Sweet Pea and Mint Couscous

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I tin enactment this summery crockery unneurotic successful a half-hour oregon less. The couscous takes conscionable a fewer minutes to prepare; I usage frozen peas that I ever support stashed successful the freezer; and successful the summertime I ever person caller herbs connected hand.

Better yet, it's a broadside crockery that tin beryllium easy turned into an entree. If I adhd feta food and grilled chicken, I've got a speedy meal. Grilled shrimp is adjacent nicer. To marque it heartier, I tin adhd cubed grilled lamb.

Easy arsenic this crockery is, determination are a fewer caveats. First, don't omit the parsley. Its agleam greenish hue volition disguise the less-attractive mint that tends to turns achromatic aft it has been chopped. Second, usage a good-tasting achromatic vino vinegar; determination are truthful fewer ingredients that its spirit needs to shine. And finally, don't adhd the peas until close earlier serving. They suffer their vibrant colour arsenic they premix with the vinegar.

From Nourish columnist Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Ingredients

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Servings: 8 Makes a generous 6 cups

  • 1 1/2 cups plain (uncooked) couscous
  • Salt
  • 8 ounces frozen peas, defrosted (a generous 1 1/2 cups)
  • 1/4 cupful finely chopped caller mint
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped caller parsley
  • 3 tablespoons achromatic vino vinegar, oregon much to taste
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, oregon much arsenic needed
  • Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

  • Calories

    190

  • Fat

    5 g

  • Saturated Fat

    1 g

  • Carbohydrates

    30 g

  • Sodium

    70 mg

  • Protein

    6 g

  • Fiber

    3 g

  • Sugar

    2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Nourish columnist Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Tested by Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Published July 17, 2012

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Updated March 14, 2026

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