Coming up with a different meal every day that the whole family will enjoy can be a real challenge, especially during the school holidays. Keep your family coming back for more with these simple summer recipes, inspired by parents and their children.
Chicken & roasted vegetable couscous: Serves 4-5
Ingredients
- 70g mushrooms, sliced
- 70g onions, diced
- 70g aubergine, diced
- 70g celery, sliced
- 70g peppers, deseeded and diced
- 70g courgette, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
- 17ml vegetable oil
- 500g couscous
- 1/2 litre boiling water
- 1/2 vegetable stock cube (reduced salt)
- 270g cooked chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.
- Place the vegetables and garlic on a baking tray and drizzle with the vegetable oil.
- Roast the vegetables for 40 minutes, turning them over occasionally.
- In a large bowl, cover the couscous with boiling water and crumble over the stock cube, stirring it in. Cover the bowl with plastic film and set aside while the vegetables are cooking or until the water is absorbed.
- Fluff up the couscous with a fork, add the roasted vegetables and the cooked chicken and mix to combine.
Serving suggestion: delicious hot or cold
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