Spiced Vegetable Couscous Recipe
This Spiced Vegetable Couscous Recipe is one of many in
our collection of Low Carb Recipes. these are culled from various
sources, some my own. whilst some are low carb recipes, there are also
some low fat recipes, whilst and diabetic recipes. The one thing they
all have in common with this Spiced Vegetable Couscous Recipe, is that they can
all be seen as diet recipes in one form or another.
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Spiced Vegetable Couscous
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup tomato juice 3 tsp curry powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp ground red pepper 1 cup water 1 cup uncooked couscous 1 cup diagonally sliced carrots (about 3, medium) 1/2 cup dark seedless raisins 1 1/2 cup broccoli florets 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1 chunks, (1 cup) 1 can chick peas, rinsed and drained (15, oz)
Instructions:
In a 2-quart glass measure, stir together juice, curry powder, garlic powder, coriander, salt ginger, cumin and red pepper. Reserve 1 cup of mixture. Pour 3/4 cup mixture into a 1 1/2-quart casserole; add water.
Cover with lid and microwave on high 3-5 minutes, or until boiling. Stir in couscous; cover and let stand 8 minutes.
Add carrots and raisins to mixture remaining in glass measure. Cover with vented plastic wrap and microwave on high 4-6 minutes, or until crisp tender. Add broccoli and bell pepper. Microwave on high 3-5 minutes, or until crisp tender. Stir in peas; re-cover and microwave on high 2 minutes.
Fluff couscous with a fork and arrange in the center of a large serving plate. Surround with vegetable mixture and serve immediately.
Nutrient data per serving: 368 calories; 11 grams protein; 1.5 grams fat (3 percent total calories); 77 grams carbohydrates; 14 grams dietary fiber; no cholesterol; 1,234 milligrams sodium.
Servings: 4
By eating what is sufficient man is enabled to work; he is hindered from working and becomes heavy, idle, and stupid if he takes too
much. As to bodily distempers occasioned by excess, there is no end of them. --------
JONES, Thomas Vincent
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