Yesterday’s trip to the grocery store brought home new foods for me to try: couscous, zucchini, and fresh dates.  The dates are great!  I’ve had them tried in cereals before, but never fresh.  Yum, tasty. 

I looked for recipes for the couscous and zucchini.  I read a few and tried to follow them.  Here is my attempt cooking:

Doesn’t look too bad I think.  The couscous makes me think of pictures of caviar I’ve seen.  Here it is plated for my dinner with a bit of rotisserie chicken…

It didn’t taste too bad.  It didn’t taste too good either.  Mainly, it tasted like nothing.  I ate it.  Then, I packed the remainder in a bento for the next day. I woke up this morning and decided there was no way I could get through that couscous dish again!  I think I would like couscous.  I didn’t mind its consistency or texture.  But there was just no taste.  It was just blah.  So instead, I packed a repeat of yesterday.

So here is what I had for lunch today: more chicken spaghetti, carrots, blueberries, mozzarella stick, and a date.

On another note, Feisty asked about the recipe for the mozzarella chicken.  I must state that there isn’t much of a recipe; much of it comes out of a can.  Mainly, I take fresh chicken breasts, stick them in a pan with a bit of olive oil and brown on both sides.  I season the chicken with a bit of garlic pepper blend, salt, and tony chachere’s.  I stick that in a crockpot with a large can of Hunt’s garlic/herb tomato sauce.   Feel free to doctor the sauce to your particular tastes.  Once the spaghetti has finished cooking (about 3 hours in my house), I add some shredded mozzarella (prepackaged) during the last 1/2 hour.  That’s about it.  However, I must say I recently found a great looking recipe for spaghetti sauce on Recipezaar the other day.  I am going to try it sometime in the future and report back on my success.

If anyone out there reading has some suggestions on the couscous, I’m all ears!!