Comments on: Vegetable Couscous

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 20:14:36 +0000

This is tasty and easy. Adding a bit of cinnamon the second time I made it greatly enhanced the flavor. With the cinnamon, this recipe is going into permanent rotation.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:57:11 +0000

This was FANTASTIC! I have a family of 5, so I doubled the recipe. Should have tripled it! I was short on zucchini/squash, so I added a bag of frozen brussel sprouts. I was out of couscous, so we opted for quinoa. Substitutions worked well for us! GREAT way to use chickpeas!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:54:42 +0000

Dishes like this make week three of a plant-based diet a breeze! Love the soft sweet raisins against the spicy vegetables and chickpeas. I had one zucchini and one summer squash so that’s what I used and it was delicious.

I will definitely be checking out more recipes from this site!

By: Izzy

Izzy — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:56:34 +0000

Made this today and I must say that it almost didn’t even make it into my mouth, it smelled so strange!

I left out the raisins, and added carrots and would definitely make it again.

I’m not sure how Zucchini diluted the flavor. I was fairly generous with the spices, so perhaps that helped. Loved this, thanks so much for sharing!

By: Markef

Markef — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:55:39 +0000

People might want to out the Zucchini, as it tends to dilute the flavour. Instead, like the the Tunisians, you could use turnips, cardoons and small cabbages.

Also , if you have access to proper harissa beldi (not the tinned stuff) this will make an enormous improvement and once you start to get picky, you’ll probably see the benefit of the traditional preparation method (‘en 3 fois’) and of cooking fine, rather than medium grain couscous.

However you look at it, this is a still a classic vegetarian dish.

By: Amy Young

Amy Young — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:39:52 +0000

Was looking for a couscous recipe and searched your blog. Made this because we had all the ingredients available. So easy!

We loved it! Even my husband who is a meat-eater and somewhat picky. Yum!