By
Melecotte over 1 year ago
Recipe Tags:
Apple Juice,
Course Breakfast,
Cup Couscous,
Dried Fruit,
Fluff,
Granny Smith Apple,
Greek Yogurt,
Grill Pan,
Mouth Watering,
Natural Juices,
Nectarines,
Orange Juice,
Pineapple,
Saucepan,
Skillet,
Stone Fruit,
Stone Fruits,
Truckin,
Watermelon,
Yum
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Couscous for Breakfast? You betcha!
che fa venire l’acquolina/mouth-watering
Things are still a-truckin‘ here in UT. I found myself a bit ornery this week, but I was able to sneak in some baking to make me feel better. Even though my end results were some old standbys, having refrained from baking for several weeks has allowed some withdrawal to occur! I just needed a hit. Ha! Ha! I am not sure if I can offer a sufficient reason for my disagreeable mood other than I really miss my girlfriends and feel very far away from my mom. Or, it could just be that my camera is so jacked up, my less than acceptable pictures are causing me a headache.
However, never fails…something or someone reminds me why I decided to make such changes….
I caused quite a stir the other morning, unintentionally of course. Breakfast consisted of eggs and Dried Fruit Couscous. At the last minute, and in an attempt to use up some of the ripening nectarines, I grabbed my grill pan, gave it a spray of PAM, and tossed some “naked” slices on the heated skillet. The natural juices carmelized to perfection and the nectarines became almost….dare I say…orgasmic! Many of the clients hadn’t thought to grill stone fruits and are planning to try the simple task when they get home. Of course, I added that pineapple and watermelon work wonderfully as well.
I think I will bring forth grilled watermelon tomorrow. Yum…..
**Serves 12-15!
Dried Fruit Couscous
3 cup of orange juice
1 cup of apple juice
1 cup of raisins
1 cup of granny smith apple, diced
3 cinnamon stick
2 ¼ cup couscous
1 cup low fat vanilla flavored Greek yogurt
2 Tbsp. honey
Combine the orange juice, apple juice, raisins, apples and cinnamon stick in a saucepan, and bring to boil. Stir in the couscous and then remove from the stove, letting stand for 5 minutes after that.
In the meantime, grill your choice of stone fruit on a grill pan lightly sprayed with PAM. When ready to serve, remove the cinnamon stick from the pan, and fluff the couscous with a fork.
Mix the yogurt and honey in a small bowl. Serve with the couscous and grilled fruit.
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