What exciting things can I do with couscous?

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Hi beauful_ravens,

I love couscous. You can eat it either hot or cold. It's good cold, mixed with vegetables and served with salads or for packed lunches or hot with casseroles etc in place of rice, potatoes, pasta etc.

This thread should tell you a lot more:

What exciting things can I do with couscous?

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the ideas together.

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beautiful_ravens

JemJam wrote: »

I've always wanted to know and spent ages staring at packs of it in tesco today, i'm so glad i'm not the only one who doesn't know!!

:rotfl::j hehe.....!!

pipkin71

Another cous-cous lover here

We eat it cold mainly, although it can also be served hot with meals in place of rice, potatoes, pasta ect but it goes really nice in a salad and is so quick and easy to make :T

thriftlady_2

When I have to take dd swimming I usually leave a casserole in the oven. Couscous is the ideal starchy accompaniment because I can prepare it as soon as we get back- pour on boiling water, leave a few mins and by the time the table is laid and hands are washed it's ready;)

It is great with spices and bits of meat/veg/fish/chickpeas/beans as a pilaff too.

Ephemera

Lovely with roasted Mediterranean veggies... quartered red onions, sliced courgette, whole baby plum toms, quartered sweet peppers, all tossed with olive oil, a little garlic if desired and some fresh rosemary sprigs, when the veg is cooked toss with the couscous and a little more olive oil if needed, delicious as a warm salad or cold the next day!

tiddly_widdly

As well as using hot water. I like to pour cold water on it. leave it in the fridge for 45 mins and its done, great if you want it for a salad etc

James_W_4

I used to work in a restaurant. A good way to make couscous is to mix the dry couscous with a little olive oil, salt and harissa paste or tomato puree in a bowl. Then pour over boiling water - just enough to cover - and then put clingfilm over the top. In 15 mins, it's ready.

It's really nice mixed with pine nuts and stuffed into peppers for roasting.

Dr_DiNg_DoNg

5 ways with cous cous

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/26/nigel-slater-couscous

ClaireLR

I want to make some cous cous salady type things to take to work sometimes for lunches.

What sort of things could I add to cous cous to liven it up? So far I have made some with a veg cube, chilli flakes and lime juice which was nice, suppose I could add some chicken or other meat finely chopped. Are there any particular spices that go well with cous cous? I've read about moroccan cous cous, which spices would I use for that?

Also, is bulgur wheat the same type of thing, and are either/both of them good for you?

Thanks

geri1965_2

I add chick peas, sliced black olives, toasted pine nuts and pesto.