{"id":1790,"date":"2010-04-21T11:36:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T18:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2010-04-21T11:36:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T18:36:15","slug":"the-healthy-mediterranean-diet-couscous-with-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2010\/04\/21\/the-healthy-mediterranean-diet-couscous-with-vegetables\/","title":{"rendered":"The Healthy Mediterranean Diet &amp; Couscous with Vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Felicia Mcclinton from Mediterraneanrecipes.org is a guest author today\u00a0 for a recipe that includes ingredients used in the Mediterranean Diet with the benefits of the healthy Mediterranean diet, delicious tasting\u2026 but with not a lot of calories. We do invite guest authors a few times a month so if you\u00a0 would like info on how you could be guest author for a day here, email Sue at <a href=\"mailto:info@marialiberati.com\">info@marialiberati.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Couscous with Vegetables<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/couscousandvegetables.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"couscous and vegetables\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/couscousandvegetables_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"couscous and vegetables\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIngredients<br \/>\n2 cups &#8212; Couscous<br \/>\n4 pieces &#8212; Ripe Tomatoes<br \/>\n1 cup &#8212; Canned Corn<br \/>\n2 pieces &#8212; Carrots<br \/>\n1\/4 cup grams &#8212; Green Olives<br \/>\n1 piece &#8212; Green Pepper<br \/>\n5 tablespoons &#8212;\u00a0 Extra Virgin Olive Oil<br \/>\nYou can prepare 4 servings of this recipe within 40 minutes. Couscous and vegetables are easy to prepare and flavorful. Couscous comes\u00a0 from grains and bran and are normally cooked by steaming.<br \/>\nPreparation<br \/>\nFirst, wash and clean the vegetables. Cut the veggies into small pieces and put them in a bowl. Then you can add the grated carrot and corn. To season, you must add\u00a0 a pinch of salt and oil.<br \/>\nThe next step is to boil one quart of water with a tablespoon of oil. Add the couscous into the boiling water. Stir thoroughly until all the water has been absorbed. Cool the mixture then pout it into the vegetable bowl. Mix thoroughly and season with lemon juice.<br \/>\nNutritional Value:<br \/>\nThis recipe totals about 126 calories per 100 gram serving<br \/>\n\u00a0***About the Author &#8211; Felicia Mcclinton writes for the blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediterraneanrecipes.org\/\">http:\/\/www.mediterraneanrecipes.org\/<\/a> , her personal hobby blog she uses to help people learn how to make Mediterranean recipes to eat healthy to prevent diseases.<br \/>\nFor more great recipes get your copy of the book selected as the Best Italian Cuisine Book in the US:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/store\/page4.html\">The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special Occasions<\/a><br \/>\nVisit me at <a href=\"http:\/\/marialiberati.theopenskyproject.com\">OpenSky<\/a><br \/>\nSee you May 8th-2 PM- at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/appearances\">Borders Warrington, PA.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 for a book signing<br \/>\nSee you May 25th at 11 AM at Javits Convention Center, NY, NY\u00a0 for release\/book signing\u00a0 of the second edition of\u00a0\u00a0 the award winning book:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/store\/page4.html\">The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special Occasions<\/a><br \/>\nMaria<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/\">marialiberati.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 where food meets art, travel &amp; life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felicia Mcclinton from Mediterraneanrecipes.org is a guest author today\u00a0 for a recipe that includes ingredients used in the Mediterranean Diet with the benefits of the healthy Mediterranean diet, delicious tasting\u2026&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,7,30,11,655,32],"tags":[925,926,927,907,768,159,435],"class_list":["post-1790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caro-diariodear-diary","category-cucina","category-cucina-povere","category-recipes","category-slow-food","category-the-mediterranean-diet","tag-black-olives","tag-couscous","tag-extra-virgin-olive-oil","tag-female-celebrity-chef","tag-mediterranean-diet","tag-pasta","tag-vegetables"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}