{"id":5565,"date":"2024-12-06T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preview.2xn2x.gossh.site\/?p=5565"},"modified":"2025-01-14T09:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:43:05","slug":"couscous-with-feta-cheese-and-black-olives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/couscous-with-feta-cheese-and-black-olives\/","title":{"rendered":"Couscous with Feta Cheese and Black Olives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>150g couscous (uncooked)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>300ml water or vegetable stock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>75g feta cheese, crumbled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>40g black olives, pitted and sliced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>40g fresh parsley, chopped (optional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Juice of 1 lemon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Salt and pepper to taste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lemon wedge to garnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cook the couscous: In a medium saucepan, bring the water or stock to a boil. Add the couscous, stir, cover, and remove from the heat. Let it sit for about 5 minutes until the couscous absorbs the liquid. Then fluff the couscous with a fork.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mix the ingredients: In a large bowl, combine the fluffed couscous, feta cheese, black olives, and parsley (if using).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Serve: Serve warm or at room temperature with a wedge of lemon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cooking time<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prep Time: 10 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cook Time: 5 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total Time: 15 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Approximate macro information &#8211; per serving serves 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Calories:<\/strong> 250<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Protein:<\/strong> 8g<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Carbohydrates:<\/strong> 35g<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dietary Fibre:<\/strong> 3g<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fat:<\/strong> 10g<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can adjust the portion sizes or ingredients to fit your dietary preferences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For additional protein, consider adding grilled chicken or chickpeas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjust the amount of feta and olives for your taste or dietary needs, as both can be high in sodium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy this healthy, tasty, and easy-to-make recipe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy this healthy, tasty, and easy-to-make recipe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-5565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-lunch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8532,"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5565\/revisions\/8532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickyboot.ficodeapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}