Healthy Recipes - Barbara Karafokas - Holistic Nutritionist

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat couscous, cooked according to package directions
• 1 cup dried green lentils, sorted and rinsed
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 3 medium-size carrots, peeled, grated
• 2 cups loosely packed chopped kale
• 1/2 cup toasted pistachios or almonds, chopped
• 1/2 cup dried Turkish apricots, chopped
• 1/4 cup Kalamata olives, pitted, chopped
• 1 tablespoon Ras el Hanout (Moroccan spice blend)
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/3 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons maple syrup
• 1 small shallot, minced