Couscous with Currants

Couscous is easy and fast to prepare. It goes great with pork, chicken or fish.

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Servings: 4

Ingredients

Couscous with Currants

1 ½ cup couscous
dash of salt
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp currants, raisins, or other dried fruit
2 Tbsp fresh parsley chopped
1 small garlic clove minced
2 Tbsp pine nuts or other nuts, chopped

Instructions

Bring 2 cups of water to a boil. Put couscous and salt in a heat-proof bowl. Pour boiling water over couscous. Stir thoroughly, then cover and set aside for about 5 minutes.
While couscous is resting, heat olive oil in a large sauté pan. Add currants, parsley, garlic and nuts. Stir and cook over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes. Add couscous and gently mix all ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Notes

From: Thomas, Biju & Lim, Allen (2011) The Feedzone Cookbook - Fast and Flavorful Food for Athletes Velo Press