Carrot Couscous With Thyme Food

COUSCOUS WITH CARROTS AND RAISINS

Steps:

• Put the carrots olive oil, butter, salt, cinnamon, ginger, in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 8 minutes. Add the water and raisins to the carrots and bring to a boil. Stir in the couscous, pull the saucepan off the heat, cover, and set aside until the liquid is absorbed and the couscous is plump and tender, about 10 minutes.
• When ready to serve, fluff the couscous with a fork.

CARROT AND RAISIN COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil with 2 shredded carrots, 1/4 cup golden raisins, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, 1 teaspoon kosher salt and a pinch each of cinnamon and pepper. Pour over 1 cup whole-wheat couscous; cover and let sit, 5 minutes. Fluff and stir in chopped parsley.

CARROT COUSCOUS WITH THYME

Steps:

• In a small heavy saucepan cook the carrot in the oil over moderate heat, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the lemon juice, the sugar, 1 tablespoon of the water, the thyme, and salt to taste and simmer the mixture, covered, for 1 minute. Add the remaining 1 cup water, bring the liquid to a boil, and stir in the couscous. Cover the pan, remove it from the heat, and let the couscous stand for 5 minutes. Fluff the couscous with a fork.

ROASTED CARROTS WITH THYME

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place carrots in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. In a small bowl, mix thyme, oil, honey and salt; brush over carrots. Roast until tender, 20-25 minutes., ,

CARROT AND CILANTRO COUSCOUS

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix couscous, carrots and peas. Add boiling water, cover and let rest for 5 minutes or until veggies are tender but still crunchy and water is absorbed. With a fork, fluff the couscous.
• In a small bowl, with a whisk, mix lemon juice, oil, salt, fresh cilantro and ground coriander. Add this mixture to the couscous and mix delicately. Serve warm or at room temperature.

QUICK COUSCOUS WITH RAISINS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat, and cook and stir the carrots and onion until the carrots begin to soften and the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour in the chicken broth and water, and bring the mixture to a boil. Stir in the couscous, mixing well to avoid lumps, cover, and remove from the heat. Let the couscous stand covered until the water is absorbed, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the raisins, and serve hot.

MOROCCAN VEGETABLE COUSCOUS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan heat olive oil. Cook onion, pepper, carrot, and zucchini in hot oil for 5 minutes. Stir in stock, cabbage, tomatoes, coriander or parsley, salt, cardamom, caraway, and turmeric. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Uncover; stir in couscous. Remove from heat; let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Uncover and fluff with a fork.
• Meanwhile, for sauce, stir together yogurt or sour cream, mayonnaise, milk, basil, thyme, salt, and pepper.

SUMMER VEGETABLE STIR-FRY WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Toss eggplant and 1 teaspoon salt in medium bowl; let stand 30 minutes. Rinse and drain eggplant. Pat dry.
• Bring 1 1/2 cups water and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boil in large saucepan. Stir in couscous. Remove from heat. Cover; let stand 10 minutes. Uncover; fluff with fork.
• Whisk 1 1/2 tablespoons oil and vinegar in small bowl. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in wok or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add eggplant and carrots; stir-fry 3 minutes. Add zucchini and next 5 ingredients; stir-fry until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Add couscous and vinegar mixture; stir-fry 1 minute. Stir in basil and mint. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with pine nuts.

LEMON THYME COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Put the couscous in a heatproof dish.
• Add the thyme, bouillon powder, most of the lemon zest and juice.
• Add 900ml boiling water, cover and let stand for 10 minutes until the liquid has been absorbed.
• Fluff with a fork and stir in the parsley and olive oil.
• Season to taste, garnish with the remaining lemon zest and serve.

CARROT RAISIN COUSCOUS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat wine until hot. In a small bowl, soak raisins in wine for 5 minutes. Drain raisins, reserving wine. , In a large saucepan, saute onion in 1 tablespoon oil until tender. Stir in couscous. Cook and stir until lightly browned. Stir in the broth, raisins and half each of the salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Cover and remove from the heat. Let stand for 5 minutes; fluff with a fork., In a small skillet, saute carrots in remaining oil until crisp-tender. Combine sugar, molasses, reserved wine and the remaining salt and pepper. Stir into carrots; heat through., In a large bowl, combine couscous mixture and carrots; toss to combine.

CARROT PUREE WITH THYME

Steps:

• Scrape carrots and cut into medium slices, or slice in a food processor. Cook in boiling salted water just until tender, 3 to 5 minutes, depending on thickness of slices. Drain and rinse under cold water to stop cooking.
• Using steel blade of food processor, combine carrots with scallions and butter. Process into a puree. Season with salt, pepper and thyme, to taste. Refrigerate if desired.
• To serve, heat thoroughly, thinning with milk if necessary. Place in serving dish and sprinkle with almonds.

ROASTED CARROTS AND CAULIFLOWER WITH THYME

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Combine carrots, cauliflower, olive oil, thyme, garlic, salt, and pepper in a roasting pan; cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove foil, stir vegetables, and continue cooking until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes more. Toss vegetables with Parmesan cheese.

CARROTS WITH THYME

Steps:

• In a large skillet, combine carrots, butter, thyme, water; season with coarse salt and ground pepper. Bring to a boil over high and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid is absorbed and carrots are tender, 7 to 9 minutes.

COUSCOUS WITH CARROT AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt, couscous, and carrot; cover pan, and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes.
• Fluff couscous with a fork. Gently stir in cilantro and oil; season with salt and pepper.