Saffron Recipe √ Saffron Couscous

A light side dish or a great lunch box salad. The addition of saffron makes it just interesting enough!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons warm water
• 5 saffron threads, or more to taste
• 1 cup couscous
• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 1 celery stalk, diced
• ¼ cup dried currants
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon harissa, or to taste
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• sea salt to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Combine warm water and saffron together in a bowl.
2. Mix couscous and vegetable broth together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove saucepan from heat, cover saucepan, and let sit for 5 minutes. Fluff couscous with a fork and transfer to a bowl.
3. Stir saffron mixture, celery, currants, olive oil, lemon juice, harissa, cumin, and sea salt into couscous. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories264.1
• carbohydrateContent42.7 g
• fatContent7.3 g
• fiberContent3.4 g
• proteinContent6.3 g
• saturatedFatContent1 g
• sodiumContent236.3 mg
• sugarContent7.2 g