Colorful couscous salad

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 2 lemons
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• ¼ liter tomato juice
• 7 garlic cloves
• 200 g couscous
• 1 cucumber(s)
• 1 bell pepper(s), yellow
• 2 beefsteak tomatoes
• salt and pepper
• 1 bunch of mint
• Paprika powder, hot

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Squeeze the lemons, mix the juice with the olive oil and tomato juice. Peel the garlic and press it through a garlic press. Stir the couscous semolina into the mixture and let it sit for about 30 minutes. Peel and dice the cucumber. Blanch the tomatoes, peel them, remove the seeds, and cut the flesh into small cubes. Mix the vegetables and couscous and season with salt, pepper, and a little paprika. Rinse the peppermint, pluck it from the stems, and fold it in. Perfect for a buffet.