook, turning occasionally, for 7 minutes or until charred and heated through.

    5 Meanwhile, add tomatoes, cucumber, rocket, balsamic and olive oil to couscous, tossing to combine. Season with freshly ground black pepper. Serve skewers with couscous salad.

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