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The wonderful thing about couscous is that you can cook it well in advance and keep it in the fridge. I know what you mean about eating late, when my other half first worked in London he wouldn't get home until 8pm and we would normally eat at 9pm (I don't think that is very good for you!!) I do try and eat my food fairly early and he now gets home about 7pm so I try and have our dinner ready for then. |
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I get in no later than four and the kids are normally hungry from school, so I start dinner straight away. We have dinner about 5pm, which is good for me cos once its done I can sit down and relax for the eve!!! This low carb diet does seem to be making it easy to choose good foods. Meat, salads, veg's - and the benefits are that I can still have the "indulgence" foods that no other diet allows - like cream and cheese. Also I havent felt hungry at all. In fact I feel better all round!! |
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Tonight i'm making shrimp creole, rice, and the everpresent ciabatta roll (love those things  ) |
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Mmmm that sounds tasty.......  |
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It is indeed tasty, Mags  Fairly quick to prepare once you've diced the vegetables..I use coarsely chopped tomatoes in addition to the celery, green pepper& onion..my recipe also calls for a strip of bacon done crisply and drained...use a little bit of that bacon grease in addition to peanut oil for sauteeing(spelling?)  then, of course the cooked shrimp, & add the crumbled bacon...found this recipe years ago & fix it often. Incidentally, I always use long grain brown rice; much prefer it to white rice; not only think it is yummier, but also healthier...do any of you on this thread like brown rice also? |
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I never knew that about cous cous, that makes things easier for me!! I like brown rice too, although I don't have any in at the moment!! I am on stuffed pasta, veg and some sauce (not too sure which yet) tonight. |
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BT yes couscous is sooo easy...best if you are not going to eat it straight away to add a little bit of either butter or olive oil, otherwise it can stick together quite well when it cools. Well I have had fish for lunch and I have no idea what I am having for dinner tonight as me and the people here from work are going out for dinner then on for a spot of bowling  I will have a healthy meal now though  |
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Have you tried Bulgar wheat? Not quite sure how it works ( ) but I think it's part-cooked wheat grains, chopped a bit and dried. Comes in dry packs just like rice and cous cous. To serve you just pour on boiling water and leave for maybe 10 minutes. That's it, so it's similar to cous cous in that respect. Has a bit more taste and texture than cous cous.You can let it cool and use as the basis for tabboulleh (?sp) - a middle eastern salad with lots of chopped cucumber and mint, some tomato, lemon juice etc. |
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Just had a chicken and onion omlette!! Low carbing!!!! Very filling, if not unusual!!! |
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