In Need of a Little Green

As we are approaching the end of my second year of AmeriCorps service, stress levels are a little more elevated that usual. I am not one who likes goodbyes. I don’t love change. Obviously, this is strange coming from someone who has lived in five different cities in the last five years.  This year, it’s almost worse. I won’t be the one moving, so I’ll stay in one place while everyone else moves around me. Oh well, I’m sure everything will turn out well in the end.

In order to combat the stress levels, I decided on a salad. There is something about salad that calms me down. It must be all the vitamins!

Although it might not look it, this, quite possibly, might be the most delicious salad ever! It combines so many wonderful elements: carrots, cucumbers, radishes, kalamata olives, avocados, black beans couscous and chicken.

I love having lots of veggies in a salad, but the warm couscous put it to a whole new level! Definitely a wonderful addition to any salad, and most welcome on my plate. The best part is being able to use up leftovers… definitely a must in my house!