Herself's Recipes

1/2 cup cooked, diced mushrooms, I use baby portabella
1/2 cup crumbled feta
1/2 cup diced, cooked, caramelized onions
1/2 cup diced, cooked red peppers
1/2 cup diced fresh tomato

1 cup couscous
1.5 cups water

Cook the couscous, while you cook your onions, red peppers mushrooms. I use olive oil and toss them each in separate skillets.

Combine the cooked couscous, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and tomato. Stir and let it cool before adding feta.

Serve at room temperature.

Serves 4 as a side dish, 2 as a main dish.

Couscous is made from grains of wheat that are moistened and rolled in dry wheat powder. Buy the larger size couscous that’s sold by itself and I think you’ll find you like it much more.

Couscous is a staple in Northern Africa and also popular in Mediterranean countries.

In some countries couscous is made from barely, millet or corn. So read the label to see what you are buying.

Couscous is made like rice, about 1 part couscous to 1.5 parts water, bring the water to a boil, add couscous and cook until water is absorbed and grains are tender. Usually about 5 minutes.

Technically Florentine refers to dishes made in the Florentine, Italy style. These dishes include spinach and use a cream sauce. Over time that has shifted and it now usually refers to dishes with spinach and cheese. Rumor has it that Catherine de Medici brought the dish from Italy to the French court of Henry II in the mid 1550s.

This is a nice way to use up spinach or dress up some rice. I usually serve this dish with fish.

1 cup white rice

2 cups water

1 cup cooked spinach ( about 12 oz boiled )

1/4 cup Parmesan or other hard cheese, grated

1/2 white onion diced

1 Tablespoon butter

Take the rice, water and place in microwave for 15 minutes or so until water is evaporated.

In a small skillet brown the onion in the butter until clear.

Add spinach, cheese and cooked onions to your rice.

*If you try to save time by cooking the spinach with the rice, you will end up with green rice.

*If you add the spinach, cheese and onions to the rice before it is done you’ll loose some of the flavor. Wait and add them at the end.