Summer Couscous

Total time: 15 minutes
     Couscous is not a grain but a tiny semolina 'pasta'.  What is normally available is a pre-cooked product to which we just add boiling water or stock... making it very quick, perfect for summer, or anytime!

 Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup couscous, 90gr, 3.2oz
• 3/4 cup chicken broth, 170gr, 6oz
• 1/4 cup chopped red pepper, 40gr, 1.4oz
• 1/4 cup chopped zucchini (courgette), 50gr, 1.7oz
• 2 tbs snipped chives
• 5 - 6 cherry tomatoes, halved, 45gr, 1.5oz
• 2 tsp good olive oil, 9gr, .32oz

 Instructions:

• Heat chicken broth to a boil. 
• Chop pepper and courgette, snip chives and halve tomatoes. 
• Put couscous, pepper and courgette in a medium bowl. 
• When broth is boiling pour over couscous, cover and let stand for 10 minutes... Do not stir it. 
• Uncover, add chives, tomatoes and oil to couscous, fluff gently with a fork to combine and serve. 

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  459 / 229.5 Total Carbohydrates:  76 / 38           Dietary Fiber: 7 / 3.5 Total Fat:  10 / 5          Saturated Fat: 1.4 / .7 Cholesterol:  0 / 0 Protein:  47 / 23.5 Calcium:  47 / 23.5 Sodium:   287 / 143.5

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale
and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/