Black garlic is a revelation and we’ll definitely use it again after this dish – sweet and mellow with lots of flavour but none of the harshness associated with white garlic. This is a great crowd pleaser by Sabrina Ghayour with lots of fresh flavours and bright colours. We served with spicy roast salmon but […]
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Green Couscous and Roasted Veg with Black Garlic and Preserved Lemons
Posted in Food, Side dish, Vegetarian, tagged Black garlic, Cooking, Courgettes, Couscous, Easy, Feasts, Food, Peppers, Preserved lemons, Recipe, Sabrina Ghayour, side dish, Vegetarian on 9 October 2018| Leave a Comment »
Merguez with Couscous
Posted in Chicken, Food, tagged Cooking, Courgettes, Couscous, Food, French, Harissa, Maghreb, Merguez sausages, Peppers, Recipe, Saffron on 17 September 2018| Leave a Comment »
A dish of Merguez sausages and couscous from Marseilles. Like a Pot au Feu with flavours of the Maghreb. So delicious! Wine Suggestion: French meets the Mediterranean, meets the Middle East – the Massaya le Colombier is a Cinsault, Grenache, Syrah and Tempranillo blend. Made in stainless steel to preserve the fruit we love to chill […]
Couscous and Mograbiah with Oven-dried Tomatoes
Posted in Food, Side dish, Vegetarian, tagged Cooking, Couscous, Food, Labneh, Mograbiah, Ottolenghi, Recipe, Salad, side dish on 3 September 2018| Leave a Comment »
Mograbiah is a large variety of couscous that we were unable to find for this recipe but Italian fregola worked well. We also started this too late to make our own labneh but a soft goat’s cheese log rolled in dried mint and black pepper made a good substitute. We hope the guys at Ottolenghi […]
Golden Couscous
Posted in Food, Side dish, Vegetarian, tagged Cooking, Couscous, Easy, Food, Pine nuts, Recipe, side dish, Turmeric on 23 January 2018| 2 Comments »
Plain buttered couscous is perfect with tagine and middle eastern stews. Occasionally though it’s nice to add a few extras to make it taste a bit special. Golden Couscous – serves 3 to 4 as a side (easy to double) 25g butter 1 onion, finely chopped ½ tsp ground turmeric 150g couscous 2 tbsp olive […]
Warm Couscous Salad with Halloumi, Courgette, Chickpeas and Tomatoes
Posted in Food, Vegetarian, tagged Chickpeas, Cooking, Courgettes, Couscous, Easy, Food, Halloumi cheese, Recipe, Salad, Tomatoes, Wine Match, Wine suggestion on 24 July 2017| 3 Comments »
Really summery, colourful, and quick to throw together. Wine Suggestion: the vibrancy of flavours demanded an equally vivacious wine; we chose the Kilikanoon Morts’ Block Riesling from the Clare Valley in Australia. It was dry and driven by a limey, textured presence that sang alongside this dish. Warm Couscous Salad with Halloumi, Courgette, Chickpeas & Tomatoes […]
A Tasty Couscous Salad for Summer Barbecues & Picnics
Posted in Food, Side dish, Vegetarian, tagged Basil, Cooking, Couscous, Food, Pesto, Picnic, Recipe, side dish, Vegetarian on 5 July 2017| 2 Comments »
This is an old favourite that we make every summer. The chopped up mushrooms give it a fantastic earthy flavour and it works really well with barbecues and on picnics. Tasty Couscous Salad – serves 4 200g couscous 400ml boiling vegetable stock (we still use Swiss Marigold Bouillon Powder) 250g cherry tomatoes, halved 175g chestnut […]
Pomegranate & Slow Cooked Lamb Couscous
Posted in Food, Lamb, Roast, tagged Cooking, Couscous, Food, Harissa, Lamb, Lamb shoulder, Mint, Pomegranate, Pomegranate Molasses, Recipe, Roast, Roast lamb, Slow cooked lamb on 24 February 2017| 2 Comments »
This makes such a lovely weekend dish and looks really attractive served on a large platter in the middle of the table. It requires a few hours in the oven but is hardly any work at all and uses just a few ingredients. Wine Suggestion: this dish cries out for a Moorish influenced wine and nothing quite achieves […]
Tomato & Feta Couscous Salad
Posted in Food, Side dish, Vegetarian, tagged Basil, Cherry Tomatoes, Cooking, Couscous, Food, Recipe, Salad, side dish, Sun-dried tomatoes on 12 September 2016| Leave a Comment »
We cooked this dish while camping in France and it was a great side dish for all sorts of barbecued meat. It’s also a great idea for using up leftover sun-dried tomatoes which can easily get forgotten in the back of our fridge. Tomato & Feta Couscous Salad – serves 4 200g couscous 250g piece of feta cheese 2 tbsp […]
Lebanese Giant Couscous & Chickpea Salad
Posted in Food, Side dish, tagged Chickpeas, Cooking, Food, Giant Couscous, Lebanese, Mezze, Recipe, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian on 11 February 2013| 1 Comment »
One of those dishes that was even better than expected.We served this with lamb chops with seven spices but it would make a nice mezze dish or a side for any grilled fish or meat. Giant Couscous & Chickpea Salad – to serve between 4 & 6 12 cherry tomatoes, halved 3 tbsp olive oil 500ml […]
