- prep: 5 min
- cook: 6 min
- total: 11 min
Summary
This light and lemony couscous is the perfect side dish alternative when you’re bored of rice or pasta!
Ingredients
- 1 cup instant couscous
- 2 cups chicken/vegetable stock
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- Salt & pepper, to taste
- Handful of flat leaf (Italian) parsley
- 1/4 - 1/3 cup sliced almonds
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 1317 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 54 g 82.46%
- Saturated Fat: 12 g 57.9%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 31 mg 10.17%
- Sodium: 1063 mg 44.28%
- Calcium: 251 mg 25.07%
- Potassium: 1878 mg 53.67%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 6 mg 30.67%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 168 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 16 g 65.04%
- Sugar: 17 g
- Protein: 44 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 9 g
- Vitamin A 12.09%
- Vitamin C 108.27%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat10
- Exchange - Fruit1
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch9
- Exchange - Vegetables1
- Exchange - Lean Meat3
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total6 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit1 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total5 oz-eq