Description
This is a healthy, delicious, and easy side dish that takes about 10 minutes to make. I’m borrowing the name from Pasta Primavera which, like this recipe, takes advantage of fresh, seasonal, green produce.
Ingredients
- 2 cups dry couscous
- ½ cup chopped green onions
- 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, finely diced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
- 2 cups vegetable stock
- 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 cup shelled fresh or thawed frozen peas
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine couscous
- green onion
- jalapeno
- olive oil
- cumin
- cayenne pepper
- and black pepper in a large bowl; stir until olive oil is completely incorporated.
- Bring vegetable stock
- asparagus
- and peas to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.
- Pour stock
- asparagus
- and peas over couscous mixture; shake bowl to settle couscous into liquid. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork
- then stir in mint and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 6