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Baby Leek and Mushroom Quinoa

Recipe by: Jan Cutler

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The protein-rich seed quinoa teams beautifully with baby mushrooms, leeks and a hint of lemon to make a light and simple meal. Scatter with toasted seeds for extra crunch. Delicious!

Baked couscous tomatoes

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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Large beef tomatoes make juicy containers for a spicy dried fruit and nut couscous mixture, served with creamy yoghurt. All that's needed is some warm crusty bread to complete the meal.

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Baked sea bass with barley pilaf and watercress

Recipe by: Chrissie Lloyd

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Barley and celery add vitamins and minerals to this dish, while their textures enhance the delicate flesh and wonderful flavour of sea bass.

Barbecued Vegetables with Couscous

Recipe by: Christopher O'Hearn

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The sweetness of barbecued vegetables is balanced by a tart tomato sauce, which mixes perfectly with simple couscous. A lovely light summer meal that is sure to get you to your five a day.

Barley pilaf with herbs

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Like rice, barley can be cooked as fluffy, separate kernels, or made risotto-style, as in this delicious dish – gently and steadily stirred with liquid to produce a smooth, creamy texture.

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Bulghur wheat and prawn salad

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Bulghur is coarsely ground wheat grains that have been parboiled, so it's quick and easy to prepare and makes an ideal storecupboard standby to use in salads as well as in hot dishes. This nutty-textured, colourful salad makes a great main dish for a summer lunch or picnic, and looks pretty enough for a special buffet.

Bulgur wheat and fish salad in a lemon dressing

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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A gutsy fish salad using orange roughy, a New Zealand import with a hint of shellfish flavour.

Bulgur wheat pilaf with nuts and seeds

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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Although high in fat, nuts and seeds are extremely nutritious, and just a handful gives a satisfying crunch to this pilaf.

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Cajun barley

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Barley is one of the crops that farmers love, due to its short growing season and hardy nature. We should love this nutty, wholesome grain too, since it is so good for us. Here it has been given the flavours of the American Deep South, with a range of green vegetables and plenty of spice. Serve it with sausages or lamb kebabs.

Chicken chermoula with fruity couscous

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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Chermoula, a North African mix of spices, gives a warming flavour to this chicken served on a mild and fruity salad.

Couscous and flageolet niçoise

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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This is a bright, cheery salad with a real Mediterranean feel and flavour. Couscous is mixed with pale green flageolet beans, then tossed with fresh green beans, tomatoes and cucumber in a piquant dressing made with sun-dried tomatoes. Serve as a main course for a delightful summer lunch.

Couscous Casablanca

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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A hearty veggie stew with couscous. Couscous is the staple food of much of North Africa, where it is often served topped with tender, colourful vegetables, drenched in delicious gravy and spiced with a traditional hot chilli sauce called harissa.

Couscous with chickpeas

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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Taking its inspiration from North African cuisine, this healthy, wholesome vegetarian dish makes a satisfying main course.

Crab, avocado and bulghur wheat salad

Recipe by: Azmina Govindji

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Fresh crab is a real summertime treat. It is rich in flavour and combines well in a salad with crunchy apples and bean sprouts, chunks of perfectly ripe avocados and nutty-flavoured bulghur wheat.

Crispy Oat Crusted Fish

Recipe by: Pierre

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Porridge oats make a crispy coating for fish. Serve warm with chips and lemon or with a salad.

Curried roast chicken with couscous

Recipe by: greennie

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A great blend of exciting and subtle flavours that are infused into the chicken during cooking, making every bite juicy and lively. I like to make the chicken just a bit on the spicy side, as when it is served with a side of mildly spiced couscous it mellows just enough. Makes the whole house smell delicious!

Feta and couscous salad

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Apart from being an excellent source of starchy carbohydrate, couscous is a great background for other ingredients. In this lunch salad, both raw and lightly steamed vegetables are added to the couscous together with toasted almonds, fresh mint and creamy feta cheese. A touch of chilli gives extra bite to the dressing.

Fish soup with pepper polenta

Recipe by: Azmina Govindji

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Good stock provides the flavour base for this delicate broth. If you are not making your own low-salt stock, try a high-quality commercial stock sold chilled, rather than a stock cube, but still keep added salt to the minimum. The polenta accompaniment is prepared in advance, so the soup is simple to cook at the last minute.

Grilled Lemon Plaice with Golden Couscous and Fennel

Recipe by: Jan Cutler

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A bed of couscous spiced with turmeric and flavoured with fennel soaks up the buttery cooking juices from grilled plaice – an amazingly fast meal that looks and tastes terrific.

Grilled polenta and tuna pizza

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Polenta is a wonderfully versatile ingredient, as is shown by this quick and simple base for pizza. On its own, polenta can be quite bland, but it is an excellent foil for other flavours such as the tuna, olives, herbs and rich tomato sauce that make up the pizza topping. Serve the pizza with a green salad.