DollopWhat to make with couscous: 16 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on couscous, easiest first. The quickest is Microwave Mediterranean tuna couscous, on the table in 12 minutes, and the cheapest is Moroccan-spiced couscous with chickpeas and carrots at $1.65 a serving. Eight of them are simple enough for a first try.
Microwave Mediterranean tuna couscous
$2.49 a serving
12 min
Lemon garlic couscous with zucchini and feta
$3.36 a serving
20 min
Moroccan-spiced couscous with chickpeas and carrots
$1.65 a serving
25 min
One-pot tomato couscous with spinach and feta
$2.97 a serving
25 min
Harissa beef and couscous
$3.28 a serving
30 min
Harissa chicken with couscous
$2.76 a serving
30 min
Curried couscous with roasted cauliflower
$3.28 a serving
40 min
Sheet pan harissa chickpeas and carrots with couscous
$3.05 a serving
40 min
Microwave chraime (spicy North African fish in tomato sauce)
$2.49 a serving
18 min
Microwave lemon pepper fish with couscous
$2.49 a serving
20 min
Harissa salmon with couscous
$6.06 a serving
25 min
Mediterranean chicken and couscous
$3.42 a serving
40 min
Air fryer beef kebabs
$5.65 a serving
50 min
Moroccan couscous with tfaya (caramelized onions and raisins)
$2.76 a serving
55 min
Moroccan chicken drumsticks with carrots and couscous
$2.16 a serving
60 min
Whole roasted harissa cauliflower with couscous
$2.37 a serving
90 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.
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