Quick Lunchbox Couscous
Posted in Food, Vegetarian, tagged Cooking, Couscous, Food, Lunchbox, Recipe, Vegetarian on 23 June 2012| 2 Comments »
We’re always looking for easy things to take to work for lunch. This can be made with almost anything you have left in the fridge but we make it most often when we’ve only used half a pack of feta cheese for another recipe. The more herbs you add the better so its great for […]
Spicy Tomato and Couscous Soup
Posted in Food, Healthy, Soup, Vegetarian, tagged Cooking, Easy, Food, Healthy, Recipe, Soup on 17 June 2012| Leave a Comment »
There’s hardly any couscous used here but it still manages to transform this into a really wholesome soup. Spiced tomato and couscous soup – to serve 4 olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 2 diced carrots 3 stalks celery, diced 2-3 tbsp harissa paste (depending how spicy you like it) 1 tsp ground cumin 1 […]
Moroccan Chicken Wings with Herby Couscous
Posted in Beer, Chicken, Food, tagged Chicken, Cooking, Couscous, Easy, Food, Recipe on 6 June 2012| 1 Comment »
Delicious and speedy after-work dinner. Moroccan Chicken Wings with Herby Couscous – to serve 4 1kg chicken wings 3 tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp harissa paste, plus extra to serve 1 tsp cumin seeds, lightly crushed 1 medium orange, zested and juiced (you need about 6 tbsp) 1 lemon, zested and juiced 150g couscous large […]
The Ultimate Winter Couscous
Posted in Food, Vegetarian, tagged Cooking, Couscous, Food, Recipe, Vegetarian on 21 January 2012| 1 Comment »
Another fantastic vegetarian recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi with fabulous flavours and interesting textures. This was so good we made it twice in one week. The ultimate winter couscous – to serve 4 2 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 2 cm chunks 2 medium parsnips, peeled and cut into 2cm chunks 8 shallots, peeled 2 […]
MoroccanTurkey Meatballs with Citrus Couscous
Posted in Healthy, Uncategorized, tagged Cooking, Food, Healthy, Morrocan, Recipe, Turkey on 22 July 2011| 2 Comments »
A dish that is super-healthy and easy to cook makes this a great weeknight dinner and lunch (if you make too much the night before). It’s a tiny bit dry on it’s own even with the juicy orange in the couscous so we recommend you serve some Tzatziki on the side – even though that’s […]
Healthy Lemony Chicken and Courgette Couscous
Posted in Chicken, Food, Healthy, tagged Chicken breasts, Cooking, Courgettes, Couscous, Food, Healthy, Recipe on 15 March 2011| Leave a Comment »
This is a good everyday recipe and a really nice way to cook boring old skinless boneless chicken breasts. We’re hoping the leftovers will make nice lunch boxes for tomorrow too. Chicken with lemon and courgette couscous – to serve 4 200g couscous 400ml chicken stock 2 tbsp olive oil 4 courgettes, grated 2 lemons, […]
Cheap and healthy tuna and couscous
Posted in Fish, Food, Healthy, tagged Couscous, Fish, Healthy, Mustard, Parsley, Red onion, Tuna on 24 November 2010| Leave a Comment »
We were up in Belfast for the weekend which always means over-indulgence and I then flew to Birmingham for a conference and ate very boring and fatty food – what a waste! This was a much needed healthy dinner and yet again I had succumbed to M&S reduced tuna steaks (I just can’t help myself […]
Very Green Couscous with boned Chicken Wings
Posted in Uncategorized on 18 September 2010| Leave a Comment »
Well not actually boneless… just more boneless than the usual grizzly little things that you need a bath after eating 🙂 The cool thing is you can pick them up like a drumstick and suck the meat of the remaining bone without getting all sticky. Takes hours and hours and hours to perfect the technique […]
Fish in Spicy Tomato Sauce with Capers and Olives
Posted in Fish, Gluten-free, Italian, tagged Capers, Cooking, Easy, Fish, Food, Gluten-free, Italian, Olives, Rachel Roddy, Recipe on 16 October 2019| Leave a Comment »
It seems like so long since we’ve cooked fresh fish, but tonight was the night. We’ve had Rachel Roddy’s book (Two Kitchens: Family Recipes from Sicily and Rome) for ages now but this has been its first outing (for reasons that we won’t bore you with here). This dish was everything we hoped for – […]
Lemon, Turmeric & Black Pepper Salmon
Posted in Fish, Food, Gluten-free, tagged Cooking, Fish, Food, Gluten-free, lemon, Recipe, Salmon, Side of salmon, Turmeric on 1 November 2018| Leave a Comment »
We loved this spiced side of salmon from Sabrina Ghayour’s book Sirocco and its a great dish to feed a crowd. The mixture of lemon, turmeric and black pepper smells almost medicinal in the oven but the served up on the plates the aromas and flavours are really good. Serve with a green salad or […]
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