Photo: Sorin Gheorghita
Whole baked squash with spiced couscous
9 ingredients
Serves 2
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
836
Calories
15g
Protein
40g
Fat
114g
Carbs
Counts 9 of 14 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Couscous | 1 cup cooked (157g) | 176 |
| Pistachio | 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) | 159 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Pomegranate | 1/2 cup seeds (87g) | 72 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Molasses | 1 tbsp (20g) | 58 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Saffron | not in our table | 0 |
| Harissa | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 acorn squash or other small squash , tops sliced off, or 1 butternut squash, halved, seeds scooped out and brushed inside with olive oil
- 1 teacup couscous soaked in 1 teacup of boiling water with a few saffron threads
- 4 tbsp pistachios
- 3 tbsp parsley , chopped
- 1 tsp harissa , depending on how hot you like it
- 1 tsp ras-el-hanout (optional) available from seasonedpioneers.co.uk
- butter , melted to serve
- 2 tbsp dried sour cherries or dried cranberries
- pomegranate molasses (optional) available from Middle Eastern shops or Sainsbury's Special Selection
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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