The World’s Top 10 Best Foods Made With Couscous

Braised Chickpeas and Vegetables with Couscous, Harissa Yogurt, and Soft Eggs from

Normally on Fridays I post some un-healthy looking cakes or treats that everyone loves the look of, but no-one really wants on these hot summer days. So it is time for a change and for a while (unless everyone hates them) I will be posting some lighter, healthier and all together cooler summer foods. Today we will be taking a look at Couscous! Think it sounds boring? Time to think again….

The World’s Top 10 Best Foods Made With Couscous

Israeli Couscous with Red Pepper Sauce

10 – Pepper Perfect

This mouth watering dish is made from Israeli couscous with comes with a rather tasty looking red pepper sauce. There is a full recipe and making guide in the image link, so if you fancy making this healthy summer treat just get clicking on that image!

Fruit and Pomegranate juice Couscous

9 – The Work of Art

This idea doesn’t have a recipe or a making guide in the image link, but you know what? It doesn’t matter because it doesn’t need it! With the couscous being purple because it was made with pomegranate juice not water! It is a great idea and a great blog, so check it out.

Crisp couscous and saffron cakes

8 – Back to the cakes!

Best served with a tomato chutney or relish and a green salad these crispy couscous cakes sound like a nice non heavey summer snack. Full recipe and guide to making them is in the image link, so if you fancy making them just click on the image!

Braised Chickpeas and Vegetables with Couscous, Harissa Yogurt, and Soft Eggs

7 – Breakfast, couscous style!

What better way to start the day than with vegetable couscous dish made with braised chickpeas, harissa yogurt, and a nice soft egg! Well is sounds like a nice summer meal to me. Fancy making some? Well there is a full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Slow Cooked Veal with Couscous

6 – Vealy good for vou!

I love a good stew like meal and this looks like one I need to try for sure! Slow cooked with 4 veal shanks and a couscous center my mouth is watering just looking at them! So why not make something extra special for tonight’s meal and try this. Full recipe and guide and be seen by clicking on the image.

Wiki-Wiki Volcano Couscous

5 – The couscous of Pompeii

What better way to get the kids to eat a healthy meal than to make this couscous volcano with the lava being a sweet chilli sauce! It even works as an unusual meal idea to surprise the family with. Well I thought it was a great idea and a full recipe and making guide can be found by clicking on the image and going to the original source.

Couscous-Stuffed Peppers

4 – Need a couscous meal idea? Then Get Stuffed!

It doesn’t matter what you place into a hollowed out pepper it always makes it look tasty, and things are no different when it comes to couscous! I think it is best to do much like the image and make them with different coloured peppers to give the idea some much-needed colour. Once again there is a full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Creamy Couscous Salad With Crab And Dill

3 – Couscous with a pinch!

While this recipe is in fact make with imitation crab it would go just as nice with real crab. And I love most things sea based from fish to crabs, to cockles so this is right up my street. Once again there is a fantastic recipe and making guide in the image link.

Roast chicken with couscous & pine nut stuffing

2 – Get stuffed…again!

Family meals made with couscous just don’t get any better than this. What you are looking at is roast chicken that has been stuffed with a couscous & pine nut filling! My mouth just started to water so I better quickly tell you that a full recipe and making guide can be found by clicking on the image. I need to wipe my mouth now. Drool!

Tuna Cakes with Scallions and Lemon

1 – Fish and chips?!?

For me nothing says summer than walking down the beach eating fish and chips and this is where this incredible couscous meal comes into it because they are in fact garlic tuna couscous cakes with French fries! Light, summery and mouth-watering makes this the perfect combination. FULL recipe and making guide can be found by clicking on the image.