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Mediterranean Couscous
Mediterranean Couscous
Ingredients:
350g couscous Easy & simple to make!
175ml orange juice loaded with vitamin C
175g hot vegetable stock To flavour the couscous
100g sun-dried tomatoes Lycopene helps prevent cancer!
10 dried apricots, soaked to soften Good source of potassium
handful parsley or basil High in vitamin C & a great diuretic!
30ml chopped olives A good source of monounsaturated fats
75g pine nuts/slivered almonds, Also a source of those mono’s!
slightly toasted 75ml olive oil Olive oil & Canola are great to cook
with & healthy
1 lemon, juice only
150g feta cheese, crumbled Go for a reduced fat feta cheese
olives for garnish
anchovies , for garnish (optional) Excellent source of omega 3 fatty acids!
basil leaves, for garnish
Method
1. Place couscous in a large bowl. Mix together orange juice and stock and pour
over the couscous. Set aside for 20-25 minutes until the liquid has been
absorbed.
2. Using a fork or the tips of your fingers, separate grains of couscous until no
lumps remain. Stir through the rest of the ingredients, reserving a few
chopped olives for decoration. Season and serve garnished with olives,
anchovies (optional) and basil leaves.
Mediterranean Couscous makes a great in-between snack. Just double the recipe and
keep it in the fridge until needed. If the kids find feta cheese too strong, use Tussers
or mozzarella cheese as a substitute.
TIP . any of the following veg can also be used ……corn, celery, peppers (use
nice colours) sugar snap peas, onions etc. You can also use some left over
protein to make a good lunchtime meal for the office.
Press some into a teacup and turn out onto a side plate, garnish with anchovies
or shrimps as a supper starter.
34.
Meringue Baskets
A wonderfully fresh and tasty almost fat free impressive dessert
Ingredients
4 Meringue baskets
Fat free
2 Kiwi fruit
2 Banana
200g Strawberries
1 Paw paw (balls)
1 Pineapple, thinly sliced
1 tin Granadilla pulp
1 slab Bourneville dark chocolate
Magnesium and antioxidants, good for heart health
200ml Ultramel custard
125ml Icing sugar
4 Doilies
Method
1. Melt the chocolate.
2. Dip selected fruits half way in chocolate and allow to cool and set.
3. Spoon in 3 tablespoons of custard into each meringue basket.
4. Fill the meringue with fruit over the custard.
5. Drizzle with granadilla pulp.
6. Dust with icing sugar and top with mint leaves!
Serve on doilies.
35.
Mexican Fish and Beans
Ingredients:
350g couscous Easy & simple to make!
175ml orange juice loaded with vitamin C
175g hot vegetable stock To flavour the couscous
100g sun-dried tomatoes Lycopene helps prevent cancer!
10 dried apricots, soaked to soften Good source of potassium
handful parsley or basil High in vitamin C & a great diuretic!
30ml chopped olives A good source of monounsaturated fats
75g pine nuts/slivered almonds, Also a source of those mono’s!
slightly toasted 75ml olive oil Olive oil & Canola are great to cook
with & healthy
1 lemon, juice only
150g feta cheese, crumbled Go for a reduced fat feta cheese
olives for garnish
anchovies , for garnish (optional) Excellent source of omega 3 fatty acids!
basil leaves, for garnish
Method
1. Place couscous in a large bowl. Mix together orange juice and stock and pour
over the couscous. Set aside for 20-25 minutes until the liquid has been
absorbed.
2. Using a fork or the tips of your fingers, separate grains of couscous until no
lumps remain. Stir through the rest of the ingredients, reserving a few
chopped olives for decoration. Season and serve garnished with olives,
anchovies (optional) and basil leaves.
Mediterranean Couscous makes a great in-between snack. Just double the recipe and
keep it in the fridge until needed. If the kids find feta cheese too strong, use Tussers
or mozzarella cheese as a substitute.
TIP . any of the following veg can also be used ……corn, celery, peppers (use
nice colours) sugar snap peas, onions etc. You can also use some left over
protein to make a good lunchtime meal for the office.
Press some into a teacup and turn out onto a side plate, garnish with anchovies
or shrimps as a supper starter.
34.
Meringue Baskets
A wonderfully fresh and tasty almost fat free impressive dessert
Ingredients
4 Meringue baskets
Fat free
2 Kiwi fruit
2 Banana
200g Strawberries
1 Paw paw (balls)
1 Pineapple, thinly sliced
1 tin Granadilla pulp
1 slab Bourneville dark chocolate
Magnesium and antioxidants, good for heart health
200ml Ultramel custard
125ml Icing sugar
4 Doilies
Method
1. Melt the chocolate.
2. Dip selected fruits half way in chocolate and allow to cool and set.
3. Spoon in 3 tablespoons of custard into each meringue basket.
4. Fill the meringue with fruit over the custard.
5. Drizzle with granadilla pulp.
6. Dust with icing sugar and top with mint leaves!
Serve on doilies.
35.
Mexican Fish and Beans
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