My main staple, my go to grain, my go to wheat, something that's always in my kitchen. It’s so good and so easy to prepare. It has healing properties, it has preventative properties, it’s nutritious and taste good.
Couscous is very high in selenium, which is an essential mineral that has loads of health benefits. The selenium in couscous can help with thyroid function, by aiding in the increase of hormone production.
Do you eat loads of fats and oils?
Eat some couscous it can help in lowering your risk of heart attack as well as certain cancers. Selenium reduces inflammation and oxidative stress in your body therefore, helping to reduce the risk of buildup of plaque and bad cholesterol on the artery veins and walls. Couscous is an excellent source of selenium.
Everything good about couscous is because of it excellent source of selenium. Eat up your couscous it will boost your immune system. It is a great source of plant base protein, so my vegans, non-vegetarians, everytarian and non-tarian this is for you. My gluten intolerance (celiac disease), diabetic people, friends and family, don’t be sad, we have fonio or gluten free couscous for you. While couscous has great nutritional benefits it might not be for everyone.
My go-to couscous dishes; seasoned couscous, fried couscous, couscous as the base of my veggie balls, couscous with anything stew is the best. I’ll leave one recipe with you, if you want more just leave a message below.
My Recipes
Seasoned Couscous
2 cups of water (pending on the amount of couscous you want)
1 ¼ cups of couscous
¼ cup Corn
½ cup diced Mushroom
½ small Onion
1tablespoon scallion
Thyme
Garlic
¼ Sweet pepper
1 tsp. Butter or coconut oil
1 tsp. Parsley flakes
Onion powder
Salt
Directions
In a large sauce pan or deep pot bring water to a boil.
Dice all seasoning onion {onion, thyme, scallion, garlic sweet pepper}
Add all ingredients except couscous to boiling water and cook for 10-15 mins
Remove pot from flames and stir in couscous and cover pot.
Allow to sit for 5 mins or until fully absorbed
Fluff with a fork and then serve
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