ADORNED COUSCOUS
With hints of citrus, this refreshing dish is also warming and nourishing. Couscous helps aid in digestion and balance fluid in the body. The various ingredients in this dish support most of the major organs. Cucumber: Lung; Garlic, Scallions, Lemon: Liver; Mango: Stomach; Pine nuts and Kidney Beans: Kidney.
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Melt butter in a medium-sized pot. Add the couscous and freekeh and toast for about 5 minutes. Add the water and bring to a boil.
Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low. Simmer 15-20 minutes, or until the water is absorbed.
Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork and scoop into a mixing bowl.
Add the cucumbers, red pepper, and beans. Set aside.
Then warm 1 Tablespoon olive oil and the minced garlic in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the pine nuts and cook 2-3 minutes, or until toasted.
Add the nut mixture to the bowl. In a small bowl, combine the remaining 2 Tablespoons olive oil with the lemon, and the fresh sage. Whisk and pour over the “salad.” Mix well.
Season with salt and pepper and top with the chopped scallions. Serve at room temperature.
*Bulgur wheat is a good substitute for freekeh.
Ingredients
Directions
Melt butter in a medium-sized pot. Add the couscous and freekeh and toast for about 5 minutes. Add the water and bring to a boil.
Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low. Simmer 15-20 minutes, or until the water is absorbed.
Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork and scoop into a mixing bowl.
Add the cucumbers, red pepper, and beans. Set aside.
Then warm 1 Tablespoon olive oil and the minced garlic in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the pine nuts and cook 2-3 minutes, or until toasted.
Add the nut mixture to the bowl. In a small bowl, combine the remaining 2 Tablespoons olive oil with the lemon, and the fresh sage. Whisk and pour over the “salad.” Mix well.
Season with salt and pepper and top with the chopped scallions. Serve at room temperature.
*Bulgur wheat is a good substitute for freekeh.
