Orange Cranberry Couscous Like Whole Foods'

Submitted by Garlic Chick

"I love to pick up the orange cranberry couscous at Whole Foods Market but it's a little spendy. So I took the ingredient list from this salad and employed the methods from a similar salad in the "Whole Foods Market Cookbook" and voila!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup dried couscous
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup water
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
• 1⁄2 cup dried sweetened cranberries
• 1 cup drained canned mandarin oranges, cut up
• 2 tablespoons toasted slivered almonds
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley

directions

1. In a sauce pot, bring the orange juice, water, first 2 teaspoons olive oil and grated ginger to a boil
2. Add the couscous and stir well, cover and allow to reconstitute for 10-15 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, stir together the dried cranberries, mandarin oranges, almond slivers and chopped parsley.
4. Add the fruit mixture to the couscous and stir together.
5. Top with the final teaspoon of olive oil and salt and pepper to taste.

Reviews

[CookingLaura]

this is a very good recipe. I left out the almonds and parsley as I did not have them, it was very flavorful, I felt it could use another layer of flavor, maybe it was lost in the absence of parsley. I love the ginger and orange juice combo. Yum

 

[mickie49]

YUMMY!!!! This is wonderful. Only change I made was to use chopped cashews in place of the almonds. Oh yeah, served it at room temperature when first made then chilled the next day-----either way--it's a definte hit! Thanx!