{"id":299,"date":"2009-03-14T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/?p=299"},"modified":"2020-12-24T17:31:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T17:31:39","slug":"fresh-mozzarella-tomato-and-basil-couscous-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/2009\/03\/14\/fresh-mozzarella-tomato-and-basil-couscous-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Mozzarella, Tomato, and Basil Couscous Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><br>2 cups diced tomato<br>3\/4 (3 oz) cup diced fresh mozzarella cheese<br>3 tbsp minced shallots<br>2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil<br>1\/2 tsp salt<br>1\/2 tsp black pepper<br>1 garlic clove, crushed<br>1 1\/4 cups water<br>1 cup uncooked couscous<br>1\/4 cup chopped fresh basil<br>Basil leaves (optional)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><br>1. Combine first 7 ingredients in a large bowl; cover and marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Bring water to a boil in a medium sauce pan; gradually stir in couscous. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork; cool. Add couscous and fresh basil to tomato mixture, toss gently. Garnish with basil leaves if desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yields 5 servings (serving size 1 cup).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIngredients:2 cups diced tomato3\/4 (3 oz) cup diced fresh mozzarella cheese3 tbsp&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/2009\/03\/14\/fresh-mozzarella-tomato-and-basil-couscous-salad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Fresh Mozzarella, Tomato, and Basil Couscous Salad&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooleysekula.net\/cooking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}