This healthy mango couscous is lovely as a healthy snack or as part of the main meal. It is enjoyed cold so is perfect for a picnic or lunch at work. If you like my recipe for Caribbean rice then you are sure to love this too.
Enjoy this healthy mango couscous with these meals
This is a perfect accompaniment for stuffed peppers or a veggie burger. You could have it with most things and goes especially well with jerk chicken or a steak.
It’s a great easy meal to take to work as it does not need heating up and can be made a few days in advance. If you want to up the vegetable aspect of it you can add a handful of salad.
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This recipe can be easily made with leftovers you need to use up. If you have pepper and some salad like cucumber and spring onions that need using up it is a perfect way of making them into a delicious meal.
Why mango couscous is good for weight loss
This recipe is full of flavour, fruity and sweet but also low in calories and fats so it is great to keep you full when you are losing weight.
If you follow Slimming World, Weight Watchers (WW), Noom or any other weight loss plan you can usually count the ingredients in this recipe within your allowances. It is of course important to check yourself any plan you follow and remember all nutritional information and ingredients are found in the recipe card below.
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More recipes you may enjoy
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Healthy Mango Couscous
- Prep Time: 5 Minutes
- Cook Time: 10 Minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 Portions 1x
- Category: Main meal
- Method: Quick
- Diet: Low Calorie
Description
This tasty mango couscous is great for all the family to enjoy at a buffet, picnic or to take for your lunch at work.
Ingredients
175g Dry Couscous
200ml Vegetable stock, boiling
Zest and juice of one unwaxed lemon
25g Fresh chopped coriander
1/3 cucumber, diced
1 Red pepper, deseeded and diced
5 Spring onions, chopped
1 Fresh mango peeled and stoned then diced into small chunks
Instructions
Put the dried couscous into a large mixing bowl and add the vegetable stock. Stir well then set aside to soak for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare all the other ingredients. When the couscous has absorbed the liquid fully add other ingredients to it and gently mix.
Keywords: picnic, buffet food,
I’ve tried making couscous before but never managed to get it right. This version is packed with flavours though.
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Iam the only one that eats coscos this would be to much for me is there eny way I could cut this down to one
I would probably halve the recipe and have it over two meals. Instead of half a mango you could buy a prepared tub to make it easier.
mmm yummy, I can’t weight to try it (excuse the pun, lol) Thank you for your article, you are an inspiration to us all.
keep up the great work