Couscous

On a quest to find new food options for my girls, I tried two couscous recipes from Cooks Illustrated. Couscous is one of the most nutritious grain product. It is made from semolina durum wheat and is high in vitamin B's and low in fat content.

Couscous with carrots, raisin (and pine nuts)
This one is very tasty and refreshing (from orange). The actual recipe contains pine nuts but since I don't usually have pine nuts in my kitchen and the girls don't really care for nuts, I am skipping it for now. The recipe is very simple and the only labor intensive part is the carrot grating and herb chopping. There's a lot of room for adjustment for personal taste. I like to double the raisins and add more orange juice.



Aromatic curried couscous for two
I don't love this one as much as the one above. The smell of curry was everywhere in my home except in the couscous. Perhaps this has something to do with the curry powder I had, but the end product was very boring. This dish is more suitable as a side dish, but not good enough to be a stand alone main dish.