Tesco Cous Cous

I first ate cous cous when I was living in Brazil, it was made from ground sweet corn or rice. This is a different type of cous cous than the one usually purchased in UK supermarkets. Here cous cous is the type that originates from North Africa and is made from wheat . Traditional North African cous cous is a food of Maghreb or Berber origin and takes hours of preparation. This involves grinding, rolling and shaping large grains of hard moistened semolina wheat after mixing it to the correct quantities of water. It is then coated with finely ground wheat flour. Finally it is put through sieves and left for a few days, usually to dry in the sun. The finished ...  Read the complete review

I first tried couscous as a student on a French exchange programme. Being unfamiliar with the food, I found that this couscous stuff was something I liked. This meant I ate quite a lot of it! The stuff I had then was lemon flavoured and I was quite surprised when I came back to the UK to find there were other verities. As an adult and a keen sportswoman, couscous has now become a valuable part of my diet. Since turning vegetarian, it has also become one of my essential sources of protein. Tesco are always quite good for the basics and I find their couscous plentiful, cheap and easy to cook. Why is couscous so good? It is a great source of ...  Read the complete review

I first became obsessed with couscous about three years ago.. I had orded my shopping online and I was given a pack of couscous as a substitution.. and since then I've been hooked! Right now, as I write this review, I am tucking into a couscous and pinenut salad. Let me explain why the teeny tiny couscous grains are so good for you (especially if you're a vegetarian like me!) Couscous is absolutely delicious and so nutritious... *****Nutritional Properties 1. Good source of protein Protein is essential for growth (especially children and pregnant women), tissue repair and to make enzymes and hormones. Men need about 44 - 55g a day and ...  Read the complete review

Several years ago we spent a Christmas and New Year in Tunisia. It was a very different way of celebrating the festivities, and included being in the sea on Christmas Day! We discovered many new things, in this very different continent, we learned to haggle, to say “NO!” to the offers for our daughters and to eat some strange looking and delicious foods. One food item we came across was Couscous. The plainest of plain hard wheat, how boring it looked, but with some thought a very filling and versatile product and a great stand-by to have in the cupboard. We went on the trips organised by the Reps. Needless to say we learned the hard way and rarely ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to either cooking or eating healthy I'm positively useless at both of them tasks. Having an eating disorder (I'm trying to combat right now) I usually eat loads of junk food and cook nothing at all. It's very rare indeed you'd see me eating a proper prepared and hot meal and normally I'm the one who's sat eating cake or chocolate etc. Well all that this week has changed. I have a new fitness regime resulting in a 6 month contract at the gym and a healthy eating plan to boot. No more junk food, no more being ill after eating junk food just plenty of the right foods and general exercise. It's hard work all of it but I'm sure will be beneficial to ...  Read the complete review