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Couscous with seven vegetables

  • Time to make: 30 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 2 onions, chopped
    • 400g can chopped tomatoes
    • 1 cup salt-reduced vegetable stock
    • ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes
    • ¼ cup sultanas
    • 2 medium carrots, peeled, cut in 2cm pieces
    • 2 cups shredded green cabbage
    • 2 cups frozen broad beans
    • 1 cup couscous
    • ¼ cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
    • 2 medium courgettes, cut in 2cm pieces
    • 400g can chickpeas, drained, rinsed
    • 80g low-fat plain yoghurt
    • chopped parsley, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Heat oil in a large saucepan over a medium-high heat. Add onions and cook for 5 minutes until softened. Add tomatoes, stock, chilli flakes, sultanas, carrots and cabbage. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes or until tender.

    2 Meanwhile, place broad beans in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Stand for 1 minute. Drain then rinse under cold running water. Peel off outer skin and discard. Set beans aside.

    3 Place couscous in a medium-sized bowl. Pour over 2 cups boiling water and cover. Soak for 2-3 minutes until water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork and stir through first measure of parsley.

    4 Add courgettes, chickpeas and broad beans to tomato mixture. Cook for 1-2 minutes until courgettes are tender. Serve couscous topped with vegetable mixture, yoghurt and parsley.

    Variations

    Add chopped eggplant, pumpkin or broccoli to boost your vegetable intake even higher.

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