Suppers: [wednesday] warm couscous & roasted
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | cups | Butternut squash, cubed or sweet potato |
| 1 | Red onion, chopped | |
| 2 | Garlic cloves, quartered | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 1 | cup | Chick-peas, cooked, or kidney beans |
| ½ | cup | Sweet red pepper, diced |
| 1½ | cup | Vegetable stock, or water |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cumin |
| 1 | cup | Couscous |
| ½ | cup | Frozen green peas, thawed |
| ¼ | cup | White wine vinegar |
| ¼ | cup | Vegetable oil |
| 1 | teaspoon | Dried oregano |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Salt |
| pinch | Cayenne pepper | |
| ½ | cup | Fresh coriander, chopped or parsley |
| 1 | day.] | |
Directions
Cut the butternut squash and onion into large bite-size pieces for this dish. You can use canned chick-peas or kidney beans in this recipe. A 19-ounce can contains about 2 cups of beans. Freeze leftovers for another day.
In 13x9-inch baking dish, toss squash, onion and garlic with oil; roast in 400F 200C oven, turning once, for 20-30 minutes or until browned on edges and just tender. Transfer to large bowl; add chick-peas and sweet pepper.
Meanwhile, in saucepan, bring stock and cumin to boil; stir in couscous and peas. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with fork; sprinkle over squash mixture along with vinegar, oil, oregano, salt and cayenne. Toss gently.
[Can be made ahead, covered and refrigerated for up to Toss with coriander.
Serve with: sliced tomato salad, baked apples with vanilla yogurt.
May be served warm or at room-temperature the next day. Per serving: about 380 calories, 10 g protein, 15 g fat, 54 g carbohydrate good source iron, very high source fibre.
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Source: Canadian Living magazine, Nov 95 Presented in article "Meal Planner: Light and Healthy Suppers" Recipe by Canadian Living Test Kitchen
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