I love when I cook up a couple ingredients and it comes together to make a delicious meal. That’s what happened with this bowl. It was a simple dish with lots of veggies and very filling. It was vegetarian but you could add roasted chicken or beef too. You could add tofu or edamame for…
Tag: couscous
Israeli Couscous Salad
I love regular couscous, but I like israeli couscous more. Its bigger size gives more texture to foods and a better mouth-feel. You can use either couscous, pretty much interchangeably in recipes, but israeli is my go-to. It also commonly goes by the name pearl couscous. I made this delicious couscous salad last night to…
Recipe #9: Moroccan Spiced Couscous
I hope I’m not jinxing it, but I still have not made a recipe that I did not like! This couscous was so good and a delicious, light supper. It was quick to make and came together to easily I loved the flavours from all the different spices and it really reminded me of the…
Salmon and Veggie Bowl
This meal started off as leftover salmon and roasted veggies and became a delicious couscous bowl with added boy choy and corn. I just threw the veggies in a pot to warm them up then I added the book choy, corn and broke up the salmon into bit sized pieces. To season it all, I…
Roasted Vegetable Couscous Salad
Got home after work and I really just wanted to eat something healthy, delicious, and most importantly fast. I chopped some zucchini and bell pepper, tossed them with oil, salt, pepper and oregano and roasted them for about 15 minutes. While that was going, I chopped some olives and tomatoes, then made 1/2 cup (raw)…
Peanut Tofu Bowl with Carrots and Couscous
I just submitted my last assignment for my university undergrad so I am unofficially done school (yay!). I decided to treat myself to a nice hot lunch. I had made this awesome peanut butter sauce that I was gonna use for coleslaw the other day but that never happened so I used it today instead….
Triple C Salad
Couscous, cucumber and chickpeas. Simple ingredients, delicious combination. I honestly love couscous based salads cause it’s so easy and quick and versatile. So this salad had that delicious c-base, plus a dressing of red wine vinegar, lime juice, oregano, chili flakes and parsley. I didn’t even need salt or pepper this time. It was so…
Couscous Salad with Beans
I love couscous. This will be my 6th couscous recipe on my blog now. I just had some leftovers in the fridge, so I made a simple, mexican inspired salad. I used blackbeans, edamame, parsley, lime juice, honey, salt and pepper, and sriracha on top. I know it is so easy, but I thought it…
Curried Couscous Salad
Found this recipe online for curried couscous salad (on daringgourmet.com) and I thought it sounded really good – and spoiler alert, it tasted good too! I love how yellow and vibrant it was. I basically followed the recipe as written, but I used 1.5 cups of couscous, added chopped bell pepper, and omitted the celery and raisins….
Couscous and Chickpea Salads
Tonight I made lots of salads to go with dinner. I honestly just didn’t want to do much actual cooking, and salads are delicious and easy. So the chickpea salad has corn kernels, cucumber and a lemony-honey dressing, with some basil and parsley too. And there’s no oil which means you can eat more without…