Suppers: [wednesday] warm couscous and roasted fall vegetab

Suppers: [wednesday] warm couscous and roasted fall vegetab
Main Ingredient: Beans Various Vegetables

Preparation: Roasted

Course: Couscous Various Main Dishes

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Suppers: [wednesday] warm couscous and roasted fall vegetab ingredients

  • 4 c butternut squash, cubed
  • -or sweet potato
  • 1 Red onion, chopped
  • 2 Garlic cloves, quartered
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 1 c Chick-peas, cooked, or
  • -Kidney Beans
  • 1⁄2 c Sweet red pepper, diced
  • 1 1⁄2 c Vegetable stock, or water
  • 1 t Ground cumin
  • 1 c couscous
  • 1⁄2 c Frozen green peas, thawed
  • 1⁄4 c white wine vinegar
  • 1⁄4 c Vegetable oil
  • 1 t Dried oregano
  • 3⁄4 t Salt
  • Pn Cayenne pepper
  • 1⁄2 c Fresh coriander, chopped
  • -or parsley

Cooking Suppers: [wednesday] warm couscous and roasted fall vegetab

1. Cut the butternut squash and onion into large bite-size pieces for this dish.
2. You can use canned chick-peas or kidney beans in this recipe.
3. A 19-ounce can contains about 2 cups of beans.
4. 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.
5. Transfer to large bowl; add chick-peas and sweet pepper.
6. Meanwhile, in saucepan, bring stock and cumin to boil; stir in couscous and peas.
7. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
8. Fluff with fork; sprinkle over squash mixture along with vinegar, oil, oregano, salt and cayenne.
9. Tossi gently.
10. [can be made ahead, covered and refrigerated for up to 1 day. ] toss with coriander.
11. Serve with: sliced tomato salad, baked apples with vanilla yogurt.
12. 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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