crunchy couscous

really easy - the only cooking is bunging some hot water on the couscous, though sprouting the moong beans took a couple of days.

Ingredients

1. small cup of couscous
2. 1/2 tsp veg stock powder (optional)
3. about 1/8th red cabbage (or whatever you have lurking in fridge)
4. olive oil
5. 1/2 lemon
6. 1/2 red chilli (or that ready-squished stuff)
7. 1/2 cm ginger (ditto)
8. 2 spring onions
9. 1/2 cup bean sprouts (i sprouted some moong beans, but whatever you can get hold of)
   

Method

• Put the couscous in a bowl and cover with boiling water. If you want tastier couscous (but with more salt), add some veg stock powder. stir and leave to soak.
  
• Meanwhile, chop the cabbage and chilli finely. Grate the ginger and slice up the spring onions.
• Once the couscous is no longer gritty, toss together with the rest of the ingredients, adding more seasoning if required.
  

confusingly tasty cottage sprout salad

i wasn't going to blog this, cos it didn't taste that interesting until i added the last ingredient - the caramelised onions, which really sorted out the flavours ... and even made plain cottage cheese vaguely edible.

Ingredients

1. a medium onion
2. large handful sprouts (i had cress, mustard, beansprouts)
3. 2 tbsp plain cottage cheese
4. 1 tsp capers
5. sprinkling dried chilli
   

Method

• chop the onion and spread on a plate. bung in the microwave for at least 5 mins on high to caramelise.
• put the sprouts in a bowl, add the chopped capers and cottage cheese. add the chilli, if using, and squish it all together.
• when the microwave goes bing, stir in the warm onions. the sweetness of the onions balances the tartness of the sprouts.... mmmm.