{"id":24483,"date":"2015-09-06T08:23:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T12:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=24483"},"modified":"2015-09-30T13:08:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T17:08:04","slug":"recipe-israeli-couscous-emmental-wine-pairing-chardonnay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/recipe-israeli-couscous-emmental-wine-pairing-chardonnay\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Couscous and Emmental Salad Recipe Paired with Chardonnay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/recipe-israeli-couscous-emmental-wine-pairing-chardonnay\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/June-2015.jpg\" alt=\"June, 2015\" width=\"450\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/June-2015.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/June-2015-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><strong>Israeli Couscous and Emmental Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of my favourite summer past-times is planning and pulling off the perfect picnic. Picnics make for a great way to spend quality time with your family, or a romantic date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All you\u2019ll need to do is to find your perfect spot and pack your supplies. Just make sure not to forget the most important part, delicious Canadian Cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Just as red and white blankets are essential to picnics, so too are salads. This Israeli Couscous and Emmental Salad is absolute heaven and couldn\u2019t be easier to make.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Canadian Emmental<\/strong> really brings the salad together with its sweet, nutty flavour. Best paired with this rich, fruity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/wine-reviews\/famiglia-bianchi-chardonnay-2014\/216914\"><strong>2014 Famiglia Bianchi Chardonnay<\/strong><\/a>, for a truly memorable picnic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dairygoodness.ca\/cheese\/all-you-need-is-cheese\/recipes\/Israeli-couscous-and-Emmental-salad?utm_campaign=CD15&amp;utm_medium=CI&amp;utm_source=NM&amp;utm_content=jul-rec-DW\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Israeli Couscous and Emmental Salad Recipe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1\u20444 cup (60 mL) goji berries<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Famiglia-Bianchi-Chardonnay-2014.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Famiglia-Bianchi-Chardonnay-2014.jpeg\" alt=\"Famiglia Bianchi Chardonnay 2014\" width=\"73\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n1 cup (250 mL) Israeli (pearl) couscous<br \/>\n1\u20443 cup (75 mL) slivered almonds<br \/>\n1\u20443 cup (75 mL) unsalted shelled pistachios, coarsely chopped<br \/>\n3 tbsp (45 mL) canola or sunflower oil<br \/>\n1\/3 cup (75 mL) lemon juice<br \/>\nSalt and freshly ground pepper<br \/>\n6 oz (180 g) Canadian Emmental, cut into cubes<br \/>\n1 peach, pitted and sliced<br \/>\n1 cucumber, diced<br \/>\n1 cup (250 mL) fresh parsley, coarsely chopped<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat the oven to 375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C).<\/p>\n<p>Place goji berries in a small bowl and cover with warm water. Let soak for at least 15 minutes to soften; drain.<\/p>\n<p>Cook couscous according to package instructions. Rinse with cold water and drain.<\/p>\n<p>Spread almonds and pistachios evenly on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 7\u201310 minutes. Let cool.<\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl, mix oil with lemon juice, salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Add all the other ingredients, stir well and serve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cheese alternatives:<\/strong><br \/>\nCanadian Swiss cheese, Medium Cheddar, Gouda<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Discover the pleasure of Canadian cheese at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dairygoodness.ca\/cheese\/all-you-need-is-cheese\/recipes\/Israeli-couscous-and-Emmental-salad?utm_campaign=CD15&amp;utm_medium=CI&amp;utm_source=NM&amp;utm_content=jul-rec-DW\" target=\"_blank\">allyouneedischeese.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Couscous and Emmental Salad One of my favourite summer past-times is planning and pulling off the perfect picnic. Picnics make for a great way to spend quality time with your family, or a romantic date. All you\u2019ll need to do is to find your perfect spot and pack your supplies. Just make sure not to forget the most important part, delicious Canadian Cheese. Just as red and white blankets are essential to picnics, so too are salads. This Israeli Couscous and Emmental Salad is absolute heaven and couldn\u2019t be easier to make. The Canadian Emmental really brings the salad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[371,1294,1295,1292,1224,166,1315,10,1296,122,394,1316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-argentina-wine","category-canadian-cheddar","category-canadian-cheddar-cheese","category-canadian-cheese","category-chardonnay-2014","category-recipe-cheese","category-emmental-cheese","category-food-wine-pairing","category-gouda-cheese","category-wine-salad","category-white-wine","category-wine-emmental-cheese"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24483"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24718,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24483\/revisions\/24718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}