I kind of threw this meal together with the limited items that I had in the house. We wanted to try the Weight Watchers garlic-pine nut couscous, so I added it as one of our sides. First I took 2 chicken breasts and placed them in a plastic Ziploc bag, added 2 teaspoons of olive oil and 1 capful of McCormick’s Rotisserie Chicken seasoning. Shook the bag up until the chicken was fully coated and placed them on the grill. While the chicken was cooking on the grill, I trimmed my green beans and placed them in a sauce pan with 2 cups of vegetable stock. I let those cook until they were tender. About 7 minutes before everything was going to be done, I started the couscous.
Below is the Weight Watchers Garlic-Pine Nut Couscous recipe.
Weight Watchers Garlic-Pine Nut Couscous
POINTS: 3
Servings: 4
Serving size: ½ cup
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Cooking time: 2 minutes
Level of difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 large garlic clove, crushed
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2/3 cup uncooked plain couscous
2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
Instructions:
Combine 1 cup water, 1 large garlic clove, crushed, 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Stir in 2/3 cup of uncooked plain couscous. Remove from heat, and let stand for 5 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts, and toss with fork. Serve immediately.
*This recipe was taken from ‘Weight Watchers 5 ingredient 15 minute cookbook’.
This meal was very good, unfortunately we did not have the pine nuts for the couscous but it was still very good. I would recommend this recipe to others…but make sure you have the pine nuts.
Green beans cooking:
Green beans cooking #2:
Couscous:
Sides cooking:
Final product:
Final product #2:
CLICK HERE for a printable copy of the Weight Watchers Garlic-Pine Nut Couscous.
