Are you getting bored with having rice or sweet potatoes as your carbohydrate source? why don't you try cous cous to spice up your diet?

A cup of cooked Cous cous has 176 calories, 36.46 grams carbs and 5.95g protein so is a great carb dish that doesn't leave you feeling too full.

You use cous cous just like you would rice, just stir it through with diced chicken, soy sauce, some chilli and veges and you've got a great tasty healthy meal. Here's how you cook it:

Ingredients: 1 cup uncooked cous cous, 1 1/4 cup water, 1/2 tsp salt

Directions:
1. Gather the ingredients you will need to cook your couscous: a saucepan, bowl, cup measure, couscous, 1 1/4 cups water, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and a dish towel.
2. Measure out 1 1/4 cups of water and then add the water and salt to a saucepan.
3. Heat the water until it is boiling.
4. Place the boiling water and couscous together in a bowl.
5. Stir the ingredients together.
6. Cover the bowl with a dish towel and let it sit for 5 minutes.
7. Remove the dish towel and then fluff the couscous with a fork.

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