Cold Or Hot Salad

Couscous, Chick peas, Asparagus 8, Greek olives 1/2 cup, Navel orange 1 large, Apple Pink Lady or whatever you prefer chopped, Italian Herbs 1~1/2 tablespoon, Roma Tomato's 4, Small 1/2 onion minced, Olive oil 3 Tablespoons , Butter 2 Tablespoons add to hot Couscous after cooking, Sea salt 1 teaspoon or to taste, Fresh ground pepper, Pine Nuts 2 to 3 tablespoons, Parsley chopped, Avocado 1 or 2, Juice of one large Fresh Lemon or Lime ( please no plastic juice from those cute bottles), Balsamic vinegar. ****************************************************************** Follow directions on box to make Couscous, set aside. After Couscous is cooked add in 2 tablespoons butter. Wash chick peas with water drain,then add fresh water and boil. Drain water again, and add fresh water boil again then turn on low heat. These beans should be soft but not mushy. Drain and cool beans. *******************************************************************888 Add to a large bowl~ Steam asparagus ~ cool then chop bite size pieces, deseed & chop tomato's , toss in 1/2 cup of Greek olives, peel and slice 1 orange separate into pieces, chopped Roma tomato's, minced 1/2 onion, pine nuts ,olive oil, Italian herbs ~ place 1 1/2 Tablespoons in the palm of your hand and rub the spices with the other palm of your hand to get the herbs aromatic , sea salt ,pepper, hand full of parsley chopped~stems removed, avocado chopped, apple, fresh squeezed lemon or lime on top of chopped avocado & apple to keep from turning brown. Mix then add chick peas and couscous fold carefully. Plate salad and drizzle on top 1 Tablespoon Balsamic vinegar on each salad~