{"id":959,"date":"2009-11-12T14:52:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T19:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=959"},"modified":"2014-01-19T15:13:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T20:13:45","slug":"couscous-with-scrambled-eggs-quick-fix-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/couscous-with-scrambled-eggs-quick-fix-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Couscous with Scrambled eggs- Quick fix Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-961\" title=\"Couscous with scrambled eggs\" alt=\"img_3005\" src=\"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/img_3005.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dinner whipped up in under 15 minutes. Quick, yet filling..<\/p>\n<p>After a long hectic day, who wouldn&#8217;t want to see dinner ready on the dining table. The only thing we have to do is just enjoy the food and worry about nothing else. I don&#8217;t know how many times I would have longed for the same. These are the moments when I wished my mom was with me, I can&#8217;t stop appreciating her for not failing for even a single day and having not just dinner, but all meals ready on the dining table, even before we get hungry.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, was a real hectic day for me and I felt super lazy to cook. It&#8217;s no big deal for me if I get lazy to cook, the least thing I have to do is just pick up the phone and dial the number of any nearby restaurants. But yesterday, I didn&#8217;t feel like eating outside, as I had been eating outside continuously for the last few days. More than getting sick from eating restaurant food continuously, I am quite concerned about getting the next size jeans during my next shopping \ud83d\ude1b A Big No to that&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>I moved to a new place and right now I can only think about making quick and easy meals. As soon as the idea of making dinner in under 15 minutes struck my brain, I found my hands and legs moving towards the small, yet fancy kitchen in my suite. I whipped up the dinner with whatever I had in my pantry and refrigerator. Here is a quick fix dinner you could make after a long day or when you feel like not hitting the restaurant and when wanting for a homemade dinner. On these days Couscous, Pasta, Noodles and Salad comes to rescue me, it&#8217;s hard to find my pantry without these piled up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Couscous with Scrambled eggs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serves 4 people<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Couscous- 1 1\/4 cups<\/li>\n<li>Onion chopped- 2<\/li>\n<li>Chicken stock or veggie stock- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li>Canned Chick peas- 1 can, drained and rinsed<\/li>\n<li>Pepper powder- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Eggs- 2<\/li>\n<li>Green pepper, chopped- 1<\/li>\n<li>Salt- a pinch<\/li>\n<li>Extra virgin Olive oil- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Cilantro or parsley leaves chopped- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instruction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a deep bottomed pan, add 1 tsp oil, add 1 onion chopped and saute.<\/li>\n<li>Add chick peas to this and saute for another 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add 1 tsp pepper powder and add chicken stock.<\/li>\n<li>When the chicken stock starts to boil, remove the pan from the flame and sprinkle 11\/4 cups of couscous into the chicken stock while stirring gently.<\/li>\n<li>Cover and let rise for 2 minutes( all the water should be absorbed by the couscous).<\/li>\n<li>In the meantime,break 2 eggs into a bowl and whisk it with pepper powder, salt and keep it aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a skillet, add the remaining 1 tsp oil, add 1 onion chopped and saute.<\/li>\n<li>Add green pepper chopped to this and saute for 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs to this and scramble it, and stir fry it for a minute or so until cooked.<\/li>\n<li>Add the scrambled, cooked eggs to the covered couscous and give it a mix.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with Cilantro or parsley leaves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You could serve this on a lettuce leaves to give it a fancy look.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For vegetarians: <\/strong>use veggie stock, add more veggies of your choice along with the chick peas and you could even skip eggs.<\/li>\n<li>Serve with Baked Sweet potato fries, for recipe:<a href=\"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/baked-sweet-potato-fries\/\"> http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/baked-sweet-potato-fries\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\">\t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/img_3005.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Couscous with Scrambled eggs- Quick fix Dinner<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Couscous- 1 1\/4 cups<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Onion chopped- 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Chicken stock or veggie stock- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Canned Chick peas- 1 can, drained and rinsed<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Pepper powder- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Eggs- 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Green pepper, chopped- 1<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- a pinch<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Extra virgin Olive oil- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cilantro or parsley leaves chopped- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a deep bottomed pan, add 1 tsp oil, add 1 onion chopped and saute.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add chick peas to this and saute for another 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add 1 tsp pepper powder and add chicken stock.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">When the chicken stock starts to boil, remove the pan from the flame and sprinkle 11\/4 cups of couscous into the chicken stock while stirring gently.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Cover and let rise for 2 minutes( all the water should be absorbed by the couscous).<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In the meantime,break 2 eggs into a bowl and whisk it with pepper powder, salt and keep it aside.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a skillet, add the remaining 1 tsp oil, add 1 onion chopped and saute.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add green pepper chopped to this and saute for 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the eggs to this and scramble it, and stir fry it for a minute or so until cooked.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the scrambled, cooked eggs to the covered couscous and give it a mix.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Garnish with Cilantro or parsley leaves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ERNotesHeader\">Notes<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNotes\">You could serve this on a lettuce leaves to give it a fancy look.[br] For vegetarians: use veggie stock, add more veggies of your choice along with the chick peas and you could even skip eggs.[br] Serve with Baked Sweet potato fries, for recipe: http:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/baked-sweet-potato-fries\/<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: 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Quick, yet filling.. After a long hectic day, who wouldn&#8217;t want to see dinner ready on the dining table. The only thing we have to do is just enjoy the food and worry about nothing else. I don&#8217;t know how many times I would have longed for the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[801,412,332,371,26,419,85],"tags":[125,123,124],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americancontinental-breakfast","category-chicken-stock","category-chickpeas","category-couscous-by-ingredient","category-eggs","category-mediterranean-by-cuisine","category-quick-fix-meals","tag-dinner","tag-mediterranean","tag-quick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}