Jeweled Couscous

A side dish that is as tantilizing for the eye as it is for the palate.

Cook couscous according to pkg directions. Typically this is to boil water, pour in couscous, cover, remove from heat, wait 5 minutes, add butter, fluff with fork.

Dice finely a variety of colourful extras like:
1 carrot
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
1 small onion
1 stalk celery
1/2 sweet potato
2 - 3 florets of broccoli

Other addable items:
1/2 cup peas (frozen or not)
1/2 cup corn (frozen or not)
1/2 cup chickpeas (from a can)
1/2 cup black beans (from a can)
1 scrambled egg

Pick a variety of intersting colours and tasty flavours. When you have diced or measured out the items you want to include you can begin stir frying them.

Warm some olive oil in a large fry pan or dutch oven. Add the hardest, raw vegetables first. This would be the carrots, sweet potato etc. After a couple minutes add the next hardest items. The frozen vegetables last.

When the vegetables are cooked add the cooked couscous over top. Salt and pepper to taste. Add a 1/2 cup of water or chicken broth put on the lid and allow the water to steam off. Serve.

Variation:
Add leftover cooked meat to create a complet one dish meal. This works well with canned salmon or tuna as well.