Fruit and Nut Couscous
By: Michelle Nichols
Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 - 3:55pm

Ingredients




10 ounces box of Original Plain Couscous *I used the Near East brand
1 cup water
1 cup apple juice
3 Medjool Dates, diced
3 tablespoons crystallized ginger, chopped
1/2 cup *cranberry fiesta mix (dried cranberries, coconut, walnuts,<
1/4 cup honey, save a little to drizzle on top
1/4 cup apricot preserves

Preparation

1 Prepare couscous according to package using 1 cup of water and 1 cup of apple juice. 2 While couscous is cooking, chop the dates and ginger. 3 Move couscous to a large bowl, while it’s still warm, add the dates, ginger, craberry fiesta, honey and apricot preserves. Gently stir until well combined 4 Serve warm with a drizzle of honey.