i don't eat salad. or raw foods. unless it's poke or sashimi or something with smoked beets/salmon in. i don't eat pasta either. i'll have skinny rice noodles, but nothing made of durum. except. except tabouleh. so much minty goodness. i use bulgur wheat and couscous interchangeably when i tire of rice and miss wheat. who would've thought such a thing was possible? one misses the strangest things--concrete, wheat, furniture.
anyway so this is my couscous breakfast. and yeah, i could and have had this for all meals in a day and it never gets boring. which is what i like about it. apart from the fact that it requires zero effort. if only i could add little matchstick sized carrots or something to it to make it more meal-like and balanced still be sure that i'd like it. otherwise it's just a lot of carbs with condiments thrown in. but i hate carrots and love this as it is. it's such a challenge to find something half healthy i can make at home and will willingly eat.
ingredients:
1/8 of a cup of couscous (and however much water the package indicates)
3/4 oz of mint leaves
1/4 of a large red pepper
1 tomato
1 inch of ginger root
half a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
the juice of half a lemon
and that's it. no parsley, onions, no endless chopping. just boil couscous with the olive oil added, let it rest, fluff it, and add the diced veggies in. it smells fresh and wonderful and makes you really full really quickly. this is good of at least two servings. if i could stick to a diet, i'd have this for brunch and lentil/bean soup for the rest of the day. except, i see a quiche a immediate want it. i think of sacher torte and immediately run to crepe heaven to get one. i stay on the arc trainer for half an hour and decide to reward myself with mambo chocolate love right after. true story. my arteries must hate me. i'm already feeling the hate from all muscle groups. maybe i can appease them by feeding myself lentil soups for the rest of the week.
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