Israeli Couscous with Currants and Mint

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Ricotta provides creaminess with fewer calories.

currants

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: raisins

Dried cranberries add a tangy flavor and are often less expensive.

In a saucepan, bring 2 and 1/2 cups of water to a boil.

Add 2 cups of Israeli couscous to the boiling water and stir.

Cook until the water is fully absorbed, about 5 minutes.

Tip the couscous into a mixing bowl.

Add the finely grated zest of a lemon, 1/2 cup of lemon juice, 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, and 1/4 cup of currants soaked in 2 tbsp of orange juice to the mixing bowl.

Leave the mixture for 5 minutes to allow flavors to develop.

Give it all a good stir to combine.

Season to taste and top with about 40 mint leaves.

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