Warm couscous salad

Hi to yous all!

Tonight, Spaghetti Lovers are going to 

present you with a recipe for a delicious warm couscous salad.

To prepare this yummer

(I´ve actually just made that word up...it´s supposed to be a noun from “yummy”),

you´re going to need:

-A reasonable amount of couscous

-Broccoli florets (frozen of fresh, I´d say a small cup per portion)

-Peas (frozen, fresh or canned, half a cup per portion)

-Corn (frozen or canned, half a cup per portion

-Pepper (yellow or green, to keep the colours classy, cut in stripes)

-Cheddar – diced

-Olive oil

-Salt, black pepper, dried basil, dried oregano

This salad is super easy, super yummy and super versatile

as it can be served on its own as a main dish

as well as with something else as a side.

First, you need to cook the couscous. 

Just put it in a pot, add boiling water and stir well, 

leave until the couscous soaks all the water.

Then cook the vegetables 

– just so that they are nice and crispy –

and strain them. 

Mix the couscous with the vegetables

and add a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper and herbs.

Now only a bit of cheese on top and here we go

 

Enjoy!

Creamy cauliflower curry with cheesy couscous

Hellos!

Here we come with another exciting recipe!

This one was actually invented by a complete accident 

when we once happened to have not much food left 

and wanted to cook something slightly different than what we usually cook.

For this easy cauliflower curry, you´re going to need:

-Cauliflower 

(amount depends on how many portions your making.

Since it´s basically the main ingredient,

I´d say a bowl of cauliflower florets per portion should be ok)

– either fresh or frozen, depends on what´s available

-Philadelphia light

(now, you can use any kind of cream cheese you want. 

We use Philadelphia light as it´s really nice, creamy and mild.

If I remember correctly, we used about 3 spoonfuls)

-Curry powder – medium, hot or combination of those

-Couscous

-Grated cheddar

(this keeps reoccurring on here...hmmmmmmmm. 

Wonder if we should maybe rename the blog

and called it “cheese lovers”?:))

-Salt, black pepper, coriander

First, cook the cauliflower until it´s nice and soft but still a wee bit crunchy.

Once it´s cooked, place it into a saucepan, add the cream cheese and mix it all together. 

Then add curry (as much as you want or can bear:)) 

and a bit of salt and pepper and leave it all to cook 

for a bit so that the flavours merge nicely.

Then prepare the couscous. 

Place dry couscous into a pot, add boiling water and stir it well. 

Leave until the couscous soaks in all the water and gets soft.

Then add a bit of salt and some coriander

(I don´t know why but I think coriander and curry go well together...). 

Finally, add some grated cheddar and mix it all together until the cheese melts.

Here we go, almost there!

Place into plates and enjoy :)

This is what we do when we want to be super-healthy!

Today´s recipe is the easiest one so far to do since

you don´t actually need to cook anything

and it´s perfect farm nice and warm spring days.

It´s basically just a mixed vegetables salad (2 portions):

Iceberg lettuce 

(Alisson´s not a fan of lettuce so this is optional :))

2 tomatoes

1 pepper (any colour)

Black and green olives

Cheddar

Fresh basil leaves

Salt, black pepper, Italian herb mix

Olive oil

Balsamic vinegar

(again, vinegar-haters leave this out)

It´s easy peasy. Cut the vegetables and the cheese 

(it´s nice to try different “patterns” as it makes the whole thing look better – tomatoes – dices, pepper – stripes, olives – little slices, cheddar – grated or diced)

and place them into the plates.

Add a bit of salt, black pepper and herbs on top, then a bit of olive oil 

(and vinegar for those who like it)

and a few chopped leaves of fresh basil.

We usually eat this delicious salad with toasted bread with cream cheese 

(Philadelphia light being our favourite).

Super quick, super tasty, super healthy!