Name: cous cous salad with roasted baby carrots
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 5 ½ cups cous cous; 500 ml chicken stock, hot; 1 tbsp butter; A bunch of baby carrots, washed, cleaned and tops removed; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp currants; ½ cup orange juice; 1 bunch watercress, washed; ½ cup Greek yoghurt; ½ tsp cumin

A North African staple , cous cous can be a light and tasty lunch or a perfect side dish for lamb or chicken.

Yields4 Servings

5 ½ cups cous cous

500 ml chicken stock, hot

1 tbsp butter

A bunch of baby carrots, washed, cleaned and tops removed

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp currants

½ cup orange juice

1 bunch watercress, washed

½ cup Greek yoghurt

½ tsp cumin

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Place the carrots on some baking paper on a roasting tray and drizzle with the honey, cook until tender and golden.

Place the cous cous in a bowl and pour enough stock over to cover the cous cous. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and allow to sit for 10 minutes or so. Take a fork and break the cous cous up, gently mix through the butter then add the orange juice and season to taste.

Chop the watercress roughly, and add this and the currants to the cous cous and fold through.

Place into a serving plate and add the carrots to the top. Mix the cumin through the yoghurt and drizzle over the top of the carrots.

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