Steamy summer salad recipe

Ingredients

• ¼ cup fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
• 1 clove garlic, pressed
• Sea salt to taste
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

• ½ cup peas
• ½ cup mushrooms, sliced
• ½ summer squash, diced
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 cup couscous, cooked
• 1 red onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
• 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
• ¼ cup pine nuts
• Sea salt to taste
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• ½ cup spinach leaves, for garnish

1. Whisk lime juice, vinegar, garlic, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl.
2. Place peas, mushrooms, squash, and carrots in a steamer and cook for 10 minutes until tender.
3. Place steamed vegetables, couscous, onion, parsley, thyme, basil, cilantro, pine nuts, salt, and pepper in a salad bowl and toss with the dressing.
4. Serve on a bed of spinach leaves.