Breakfast Couscous With Fruit

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup nonfat milk
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ground nutmeg (i use a couple of shakes)
• 1 cup couscous
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 3/4 cup cranberries
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange sections, drained
• 2 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted (or walnuts, pecans, etc...)

Recipe

• 1 add the milk, cinnamon, and nutmeg to a saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat.
• 2 stir in the couscous.
• 3 cover and remove pan from the stove burner.
• 4 let stand for 5 minutes.
• 5 add in orange juice; fluff with a fork.
• 6 in a small saucepan; add the cranberries, water, and honey.
• 7 cook over low heat for 4-5 minutes or until the cranberries begin to pop; take pan off of stove burner.
• 8 gently stir in mandarin orange sections.
• 9 spoon couscous mixture into individual bowls.
• 10 tope with cranberry-orange mixture.
• 11 sprinkle almonds over the top.