{"id":216,"date":"2012-03-14T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2012-03-14T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T00:30:00","slug":"cranberry-apple-israeli-couscous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Cranberry Apple Israeli Couscous"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Preparing grains with fruit speckled throughout is pretty new to me.<\/p>\n

I love salads with strawberries or oranges tossed throughout, drizzled with a poppyseed dressing or raspberry vinaigrettee…heck, spinach with mandarin oranges and sliced almonds was our go-to standard salad growing up.<\/p>\n

But grains, really? Can you have fruit for dinner?<\/p>\n

Oh, yes you can! We made Israeli couscous for the first time last week. The Whole Foods container of the stuff has been sitting in our pantry for about a year, and it was time to try it. Delicious! I love the consistency of this tiny pearl-shaped grain. Regular whole wheat couscous is our standard, but this was fun to mix it up. And adding fruit brought the dish to another level.

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Cranberry Apple Israeli Couscous<\/span>
This grain dates back to the 12th century and even earlier. It cooks quickly, holds the flavors of the herbs you add, and is a delicious side dish. We served this alongside baked talapia and fresh steamed broccoli.<\/i> <\/a>
Simplified from Giada<\/a>
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1 cup Israeli couscous
1 cup of water
1 cup broth (I used veggie)
1\/4 cup dried cranberries
1\/2 tart apple, chopped into bits
Dash of dried rosemary (or 2 t. fresh chopped rosemary)
Salt and pepper, to taste<\/p>\n

In a medium saucepan on medium-high heat, pour in the olive oil. Add the couscous and cook, stirring occasionally until slightly browned and aromatic, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the water and broth and bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 to 12 minutes or until the liquid has evaporated.\u00a0 Stir in the\u00a0 rosemary, salt, pepper, apple, and dried cranberries. <\/p>\n

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Oh, man, I am getting hungry. Happy evening, folks.<\/p>\n

Happy eating!
\u00a0Laurel<\/div>\n

~Laurel~<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Preparing grains with fruit speckled throughout is pretty new to me. I love salads with strawberries or oranges tossed throughout, drizzled with a poppyseed dressing or raspberry vinaigrettee…heck, spinach with mandarin oranges and sliced almonds was our go-to standard salad … Continue reading →<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5,175,40],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-apples","tag-couscous","tag-cranberry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}