Hearty Couscous Bowl with Greek-Style Cheese
with sweet potato, lemon, almonds & cucumber- Gluten
- Tarwe
- Melk (inclusief lactose)
- Amandelnoten
- Pinda's
- Mosterd
- Soja
- Lupine
- May contain traces of allergens
- Noten
- Sesamzaad
- Pinda's
Couscous, a North African staple, may look like a grain, but it's actually a type of tiny pasta made from semolina flour! It's quick to cook and perfectly soaks up flavour in any dish.
Ingredients
75 g
Wholewheat couscous
(Contains: Mosterd, Soja, Lupine, May contain traces of allergens, Gluten, Tarwe)
150 g
Sweet potato
½ piece
Onion
½ piece
Persian cucumber
100 g
Bell pepper strips
45 g
Arugula & lamb's lettuce
¼ piece
Lemon
50 g
Greek-style cheese
(Contains: Melk (inclusief lactose))
¼ sachet(s)
Peruvian-style spice mix
½ sachet(s)
BBQ spice rub
10 g
Salted almonds
(Contains: Noten, Sesamzaad, May contain traces of allergens, Amandelnoten, Pinda's)
10 g
Raisins
(Contains: Pinda's, Noten, Sesamzaad, May contain traces of allergens)
Not included in your delivery
1.5 tablespoon
[Plant-based] mayonnaise
½ tablespoon
[Plant-based] butter
2 tablespoon
Water
½ tablespoon
White wine vinegar
175 milliliters
Low sodium vegetable stock
to taste
Salt and pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Prepare the stock in a large bowl.
- Add the couscous, BBQ spice rub* and raisins, then cover and set aside for 8 minutes.
- Stir in the white wine vinegar and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, thoroughly wash the sweet potato and then dice it into 1cm cubes. Chop the onion.
*Take care, this ingredient is spicy! Use as preferred.
- Transfer the sweet potato, the onion and a knob of butter to a large microwave-safe bowl.
- Add half of the water (see pantry for amount). Cover with plastic wrap and pierce the surface several times.
- Microwave on high for 4 - 5 minutes, or until the sweet potato is soft.
- Season with salt and pepper, then mix well and set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the Peruvian-style spices with the mayonnaise and the rest of the water (see pantry for amounts).
- Roughly chop the almonds.
- Crumble the Greek-style cheese (see Tip).
Health tip: this recipe is high in calories. If you're watching your calorie intake, use just half of the cheese and keep the rest to use another time.
- Cut the lemon into wedges and slice the cucumber.
- Serve the lettuce and couscous on deep plates. Top with the bell pepper strips, the cucumber, the sweet potato, the onion, the lemon wedges and the Greek-style cheese.
- Garnish with the almonds and drizzle with the sauce to finish.
