Editor’s Favorite Aromatic: couscous soup with zucchini and tomatoes
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Fruits: This vegetable couscous soup with zucchini and tomatoes makes us happy every time. After a long day, this is just the thing for a culinary trip down south.
Happy with the Spoon: This wonderful couscous soup with zucchini and tomatoes is quick and easy to prepare, has delicious spices, and seduces with an abundance of flavour.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
800 ml vegetable broth
500 grams ripe or canned tomatoes
1 red pepper
1 onion
1 clove garlic
1 red pepper
1 zucchini
2 tablespoons of oil
150 grams of couscous
salt pepper
basil
Fresh grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
Roughly per part:
230 calories
6 grams of fat
35 grams of carbohydrates
6 grams of protein
Preparation time:
10 minutes (plus 20 minutes cooking time)
This is how it is done:
Boil vegetable broth in a saucepan. Heat about a liter of water in a kettle.
Boil fresh tomatoes with water from the kettle, rinse and chop finely.
Wash and dry the hot peppers and chop them into coarse slices. Peel the onion and garlic and cut into thin slices. Wash the peppers, cut them in half, and cut the seeds into small pieces. Wash the zucchini, trim the ends, cut in half lengthwise and cut into slices.
Heat the oil in a saucepan, and saute the chili, onion and garlic over medium heat until translucent. Add broth and tomatoes. Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer for ten minutes. Add pepper and zucchini. After five minutes, add the couscous. Season the soup with salt and pepper and serve garnished with basil. If you like, you can grate fresh Parmesan cheese over the tomato soup. Enjoy the happiness board!
advice Without Parmesan cheese, couscous soup is also suitable for vegetarians.
Our vegan Couscous soup with zucchini and tomatoes It is unusual and a very special surprise. Because many people know couscous only as an accompaniment to fish or meat – not in soup. Anyway, we’re totally excited about this alternative, which is why it’s a regular guest in our soup dishes. It is light and does not feel heavy on the stomach. Romanian egg soup also belongs to a selection of simple and delicious soups. Above all, we are advertisers of couscous lovers. If you feel the same way, try the chard rolls stuffed with vegan couscous and a cream cheese dip or a light couscous salad with feta and vegetables. Both recipes are prepared quickly and add variety to the dish. Just like these liquid slimming products you can discover in our gallery:
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