cookingbites recipe challenge

In her wonderful book The Flavour Thesaurus (a must for any keen cook), Niki Segnit suggests pairing asparagus with black truffle. Its a delightful combination. The slightly sulphurous tang of cooked asparagus works so well with the musky, earthy truffle taste. I can buy truffle butter for a...

Sausage & Pickled Sage Couscous Makes 4 servings Ingredients 1 TB grapeseed oil 1 pound spicy Italian sausage, cut into 1-inch pieces (do not remove the casings) 1-1/4 pounds onions, sliced 1/4-inch thick (maybe 4 small onions*) 1 tsp coarse kosher salt, divided 1 cup couscous (not pearl)...

Ingredients: (Leftover cooked) 300g cooked quinoa (mine was cooked the previous day with a few pinches of turmeric, curry powder mix, salt, but feel free to add your favourite spices and/or herbs) 80 g of vegan cheese (to be grated) 3 small carrots (to be finely grated) 2 tablespoons Millet...

Ingredients: Pastry 2 cups flour (400 g of flour, plus about 150 to 200 g more for later), I used 300g of corn flour and 100g of millet flour 3 eggs 2 teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons water 2 teaspoons of guar and 30 to 50 ml of water, mixed well ( I used a milk frother) Filling 200 g of ground...

Crunchy Couscous Galette Makes 6-8 servings Ingredients 4 TB unsalted butter, divided 1/2 cup thinly sliced shallots 2 cups couscous (not pearl) 2 cups chicken broth Salt 3 large eggs 2 cups cheese of choice*, shredded or diced Freshly ground pepper 2 TB extra-virgin olive oil Directions...

Adapted from a recipe for Avgolemono, Greek chicken egg and lemon soup, read on The Kitchn ( without the E) website. Ingredients: 1 chicken breast fillet (other parts of chicken would do well to, possibly even fish) 1 onion 70 g quinoa (dry) 1 lemon (for the lemon juice) 3 eggs ( recipe called...

Ingredients: 70g dry couscous (I used buckwheat, you can use other) 125 ml hot water (not boiling) Pinch of salt for the couscous water Teaspoon of oil for the couscous water 4 eggs (or more, as desired) 75 to 100 ml of mayo (depending on your couscous) 2 tablespoons of sweet chilli sauce (any...

Raisin and Red Cabbage Couscous Makes 2-3 servings Ingredients 1 cup thinly sliced red cabbage 1/2 a medium onion, thinly sliced 1 large carrot, peeled and shredded 1 cup couscous (not pearl) 2 TB olive oil 1/4 tsp table salt, more to taste 1/2 cup golden raisins 2 tsp freshly ground cumin...

One of my favourite ways to cook chicken breast is ‘en papillote'. This method keeps the chicken moist and locks in flavour. It turns out to be a lovely way to cook couscous (after soaking) too and in some ways, resembles the traditional method of using a ‘couscoussier’ which steams the couscous...

Ingredients: Store bought 1 package vanilla flavoured pudding powder ( or other flavours you prefer) 250 ml soy milk ( any other milk you prefer) 10 ml liquid stevia ( or the amount of regular sugar indicated on the pudding package) 3 ml liquid vanilla essence ( or other aroma if you prefer...

Couscous with Shallots, Garlic, and Pine Nuts Makes 4-6 servings Ingredients 2 TB unsalted butter 3 shallots, thinly sliced 1 clove garlic, minced 2 cups quick (not pearl) couscous 1 cup water 1 cup chicken broth 3/4 cup toasted pine nuts 3/4 cup minced fresh parsley 1/2 tsp grated lemon zest 2...

Welcome to the CookingBites recipe challenge. The current challenge ingredient is couscous and medtran49 is our judge. To enter, all you need to do is post a recipe* which uses couscous (any type), tag it cookingbites recipe challenge, and post a link to it in this thread. The winner becomes...

It has been brought to my attention that the success of the challenge is starting to cause problems for the judge with the large number of entries for each ingredient. As such, I am planning a revision to the rules restricting the number of entries to the challenge that an individual can make to...