Cucina Linda

Couscous are actually a tiny pasta. Ready in 5 minutes, they can be substituted for rice as a quick side.

1 cup couscous
6 or 7 dried apricots diced
1/4 cup shelled roasted salted pistachios

1 cup orange juice with a chicken bouillion cube added.

Place couscous, apricots and nuts in a deep bowl. Microwave orange juice and bouillion cube until boiling, stirring to dissolve. Pour over couscous, and cover bowl with a plate. Let stand five ...

I visited Morroco in my early twenties, and the warm flavours of cinnamon and cardoman, cloves and tumeric, combined with lamb and dried fruit have stayed with me a long time. This dish, although very fragant, is not very hot.

2 lbs boneless lamb shoulder, trimmed of most fat, cut into 1" cubes
1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup butter
2 cups very thinly sliced onions
4 garlic cloves crushed

1 1/2 cups (about 3) chopped apples
1 tbsp ...