Add something flavorful to your family's Middle Eastern dinner! Cook couscous with Beans and serve with vegetable kabobs - a tasty meal.
Veggie Kabobs with Cumin-Scented Couscous
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 35 min
- Ingredients 14
- Servings 4
Ingredients
Couscous
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon vegetable-flavor instant bouillon
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 (15-oz.) can garbanzo beans or Progresso™ Chickpeas, drained, rinsed
- 1 cup uncooked couscous
Kabobs
- 8 fresh whole mushrooms
- 2 medium zucchini, cut into 1-inch-thick slices
- 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/2 small red onion, cut into 8 wedges
- 2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
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Step1In medium saucepan, combine all couscous ingredients except couscous. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in couscous. Cover; let stand while broiling kabobs.
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Step2Meanwhile, spray broiler pan with nonstick cooking spray. Thread mushrooms, zucchini, bell pepper and onion onto four 12-inch metal skewers. Place on sprayed pan.
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Step3In small bowl, combine oil, vinegar and garlic salt; mix well. Brush over kabobs.
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Step4Broil 4 to 6 inches from heat for 10 to 12 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender, turning once halfway through cooking. Fluff couscous with fork; serve with kabobs.
Nutrition
380
Calories
9g
Total Fat
14g
Protein
60g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 380
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 610mg
- 25%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 60g
- 20%
- Dietary Fiber
- 9g
- 36%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 14g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 40%
- 40%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 3 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Fat;Tips from the
Pillsbury Kitchens
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