Recipe of the Day

There are a lot of good cooks in this bunch of people.  It's particularly impressive when you have to prepare such large quantities of food.  I'm going to start documenting my favorites so that I can re-live the deliciousness and perhaps re-create some of them myself.


Recipe of the day #1

Green couscous

From 'Plenty' by Yotam Ottolenghi

A good-looking and even better-tasting side salad. It has strong flavors and is
extremely healthful but still feels light and comforting.

Serves 4
1 cup couscous
3/4 cup boiling water or vegetable stock
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cumin

Herb paste
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 cup chopped cilantro
2 tbsp chopped tarragon
2 tbsp chopped dill
2 tbsp chopped mint
6 tbsp olive oil

1/2 cup unsalted pistachios, toasted and roughly chopped
3 green onions, finely sliced
1 fresh green chile, finely sliced
1 1/4 cup arugula leaves, chopped

Place couscous in a large bowl and cover with boiling water or stock.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave for 10 minutes.  

Meanwhile, fry the onion in the olive oil on medium heat until 

golden and completely soft. Add the salt and cumin and mix well. 

Leave to cool slightly.

To make the herb paste, place all ingredients in a food processor
and blitz until smooth.

Add the herb paste to the couscous and mix everything together with a fork
to fluff it up. Now add the cooked onion, the pistachios, green onions, 

green chile and arugula and gently mix. Serve at room temperature.

Multiply times six if you are living on a farm.  

I couldn't find the 'blitz' setting on the blender...maybe you can.