Vegetable Stew With Couscous Recipes

VEGETABLE COUSCOUS STEW

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and saute until softened, approximately 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add thyme, zucchini, squash, and mushrooms. Saute for 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and stir. Add tomatoes, stock, and garbanzo beans. Let simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Add more stock if dry. Add 1/4 cup parsley, red wine vinegar, and basil. Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Add the raisins and remaining parsley to the prepared couscous, and stir to combine. Plate couscous and spoon stew over the top.

ROASTED VEGETABLE STEW WITH MOROCCAN COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Transfer the cut vegetables to prepared baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and black pepper. Roast the vegetables for 20 minutes or until tender and golden brown.
• In a large saucepan, combine broth, tomatoes, cumin, and thyme. Set pan over high heat and bring to a boil. Stir in all but 2 cups of the roasted vegetables (reserve 1 cup of the roasted vegetables for the Eggplant Caponata and 1 cup for the Chicken Curry). Reduce heat to medium and simmer 5 minutes.
• Cook couscous according to package directions, adding apricots and cinnamon before the addition of boiling water.
• Remove vegetable stew from heat and stir in cilantro. Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper.
• Spoon cooked couscous into shallow dinner bowls and top with vegetable stew.

HEARTY VEGETARIAN STEW WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook onion and garlic in the hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Add potatoes, squash, beans, tomatoes with juice, vegetable broth, cumin, and coriander; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until squash and potatoes are soft enough to eat, 30 to 50 minutes.
• Ten minutes before the stew is finished cooking, bring 1 3/4 cups water to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in couscous; cover, and remove from the heat. Let stand for 5 minutes, then season with salt and stir in butter.
• Remove stew from the heat and stir in lime zest, 1/2 of the cilantro, and 1/2 of the mint.
• Serve stew next to couscous on a plate with a tablespoon of yogurt. Sprinkle with remaining cilantro and mint and serve with a lime wedge.

MOROCCAN CHICKPEA AND VEGETABLE STEW WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet on medium high heat.
• Add the zucchini, onion, carrot and garlic.
• Saute 5 minutes.
• (For a time-saver, use the matchstick carrots from the produce department) Stir in the broth, and the next 9 ingredients, and bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce the heat, and simmer for 8 minutes or until tender.
• Stir occasionally.
• While the stew simmers, bring the 1 1/2 cups water to a boil, stir in couscous, and remove from heat.
• Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Serve stew over couscous.

ROASTED VEGETABLE STEW WITH MOROCCAN COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450*.
• Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Place the cut vegetables onto the baking sheet and drizzled with olive oil.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast the vegetables for 20 minutes or until tender and golden brown.
• In a large saucepan, combine broth, tomatoes, cumin, and thyme. Bring to a boil.
• Stir in all but 2 cups of the roasted vegetables. Save remaining vegetables for another use. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Cook couscous accodring to package directions, adding apricots and cinnamon before the addition of boiling water.
• Remove stew from heat and stir in cilantro. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon cooked coucous into shallow bowls and top with stew.

VEGETABLE STEW WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• In a large non-stick skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and cook squash and onion with salt to taste, stirring occasionally, until browned lightly, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to moderately low and cook mixture, covered, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes, or until squash is almost tender.
• While squash mixture is cooking, in a small saucepan bring water to a boil. Stir in couscous and let stand, covered, off heat 5 minutes. Stir in parsley and salt to taste and keep warm, covered.
• Add mushrooms to squash mixture and sauté over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are golden. In a large measuring cup stir together broth, cider or juice, and flour. Stir broth mixture and raisins into vegetable mixture and simmer over moderate heat until sauce is thickened slightly, about 2 minutes. Place mustard greens or chard on top of stew and add salt to taste. Simmer stew, covered, 1 minute, or until greens are wilted.
• Serve stew with couscous.

MOROCCAN VEGETARIAN STEW

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat; saute onion until tender. Add seasonings; cook and stir 1 minute., Stir in squash, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until squash and potatoes are almost tender, 15-20 minutes. , Add zucchini and beans; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until vegetables are tender, 5-8 minutes.