Another Weird Concoction

So I’ve decided to call my latest weird concoction “Mardis Gras Couscous” just because it’s rather colorful and because I just pretty much threw in everything that I could think of, or that caught my eye at the store.

I got the idea from the other various concoctions I’d tried with my whole wheat couscous.  I had tried it with lean ground turkey and lean ground beef and decided that I liked the consistency of the ground beef better.

I cooked the 96% lean ground beef without using any added oil, just adding a bit of Pam (not me, the cooking spray!) to the pan.  When it was almost done, I started the veggies in another pot on the stove.  I first put in a can of low sodium/no salt added diced tomatoes.  Then I added all of the sliced/diced veggies:

• green bell pepper
• red bell pepper
• yellow bell pepper
• orange bell pepper (you start to see the colorfulness)
• sweet yellow onion
• red onion
• Zucchini
• Summer/yellow squash
• carrots

I threw so much stuff in the pot that I could be leaving something out….I let that pot cook until I felt that the veggies were done to my liking.

After I made sure that my ground beef was done, I mixed in a bit of Garlic and Herb Mrs. Dash, 1/4 cup of fat-free sour cream, some cumin, and a little bit of dijon mustard.  I then poured the veggies on top of the ground beef and mixed it all together.

I let that cook while I made my couscous (one cup uncooked) in the other pot.  When the couscous was done, and I thought the veggies/meat were done, I poured the couscous in on top and mixed it all together.  At this point, I realized that I really need to get a bigger pan, since it all kept trying to escape.     I then cooked it some more to soak up some of the liquid.

I have to admit that it turned out pretty good – at least I think so!  It also seemed to freeze pretty well.  I had some tonight that I had frozen and it was still good.  In fact, it might have been better. 

Here’s the work in progress (click on thumbnails for larger image):

The best part was that I was able to get 7 one-cup servings out of it, at only 4 points a serving (according to my Weight Watchers Recipe Builder)!

I’ve been thinking of other things to add to it, and think I will add corn and peas next time (and maybe cauliflower and broccoli).  My thinking is that the more low point veggies I can throw in, the more servings I can get and the lower the number of points per serving! 

And an added bonus is that since I’ve been taking a bowl of this to work for lunch, I’ve cut down quite a bit on the sodium I was getting from my microwave hamburger helper.