This Vegan, One-Pot Meal Is Loaded With Antioxidants

Moroccan cosucous with summer vegetables
Tatiana Boncompagni

Well+Good’s recipe writer Tatiana Boncompagni is a wellness reporter, group fitness instructor, and mom of three based in New York. She’s also the co-founder of Sculptologie. She believes that truly good food nourishes both the body and the soul, and that healthy food should be easy to make and even easier to enjoy. 

I love to cook, but when my schedule gets packed and I feel pulled in a bunch of different directions, the last thing I want to be doing is fussing around in my hot kitchen. My solution? Big-batch, one-pot cooking: Less clean up and you can eat for days.

With summer just around the corner, and craving a trip to somewhere exotic and fun—say, Marrakech—I threw together this Moroccan-spiced couscous and summer veggies stew. Couscous is made from semolina flour and is basically the pasta of Northern Africa; one cup has about six grams of protein  (that's roughly 12 percent of your daily recommended intake) and a healthy dose of an antioxidant called selenium, which is linked to boosting immunity. Plus, couscous cooks quickly, which is, of course, key when you are trying to spend less time over the stove.

The aromatic spices—there are a lot of them, but don't let that scare you!—add delicious aromatic flavors to the pot and smell like heaven when you cook them. A fresh sprinkle of parsley and mint is optional but I think worth the extra effort. Like a lot of stews, this one tastes just as good, if not better, the next day. You can easily reheat it on the stove top or do as I do and eat it cold on top of a bed of greens dressed with a simple olive oil and ACV vinaigrette.

Keep reading to get the recipe for Moroccan-spiced couscous with summer veggies.

Moroccan Couscous with Summer Veggies

When I was a teenager, I lived in Brussels with a family who had spent some time in Morocco and would eat couscous at least once a week. This dish brings me back to the first time I tasted those wonderful aromatic spices and the comforting textures of cooked zucchini and eggplant.

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  • Prep Time
    10 minutes
  • Cook Time
    30 minutes
  • Servings
    servings

Ingredients

For the spice mix

For the couscous and veggies

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