What exciting things can I do with couscous?

Trinny

i add roasted veges - things like roasted onion, peppers, courgette. I add garlic puree.

Its also good with the other flavoured stock cubes. Or you can spice it up with middle eastern spices.

Trin

Slim4Summer

I also love it with roasted veggies stirred through - feels healthy!

ClaireLR

Trinny wrote: »

Or you can spice it up with middle eastern spices.

Trin

Which spices go well in cous cous please?

kezia

I take mine to work too, I just have peas, sweetcorn, peppers and onions stirred through with a little salt.

broclo

ClaireLR wrote: »

Which spices go well in cous cous please?

It is nice with fruits like dried raisins, dates, apricots and almond slivers when cooked with 1/2 water half orange juice and 1tsp cinnamon

cooked in veg/chicken stock and roasted veggies, cinnamon tumeric and cumin etc

with shallots, sun dried toms, flat leaf parsley(or basil is nice) and even a bit of ramano cheese

with teeny bits of tomato, cucumber, peppers, onion(esp spring), with lemon juice, mint and a bit of white wine vinegar

made with chicken/veg stock and adding onions, garlic and onion powder, peas, sweetcorn and bits from a chicken carcass

I like a bit of olive oil stired through all of them and it helps keep the grains seperated if eating cold the next day

Penelope_Penguin

ClaireLR wrote: »

Which spices go well in cous cous please?

I do mine with cinnamon, flaked almonds, sultanas and apricot

I;ll add this to the existing thread on couscous recipes to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

broclo

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I do mine with cinnamon, flaked almonds, sultanas and apricot

I;ll add this to the existing thread on couscous recipes to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

Penny, if you like that mix try cooking the couscous half water half uht orange juice if you have some in the fridge, you'll love or hate, but my son clears the lot if done with oj

the_other_mce

we love cous cous (made up with a chicken stock cube) and mixed with oven roasted peppers(red and yellow), chopped onion, garlic and chilli peppers. Serve with a fresh tuna steak. Delicious and feels really healthy when you eat it! ( I always add a bit of ketjap manis or thai sweet chilli dipping sauce once it's cooked - D/H prefers a splash of tabasco)!

debtmuncher

need a quick way of knowing how much water to add, dont want to weigh it out each time i want to have it so would like an approx measurement if its possible ?

any ideas going around for how to flavour it up?

rosie383

If you are talking about the quick cous cous that you buy here, not the boil in a bag horrible stuff, put some in your bowl, rub just a wee bit of oil through it, then cover it with enough stock or boiling water to just cover it completely, with no more than about 1/2cm sitting on top. Cover with a tea towel, and you're done.
Do you want a nice recipe for cous cous with chicken and thyme? Dead easy?
My OH is Algerian so I cook it a lot.