I could eat this Asian Couscous Salad every day. I just love it.

Today’s salad recipe summed up in one sentence:

Asian vegetables and couscous are cooked in chicken broth and tossed with salad greens, Asian Sesame salad dressing, some green onion, and crumbled feta. YUM!

The perfect salad for the summertime.

This combination of ingredients is magical. This is a light, refreshing, meatless salad that is perfect for a summertime lunch or dinner! By using a bag of frozen vegetables and Mrs. Dash seasoning, this salad comes together really quickly too, so you can fix your salad and get right back to playing outside!

About the “Mrs. Dash Table Blend Seasoning”.

I decided to use the Mrs. Dash Table Blend Seasoning in this salad, because it adds extra flavor without adding extra salt. If you don’t have Mrs. Dash seasoning, you could substitute it with salt, but the sodium would be higher, of course, and it would alter the taste a little.

Mrs. Dash seasonings are great to have in your pantry. You can sprinkle the seasonings on your favorite meat and vegetables to add flavor without adding any calories or salt!

Amazon sells sets of Mrs. Dash seasonings, so you can try several until you find the one(s) you like best. You can get a set of 12 different flavors here (best value) and a set of four flavors here or here.

Check out more Meal Planning Mommies recipes that use Mrs. Dash seasonings here.

About the salad dressing.

I ended up using Annie’s Asian Sesame salad dressing, because it was all I could find in my store. I am not complaining (it tasted fantastic!), but what I had originally planned on using was the Kraft Light Asian Toasted Sesame Reduced Fat Dressing.

If you can find the Kraft reduced fat dressing, or if you get it on Amazon, one serving would just be 4 WW FreeStyle SP. If you use a Annie’s Organic version of the dressing, one serving is 5 WW FreeStyle SP.

MORE DELICIOUS SUMMER SALADS

How about some more light and easy salads so you can change up your summer lunches? Here are links to some of my favorite summer salad recipes, along with the number of WW FreeStyle Smart Points per serving for each one:

• Easy and Delicious Cobb Salad – 6 green, 5 blue, and 5 purple points
• Simple Buffalo Shrimp Salad – 5 green, 4 blue, and 4 purple points
• Strawberry Tossed Salad – 4 green, 4 blue, and 4 purple points
• Turkey Taco Salad – 2 green, 2 blue, and 2 purple points
• Bruschetta Pasta Salad – 6 green, 6 blue, and 6 purple points
• Crunchy Asian Mandarin Orange Salad – 5 green, 5 blue, and 5 purple points
• Middle Eastern Pita Salad – 5 green, 4 blue, and 4 purple points
• Red, White, and Bleu Salad – 4 green, 4 blue, and 4 purple points
• Greek Chickpea Salad – 5 green, 0 blue, and 0 purple points
• BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad – 6 green, 3 blue, and 3 purple points
• Italian Chopped Salad – 3 green, 3 blue, and 3 purple points

Do you have a favorite summer salad?

Feel free to drop a comment on the bottom of this post to tell us about your favorite summer salad!

Perhaps, after today, this Asian Couscous Salad will become one of your new favorite summer salads, but you won’t know until you try it, so let’s get to this recipe…

Here is what you need:

1 (10.8 ounce) bag Asian frozen vegetable medley (a mixture of broccoli, carrots, baby cob corn, and sugar snap peas)
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon Mrs. Dash Salt-Free Table Blend seasoning
3/4 cup couscous, uncooked
1/4 cup Asian Toasted Sesame salad dressing (I used Annie’s brand)
1 (5 ounce) package salad greens
1/3 cup reduced-fat crumbled feta cheese
1 green onion, sliced

Here is what you do:

Add Asian vegetables, chicken broth, Mrs. Dash seasoning, and couscous to a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed and the couscous is tender.

Stir 1 tablespoon dressing in with the vegetable couscous mixture.

In a large bowl, toss remaining 3 tablespoons dressing and the couscous mixture with the salad greens, feta cheese, and green onion.

Makes 5 servings.
One serving is 1-3/4 cups.
One serving is 5 green, 5 blue, and 5 purple points.

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Asian Couscous Salad

One serving is 5 green, 5 blue, and 5 purple points.

Makes: 5 servings

Calories: 204

Author: Alisha Hughes

Ingredients

• 1 (10.8 ounce) bag Asian frozen vegetable medley (a mixture of broccoli, carrots, baby cob corn, and sugar snap peas)
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 teaspoon Mrs. Dash Salt-Free Table Blend seasoning
• 3/4 cup couscous, uncooked
• 1/4 cup Asian Toasted Sesame salad dressing (I used Annie's brand)
• 1 (5 ounce) package salad greens
• 1/3 cup reduced-fat crumbled feta cheese
• 1 green onion sliced

Instructions

• Add Asian vegetables, chicken broth, Mrs. Dash seasoning, and couscous to a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed and the couscous is tender.
• Stir 1 tablespoon dressing in with the vegetable couscous mixture.
• In a large bowl, toss remaining 3 tablespoons dressing and the couscous mixture with the salad greens, feta cheese, and green onion.