Tag: couscous

Wild Salmon with Couscous, Cucumber, Chickpeas, Feta, and Parsley and Sautéed Rainbow Chard

Wild Salmon with Couscous, Cucumber, Chickpeas, Feta, and Parsley and Sautéed Rainbow Chard

There are some terrific fish on our little planet and while we are, indeed, overfishing our seas , I constantly marvel at how delicious certain varieties of aquatic vertebrates are, including mackerel, sardines, cod, swordfish, trout, branzino, striped bass, salmon, etc.  Much of the overfishing talk centers on Tuna, which is a large industry in Southern Italy, especially near Sicily (where the world’s best tuna is […]

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Branzino with Feta, Parsley, and Red Onion Couscous and Sautéed Spinach with Garlic

Branzino with Feta, Parsley, and Red Onion Couscous and Sautéed Spinach with Garlic

When it comes to consuming food, a golden rule we aim to follow is centered on eating “whole foods”; namely, minimally processed from scratch food items.  For example, buying whole bean coffee (and roasting it yourself if possible) and grinding it before each use is better than buying a mega container of preground, and unforgiving, Folgers or Maxwell House and, […]

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Recipe: Summer Couscous with Feta and Tomato

Recipe: Summer Couscous with Feta and Tomato

Photo: via Veri on Flikr. If you haven’t experimented with Couscous then you’re missing out on a wonderful product.  Most couscous is made from semolina wheat, but Israelis make their couscous with hard wheat and it’s usually larger in size.  Traditional couscous takes a good amount of time to prepare, but most folks in the US use the quick cooking, and thus […]

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