Pea and Pepper Couscous

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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This recipe makes 4 servings

Nutritional Info
Per serving: about	-
cal	288288 cal
pro	10 g10g pro
total fat	9 g9g total fat
sat. fat	1 g1g sat. fat
carb	47 g47g carb
fibre	8 g8g fibre
chol	0 mg0mg chol
sodium	306 mg306mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	55 calcium
iron	1919 iron
vit A	88 vit A
vit C	5858 vit C
folate	99 folate

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat couscous 1 1cup cupwhole wheat couscous
1/2 cup diced sweet red pepper 1/2 1/2cup cupdiced sweet red pepper
1/2 cup frozen peas 1/2 1/2cup cupfrozen peas
2 tbsp currants 2 2tbsp tbspcurrantcurrants
2 tbsp lemon juice 2 2tbsp tbsplemon juice
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 1tbsp tbspextra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp dried mint 1/2 1/2tsp tspdried mint
1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 1/2tsp tspcinnamon
1/2 tsp salt 1/2 1/2tsp tspsalt
1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 1/4tsp tsppepper
pinch cayenne pepper pinch pinchcayenne pepper
1 cup boiling water 1 1cup cupboiling water
1/4 cup sliced green onions 1/4 1/4cup cupsliced green oniononions
1/4 cup slivered almonds 1/4 1/4cup cupslivered almondalmonds

Preparation

In large bowl, combine couscous, red pepper, peas, currants, lemon juice, olive oil, mint, cinnamon, salt, pepper; and pinch cayenne pepper. Pour in boiling water; cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with fork.

Add green onions and almonds; toss to combine.

Source : Canadian Living Magazine: September 2006

Keywords : Sides; Dinner; Lunch; Boil; Simmer; Couscous; Peas; Red pepper; Currants;

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