I wish wish wish I had dried cranberries in my stockpile of deliciousness. The Food Network recipe is actually cherry couscous pudding, but the closest thing I had was a bag of red berries of the "cran" variety.
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| This has whole wheat couscous, almonds, milks, and not too much sugar. This is healthy. I promise. Or at least I would promise it if I knew for sure that it really was healthy. But if you're going to have a pudding, eat this. |
Without further ado, here is my version of the recipe (only a few slight alterations).
Start off by combining 1 cup of 1% milk with 1 cup of vanilla soy milk or almond milk in a medium saucepan. Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon of delicious almond extract (Steve's favorite extract!), and a pinch of salt. Heat the combination at a medium temperature. Once it gently begins to boil, add 3/4 cups of whole wheat couscous, 1/3 cup dried cranberries, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Cover, let it cook for two minutes, then turn off the heat and let it sit (covered) for 8 minutes. Then, grab a fork and fluff up your couscous concoction. Spoon it into bowls and top with some sliced almonds. Or, if you are very hungry and greedy, just leave the pudding in the pot, add almonds, and eat the whole thing yourself. I bet you could make and eat this in 20 minutes, so no one has to know.
My friend suggested I list everything you'll need, so here it is! A grocery list for Sarah:
- milk
- soy milk or almond milk
- sugar
- almond extract
- salt
- whole wheat couscous
- dried cherries (or cranberries if you want to be as sad as me)
- cinnamon
- sliced almonds