A rare bit of cooking from around these parts, and there's no recipe. Luckily, you won't need one.
Just go through your fridge and find whatever veggies are waiting to be used, toss them with olive oil and sea salt, roast them at 400 degrees until soft. I used cauliflower, carrots, beets and tossed them with plenty of chopped fresh sage.
In the meantime, cook your whole wheat couscous with a tablespoon or so of butter. You could be virtuous and leave it out, but you're about to eat all those veggies and the flavor is lovely. You do realize that couscous takes less than five minutes to "cook", right? You can just pour boiling water over it and then wait.
Mix the veggies and the couscous. Splash in a bit of balsamic vinegar, if you like. Crumble in some chevre if you have it. Eat warmish or cold from the fridge the next day. And the next, if you're like me and accidentally made enough for 8 people.
We're still on a soup and cheese and cracker diet for the most part. I cannot seem to find time to cook anything these days and I've given up caring. I'll get back to it, someday.
{couscous with roasted veggies}
Just go through your fridge and find whatever veggies are waiting to be used, toss them with olive oil and sea salt, roast them at 400 degrees until soft. I used cauliflower, carrots, beets and tossed them with plenty of chopped fresh sage.
In the meantime, cook your whole wheat couscous with a tablespoon or so of butter. You could be virtuous and leave it out, but you're about to eat all those veggies and the flavor is lovely. You do realize that couscous takes less than five minutes to "cook", right? You can just pour boiling water over it and then wait.
Mix the veggies and the couscous. Splash in a bit of balsamic vinegar, if you like. Crumble in some chevre if you have it. Eat warmish or cold from the fridge the next day. And the next, if you're like me and accidentally made enough for 8 people.
We're still on a soup and cheese and cracker diet for the most part. I cannot seem to find time to cook anything these days and I've given up caring. I'll get back to it, someday.
Yum. I love meals like this. Easy and yummy.
ReplyDeleteI bet the balsamic vinegar would be so tasty! Great idea!
ReplyDeletemy co-worker used to throw this together ~ i absolutely loved it! thanks for the reminder that i NEED to make this asap for dinner. and it really is TOO easy isn't it? love that too. simple, simple, easy, simple.
ReplyDeletexo ~ kristina
That looks amazing!! Just to die for :)
ReplyDeleteYep. Easy food is where we are at. Except last night when the power went out, and we barbecued. That was like a treat for us.
ReplyDeleteRelated: I have eaten tomato sandwiches as five of my last six meals.
That looks beyond delicious, I want some!
ReplyDeleteHappy day, friend!
I'm a BIG couscous fan so I'm loving this!
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yum! a similar "trashcan quinoa" recipe is on pretty regular rotation at my house—it inevitably makes about 7 lbs, since the point is to "dispose" of anything left in the crisper.
ReplyDeleteYUM. Going to make this pronto with all our leftovers. My mom had some fancy FIG balsamic I've already demolished in the kitchen and need to get s'more of...I'll give you the name of the stuff because, lady, it will only make leftover veggie creations even MORE delish.
ReplyDeletesending love and wedding-planning magic. xo
Wow that looks good *mouth waters* That would also be excellent cold to take to work for lunch. I'm a big fan of beets and chevre together. Some toasted sunflower and/or pumpkin seeds sprinkled in there would also be good.
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Lol, you are too cute this is a perfect lunch and I know how you feel about cooking right now, if it doesn't take less than 10 minutes I haven't the energy to move forward:)
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Miss B.
yum! I love a simple easy peasy recipe - especially this time of year when the last thing I want is to be in the kitchen
ReplyDeleteI'm such a fan of cous cous and roasted veg. I'm impressed - I think if I was planning a wedding, I wouldn't have time even to make super-simple cous cous.
ReplyDeleteFunny how that goes, isn't it? When suddenly cooking seems like an insurmountable challenge. Even if I'm hungry I can't come up with what I want- complete brain freeze. The cous cous looks like a great solution!
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