Showing posts with label couscous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label couscous. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Couscous with 4 beans salad


Ingredients:
1 cup Couscous
250ml Chicken stock
1 can of 4 bean
2 tbsp butter
lemon

Tools:
medium sauce pan
wooden spoon


Procedure
1)  Bring to boil chicken stock in medium sauce pan
2)  Add Couscous mix thoroughly
3)  Cover and set aside for 3 minutes
4)  Add butter and a splash of lemon
5)  Rinse Beans
6)  Add Beans to Couscous
7)  Mix thoroughly
8)  Serve


Sunday, October 17, 2010

Lamb shank casserole dinner

Friday (15/10/2010) markde the beginning of a particularly cold spring weekend in canberra.  That weekend it hailed in the city and snowed in the alps.  Canberra was miserable on saturday.  I thought hmmmm what to do to make the weekend better.  After dinner with Patrick on Saturday (16/10/2010), I decided to host a 3 course dinner.  

Menu includes:

ENTREE:

                  Garlic chilli prawn with wilted spinach on Tomato and Basil Rice Cracker


MAIN MEAL:   

            Lamb casserole in red wine sauce
            Couscous with 4 beans salad


DESSERT:  

       Creme Brulee

Dinner was successful.