So good they named it twice

hope you all had a wonderful bank holiday weekend. I know we are still all on lockdown and many of us are getting a little fed up but I feel there is still so much to be grateful for.

Let’s look at the evidence; we’ve got beautiful sunshine, we have our phones, iPads, PCs so we can Skype, video call and now we of course everyone is “zooming”, then we have our home-entertainment, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sky et al.

We all have access to clean water, clean air and supermarkets full of all manner of ingredients to make anything our little heart’s desire - so, what are we all complaining about?

Sorry for getting on my soap box, which I do sometimes, so let me jump off my box and talk about food.

So, the sun is shining and it’s barbecue season!! Yeeeahh. I love a BBQ...Having

Isaid that, it’s not alwaysceasy to know what to serve with our barbecued meats and fish. I usually serve a nice salad, home-made coleslaw and some nice spicy dips but recently I have been experimenting with couscous.

I just usually buy readymade couscous but then I realised just how easy it is to make. You literally add boiling water to re-hydrate it then add some flavours. If you are a meat-eater like my husband, then you can use chicken or lamb stock to rehydrate your couscous and you will find that it soaks up the flavour beautifully.

If you are a veggie like my daughter then there is a whole myriad of vegetables and herbs you can add to give it some taste.

Couscous, it’s a very gracious ingredient and will take on any flavour you deem fit to bestow upon it.

On its own, it’s not very good (so it definitely wouldn’t like to self-isolate) it needs to be with others to come alive. Sounds a bit like me, anyway I am digressing - the point is that couscous has no real flavour nor taste of its own.

Having said that though, it is the perfect accompaniment to barbecued meats and fish. So don’t be shy, be generous and go for big flavours and you will be amazed how good it tastes - in fact it so nice, that they namedittwice.

LIME & CORIANDER COUSCOUS

Serves 2 to 4 people

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup couscous

2 tbsp fresh coriander Juice of 1 lime

2 tbs pomegranates (optional)

1 roasted or BBQ'd red pepper

1 tbsp olive oil

½ salt

½ pepper

METHOD:

1. In a large bowl, add the