DDELC Week 11

I wasn't going to share this recipe but as I was putting it away I took another bite and it was so yummy I had to have another serving.  It isn't 100% local but I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and thought if she can use store bought pasta and the occasional olive, or caper -- well, it is still a lot better than lunchables.  So here it is adapted from a recipe from Whole Foods.

Greens with Couscous

• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1 or 2 cloves minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• sea salt, to taste
• ground pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup whole wheat couscous
• 1/4 cup chicken broth, vegetable broth, or water (I used water)
• 4 cups chopped greens (I used Kale)
• 2 ounces crumbled feta cheese
• 2 tablespoons lightly toasted pine nuts

Saute onion, tomato, and garlic in oil over low to medium heat, stirring for about 5 minutes. Cover and continue cooking over low for 5 more minutes. At the same time, In another pan boil 1/2 cup water.  Turn off heat and add couscous once it boils. Add the greens, salt, pepper, and broth. Cover and cook for 5 to 8 minutes more or until greens are bright green and tender enough to chew. Remove from heat.  Stir the couscous and greens mixture together.  Add feta and pine nuts. Cover a minute more to allow the cheese to melt.

Enjoy!!

local:  onion, garlic, tomato (my CSA has been giving us green tomatoes and this one had ripened on the counter -- a good recipe to use this less than perfect tomato), Kale and feta cheese 

Non local:  pine nuts, couscous, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Comments

[Bri]

Jasmine, I'm reading Animal Vegetable Miracle too. I think it's so wonderful more and more people are making conscious decisions about where their food comes from. I figure we can't be perfect all the time, so if we just make an effort to eat more locally, that's a big start. Our eating habits evolve and if we can eat more seasonally and locally, it's really okay if our olive oil isn't. But I do try to buy things that are closer than other things. Like I was looking at avocados at my community health food store. The haas were from Chile and the fuertes were from my state. 400 miles away, but still closer than Chile. Anway, I'm glad to find yet another fearless blogger out there eating consciously. :)