Garlic Vegetable Couscous

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Kelly

Tonight’s dinner was another recipe by Savvy Julie. You can find it here.

This recipe sounded good to me because it includes two of my favorite things: garlic and zucchini. I have never had couscous before, but it sounded like something I wanted to try.

Overall this recipe was not hard, although it did involve a bit of good timing. Or maybe I just needed to read the whole recipe and prep things ahead of time. ahem. oops.

So here is the final product:

My consensus is split. But I think it is mostly good. The couscous was good. It reminded me a bit of oatmeal. Especially when it was cooking, it definitely smelled like oatmeal to me. The texture was kind of odd at first, but I got used to it, and I do like it. One more grain to add to the long list of carbs in my life! 🙂

Things that did not go so well: garlic. I am a huge fan of garlic, but I am not great at cooking it. This time it most definitely was burnt. There is such a fine line between it being toasted and browned and burnt, I have a hard time figuring out when it is done. I think that various dog/cat/tv/twitter distractions, and the fact that my stovetop is slightly unpredictable, might be the problem. I think I usually end up not cooking it enough, just to be on the safe side, but this time I’m pretty positive the pan was too hot and I definitely cooked it too much.

Aside from a slight taste of burnt garlic, it was pretty good. I’m still undecided about spinach. However, this was definitely better than my last try at spinach. Other than that, I think maybe I will grow into the flavors, if that makes sense.

Ease: B, quite a bit of chopping and prepping, but nothing too horrible. Just don’t be like me and try to make everything as you go 🙂
Taste: C+, this grade is mostly because of the burnt garlic and partially because I’m just not sure about the flavors.

Would I make it again? Ummm……couscous in general? Yes. Not sure about this exact recipe.

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