{"id":241,"date":"2010-10-29T19:40:09","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/29\/herbed-couscous-pilaf-with-variations\/"},"modified":"2010-10-29T19:40:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T19:40:09","slug":"herbed-couscous-pilaf-with-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/29\/herbed-couscous-pilaf-with-variations\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbed Couscous Pilaf (with variations)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>4 points<br \/> <span>Yield:<\/span> <span> 4 servings (serving size: 3\/4 cup)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/find.myrecipes.com\/recipe\/i\/hex\/clear.gif\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"13\" \/><span style=\"line-height: 16px;\">1 tablespoon olive oil<br \/>1\/4 cup finely chopped shallots<br \/>1 cup uncooked couscous<br \/>1 cup plus 2 tablespoons fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth<br \/>1\/4 teaspoon salt<br \/>1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley<br \/>1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme<\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p>1. Heat a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan, swirling to coat. Add shallots; saut\u00e9 2 minutes or until tender. Stir in couscous; saut\u00e9 1 minute. Add broth and salt; bring to a boil. Cover, remove from heat, and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Stir in parsley and thyme.<\/p>\n<p> <\/span>Tex-Mex Variation:<\/p>\n<p>In place of broth, use 1\/2 cup canned diced tomatoes with chiles, 3\/4 c broth and 1\/2 c frozen corn.\u00a0 Omit salt and herbs; stir in 1 Tbsp of lime juice and 1 Tbsp cilantro.<\/p>\n<p>Curried Currant Variation:<\/p>\n<p>Add 1\/4 tsp curry powder to shallots as they saute.\u00a0 Increase broth to 1 1\/4 cups.\u00a0 Add 1\/4 c dried currants to pan with broth.\u00a0 Omit thyme.<\/p>\n<p>Tomato-Feta variation (5 points):<\/p>\n<p>Prepare as directed with less salt (1\/8 tsp).\u00a0 Stir in 3\/4 c quartered grape tomatoes, 1\/3 c crumbled feta cheese, 1 Tbsp chopped basil and 1 Tbsp lemon juice.<\/p>\n<p><span>CALORIES 205 ; FAT 3.7g (sat 0.5g,mono 2.5g,poly 0.5g); CHOLESTEROL 0.0mg; CALCIUM 20mg; CARBOHYDRATE 35.6g; SODIUM 263mg; PROTEIN 6.5g; FIBER 2.6g; IRON 0.8mg <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 points Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3\/4 cup) 1 tablespoon olive oil1\/4 cup finely chopped shallots1 cup uncooked couscous1 cup plus 2 tablespoons fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth1\/4 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme 1. Heat a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan, swirling to coat. Add &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/29\/herbed-couscous-pilaf-with-variations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Herbed Couscous Pilaf (with variations)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-starch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}