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Delicious Mediterranean Couscous and Lentil Salad Recipe

I love sharing recipes with y’all as I know I’m always looking for new, delicious, and healthy recipes. My friend Heather recommended this recipe last week. I knew I had to try it after reading the ingredients! I can’t wait to enjoy this tomorrow night for dinner.

MEDITERRANEAN COUSCOUS AND LENTIL SALAD

Serves 6

This is a quick and filling lunch entree or summer picnic side dish! It’s light and refreshing while also being super easy to prepare. In addition, if you want to make it more filling you can add chicken, shrimp, or other additional protein!

1 cup French green lentils

sorted and rinsed

3 Tbs. white wine vinegar

1 cup couscous

1/2 tsp. salt

3 Tbs. plus 2 tsp. olive oil

1 clove garlic, minced and mashed  to a paste with 1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup finely chopped fresh mint

4 cups arugula leaves, chopped

2 cups grape tomatoes, halved

1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

1. Bring large pot of water to a boil.Add lentils. Reduce heat, and simmer15 minutes, or until tender. Drain.Transfer to bowl, and stir in 1 Tbs.vinegar. Season to taste with saltand pepper. Cool, stirring occasionally.

2. Pour 1 1/4 cups boiling water overcouscous in large bowl. Stir in salt,cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluffwith fork, and stir in 2 tsp. oil. Cool.

3. Whisk together garlic paste,remaining 3 Tbs. oil, remaining2 Tbs. vinegar and mint in small bowl.Stir dressing and lentils into couscous.

4. Just before serving, add arugula,tomatoes and feta.PER

SERVING: 257 CAL; 11G PROT; FAT (2G SAT. FAT); 35G CARB; 6MG CHOL; 309MG SOD; 10G FIBER; 3G SUGARS

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Maine’s Goodbye Gift

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Instead, it was our last minute purchase at the Bangor Airport! We had been on the hunt for fresh Maine lobster during our whole weekend and could only find lobster rolls which DID NOT meet my desires! Luckily, when we were buying breakfast we saw that they had a tank full of fresh lobsters!

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These beautiful lobsters were only $12 per pound and that included the ice and Styrofoam cooler.

We had a nice early flight back to NYC and therefore arrived back to our apartment before lunch. We enjoyed the Big Apple BBQ for lunch but by 6pm we were consulting our favorite chef for her lobster suggestions.

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These guys were not excited about plunging into the boiling water.

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Oh yes, after a bit of boiling and a lot of cracking we had this plate of gorgeous lobster meat. IT WAS THE BEST LOBSTER I’VE EVER EATEN!

Yes, this is all we had for dinner Sunday night. Forget veggies and side dishes when my stomach is about to get lobster!

Thank you Maine for making up for your black flies with your delicious crustaceans!

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A peak at my new toy…

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No, sorry to disappoint you but my new toy isn’t a pet lobster, new pot, or Julia Child cookbook. Instead, it is a Nikon D100 with 2 lenses, a 28mm –105mm zoom lens and an 18 mm macro lens! Bo forgot about this camera until a few weeks ago when he uncovered it during our move. Last night he officially gave it to me for blog pictures as long as I promise to let him borrow it when he wants. I think I can handle that! 😉

I can’t wait to learn how to use it more during Healthy Living Summit in August! Until then, Bo is going to help me practice with it each evening. I’m not ready to use it at work yet so for now my evening and weekend pictures will be taken with this beauty while the weekday pictures will be from my trusty point and shoot.

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