Apple CousCous

Ive always heard great things about couscous but have never had the guts to actually buy it and try it... until now! All I have to say is... TWO THUMBS UP! I tweaked the recipe I found online and it turned out great! Mmmmmm, Yummy!

Apple CousCous


Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups apple juice
• 3 scoops CousCous
• 1/4 cup water
• small handful of dried mixed fruit
• small handful of sliced almonds
• 1 large apple (peeled, cored, and sliced)
• 1-2 tbs light brown sugar
• plain yogurt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. place apple juice and water in a pan and bring it to a boil (stirring occasionally)
3. Add couscous and dried fruit
4. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes (or until all free liquid is absorbed)
5. Spoon half of the couscous mixture into ovenproof dish (I used two small individual cassarole dishes instead for storage reasons.
6. Top with half of the apple slices
7. Top with remaining couscous
8. Sprinkle with sliced almonds
9. Arrange remaining applie slices overlapping the top
10. Sprinkle with brown sugar
11. Bake for 20-22 minutes
12. Serve hot with yogurt

:) You can use couscous in all kinds of ways by simply changing the liquid used to prepare the couscous (ie water, chicken broth, juice, etc). Couscous seems to be used for just about every meal from breakfast to chicken couscous for dinner or like I tried, a desert couscous. Hopefully I will get a chance to try more eventually! Enjoy!