Mom meal #1: Couscous with tuna and olives

Posted on | November 1, 2008 | | Printer Friendly

Wow. Cooking when you have a baby is mega tricky. The best recipes are the ones when you can stop cooking in the middle of a recipe to attend to diapers, crying or a hungry cat. So far, this easy meal salad is my new staple recipe. I should have taken a photo, but well… there is no photo. Please use your imagination until I get around to taking a photo. I’ll get to it eventually since I’ve made this recipe already twice in a week. For those who know me, it’s pretty unusual for me to cook with tuna, but even ME (the tuna hater) loves this recipe.

Mom’s Can-do Tuna Couscous

1 cup whole wheat couscous
1 cup chicken broth
1 can tuna (I use whole tuna packed in water)
cherry tomatoes (as many as you like)
sliced olives (I like a mixture of black and green)
sprigs of parsley

Dressing:

2 Tbsp lemon juice (or more)
5 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp honey
salt and pepper to taste

How to:

Boil the chicken broth and remove from heat. Stir in couscous and let sit until fluffy.
Add salad ingredients: tuna, tomatoes, olives.
Stir in dressing.
Serve warm or cold. If you’re a mom, you won’t care if it’s warm or cold… as long as you can eat it uninterrupted.
Top with some parsley if you’re feeling gourmet.

Category: Salad

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