Month: January 2018

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Broccoli Couscous


You can use whole wheat couscous in this recipe to have healthy carbohydrates. This dish can be served as a salad (you can add more ingredients to make it a rich salad), a side dish or as a main dish if served with a beef stew, chicken stew or whatever strikes your fancy!

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Servings 2
Author LDS's Mom

Ingredients

  • 1 medium head broccoli crown
  • 1 cup fine plain dry couscous
  • 1 ยฝ cup warm water
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Separate the broccoli florets.
  2. Place broccoli in a food processor and pulse until obtain fine couscous sized granules(about 2 cups).
  3. Heat about 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium low heat and add in the blended broccoli.
  4. Cook for about 7 minutes, stirring constantly and add salt to taste. Stir and set aside.
  5. Prepare couscous by putting in a bowl, water, pinch of salt and about 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
  6. Pour in the couscous and let absorb the water completely for about 5 minutes. The couscous will double or triple in size, so you may obtain up to 3 cups couscous.
  7. Fluff couscous with a fork, then place in a steamer.

  8. Steam couscous for about 15 minutes(I like to steam my couscous, I think that it tastes better when

    steamed).

  9. Pour couscous in a large bowl, and fluff with a fork again.
  10. Drizzle with about 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
  11. Mix 2 cups steamed couscous with the blended cooked broccoli. You can add less couscous to the blended broccoli if you prefer less carbs.
  12. Serve Broccoli Couscous drizzled with olive oil.
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Bรฉchamel Sauce

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Ingredients

  • 2.4 tbsp all purpose flour
  • 2.4 tbsp unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • salt, pepper to taste
  • 1/8 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

Instructions

Bechamel sauce or white sauce is used as a base for other sauces and it is used in several recipes, such as croque monsieur/croque madame, lasagna. It requires few ingredients and it is easy to make.

  1. First prepare the bechamel sauce by melting the butter in a saucepan over low heat.
  2. Add in the flour and stir constantly to cook the flour butter mixture for about 4 to 5 minutes over medium low heat.
  3. Pour in the milk and continue to stir. At this step season with salt and pepper and add in nutmeg.
  4. Bring the sauce to a boil while stirring constantly.
  5. Take out the saucepan from the heat and continue to stir for 1 to 2 minutes.
  6. Put back the saucepan in the stove and allow it to boil for a second time while stirring constantly for about 2 to 3 minutes to make sure that the sauce is completely cooked.
  7.  Once the sauce is thickened and boiled the second time, it is ready.
  8. Pour the sauce in a bowl and cover it with a plastic wrap to the surface to prevent skin from forming.
  9. Let cool and refrigerate until ready to use.
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