Ten-Minute Couscous Soup

I know it's been a long time. There have been so many good dishes that I wanted to post about, but I've been too busy finding instances of plagiarism in the papers of my students and running in circles trying to do dissertation-related activities. So, there you have my excuses. But this recipe, courtesy of 101 Cookbooks, made me push aside the mounds of paper and piles of books and dust off ye old bloggie.

This soup is so easy and quick and rewarding. And healthy! I poured a 32oz. box of chicken stock into a pot, brought it to a boil, added a cup of dry couscous, let it simmer for about 5 minutes, then threw in some cubed dried sausage, a package of mixed cut up broccoli/cauliflower, some julienned sun-dried tomatoes, let that sit for a few minutes, then served in a bowl with some grated jalapeno havarti on top. And I had all of these ingredients on hand except the sausage and cheese! You could easily make a veggie version with vegetable stock and no sausage.

This is perfect for the busy week-nights where you get home late and you're too tired to cook. And then you have leftovers the next day! My only word of caution: I would have some extra stock on hand to add to the soup because the couscous will soak up most of the liquid.

Don't count me out of the cooking-blogging game--I'll be back!