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Spiced pumpkin, date, almond and moghrabieh salad.

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30 cracking cous cous recipes

Have a packet of cous cous tucked away and you'll never be stuck for a salad or a side. Great for soaking up roasted meat and veg juices too.

29 recipes
Roast pumpkin and cous cous salad.
EASY

Spiced pumpkin, date, almond and moghrabieh (pearl cous cous) salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Serve this zaatar-crusted chicken salad with flatbreads for extra carbs.

Zaatar-crusted chicken and cous cous salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Pumpkin and pesto pearl cous cous salad.
EASY

Pesto cous cous with maple roasted pumpkin and almond

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Zaatar spiced cous cous, nuts and green bean salad with date dressing.

Zaatar spiced cous cous, nuts and green bean salad with feta and date dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This lamb meatball bowl straddles the seasons.

Soupy lamb meatballs with fennel, cous cous and spring greens

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Syrian-style baked chicken with cous cous.

Speedy Syrian chicken bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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The lemony whipped feta works on its own as a dip, too.

Charred cauliflower salad with lemony whipped feta and pine nuts

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
Moroccan couscous with harissa glazed eggplant.
EASY

Moroccan couscous recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Pot o' gold: Jill Dupleix's baked sweet potato with chorizo cous cous.

Jacket sweet potato with chorizo cous cous recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Herby cous cous with creamy avocado tahini.
EASY

Green cous cous with avocado tahini

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Butternut pumpkin wedges with cous cous and parmesan crust.
EASY

Hasselback pumpkin with cous cous and parmesan crust

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Rachel Khoo
One-tray wonder: Lamb meatballs with moghrabieh.

Middle Eastern lamb meatball and giant cous cous traybake with yoghurt, kale and beetroot

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
This salad brims with the mellow fruitfulness of February.
EASY

Grilled zucchini, zaatar and pearl cous cous salad with cherry tomato confit

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Hetty McKinnon
This couscous absorbs both the stock and the roasting juices from the tomato to yield a dish that's strongly savoury and slightly sweet.
EASY

Roasted cherry tomato and cashew cous cous recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adan Liaw and Adam Liaw
Haloumi, zucchini, Israeli cous cous salad.
EASY

Haloumi, zucchini and cous cous salad with tomato chutney dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
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Stir-fried cous cous.

Stir-fried couscous

  • < 30 mins
  • Jane and Jeremy Strode
Neil Perry's lamb shoulder and carrot tagine.

Neil Perry's lamb shoulder and carrot tagine

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Lamb kofta with freekeh salad and harissa yoghurt.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's lamb kofta with freekeh salad and harissa yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
This slow-cooked lamb can largely be left alone on the stove.
EASY

Slow-cooked lamb with cumin yoghurt, chickpeas and pomegranate

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Grilled prawns with chermoula.
EASY

Karen Martini's barbecued prawns with chermoula

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Moroccan-style cous cous served with lamb chops.
EASY

How to make Moroccan couscous

  • < 30 mins
  • Mark leBrooy and Darren Robertson
Calamari with Moroccan spices and couscous
EASY

Calamari with Moroccan spices and couscous

  • < 30 mins
  • Luke Mangan
Couscous with dates and mint.
EASY

Couscous with dates and mint

  • < 30 mins
  • Luke Mangan
Pumpkin and couscous salad with beef.
EASY

Pumpkin and couscous salad with beef

  • < 30 mins
  • Dieticians Association of Australia
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Slow-cooked lamb shank and giant couscous salad

  • 2 hrs +
  • Heston Blumenthal
Neil Perry's seafood couscous

Neil Perry's seafood cous cous

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's warm pumpkin salad with lentils and chilli.

Warm lentil salad with pumpkin and chilli

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Serve this slow-roasted lamb with greens, thick yoghurt and bread.

Karen Martini's slow-roasted, spiced lamb shoulder

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Mediterranean-inspired pot-roasted chicken.
EASY

Pot roasted chicken with tomatoes and olives

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/cracking-cous-cous-recipes-20200325-h1mv3c.html