Cous Cous Recipe

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I have lost 4lb this week (with the help of a sickness bug midweek). 4lb of the 14lb I wish to lose before christmas. I have 5 weeks to do 10lb and my confidence is soaring.

I have set off on the right foot. I have my food in order, the exercise is daily routine that adds up quickly and all I can do is what I have time for with 3 kids, a husband, a house and a dog to care for. At the moment that equates to 50 mins medium walk 2 x a day. (8 WW bonus points worth - I do not trade them in for extras)

I am the type of person who eats to feel satisfied.

I eat to feel good.

I eat good food.

I try to eat my biggest meal at lunchtime so I have time to burn it off over the rest of the day and have a smaller evening meal with extra salad.

I've never been slim, yet I am educated on food and I know what I should do, it's just not always easy. The nicest foods are always the baddest.

So stealing the idea from one of my favourite bloggers, I thought I would share todays lunch and a basic recipe for a Healthy Filling Lunch.

    Roasted Spicy Vegetable Couscous-Meditteranean Style

Take a selection of your favourite vegetables that you have sitting around.

I used:

2 medium onions (cut into segments, half, then quarter like an orange then cut in half again)
8 mushrooms quartered or halved depending on size
a good handful and a half of cherry tomatoes
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
a good pinch of chilli flakes (I'm a chilli fiend)
2 tbsp olive oil.

Roast in the oven gas mark 7 (220oC) for around 20 minutes. Longer if you prefer your veg well done but I like mine with a little bite to them. (It does look and sound a heck of a lot veggies but remember they are good for you and point free on WW. So fill up guilt free)

Make up 120g cous cous to packet requirements. In the UK we get a lovely variety of ready flavoured cous cous, I use the morroccan cous cous. This normally is add water, cover and wait 5 mins. On the packets, they will often recommend adding butter or oil, I dont do this since my veg juices and oil will be added later.

If you can't get ready flavoured cous cous add a few of your favourite spices, chilli, corriander, tomato paste and a little chopped garlic make a great base for cous cous too.

Once veg is cooked as you like mix cous cous and roasted veg in big bowl and serve.

I add a good handful of rocket leaves (any peppery washed salad leaves are great for this) and mix to wilt in the steam and add a little on top to garnish.

Yum yum.

This is a big old bowl of food (it could feed 2 if you have small apetites but I do like a good bowl of food! - thats why I'm overweight haha, But I do have 3 set meals a day and try not to snack) and equates to 9 points on WeightWatchers. (7 points couscous - 2points oil) If it is too much, it is just as good chilled and served with chicken as a main meal for around 12pts.

This is also good with raisins/sultanas thrown into cous cous (with the boiling water to juice them up) to give a sweetness slick to compliment the chilli kick.

I enjoy cooking as it's how I like to get creative every now and then.

Good cooking can be done from experimentation and I made this completely by trial and error and I never have the same veg mix twice in a row.