The Fair Trade Cook Book
The FAIRTRADE COOKBOOK
Fair Trade Recipes for a Fairer World

Ingredients

Method

Preparation

Wash and chop fine the herbs.
Grate the zest and extract the juice from the lemon.
Top, tail, skin and chop fine the onion.
Wash and chop fine the cucumber.

Cooking

Put the couscous into a shallow dish and add approximately an equal volume of hot water. Mix with a fork, leave to stand for a few minutes whilst the other ingredients are prepared. The couscous will double in volume.
Toast the seeds in a non-stick frying pan over a medium flame until they start to turn golden brown.
Fluff the couscous with a fork (the shallow dish helps with the fluffing), and add more hot water until the couscous is nice and moist.

Assembly

Mix together with the lemon zest, lemon juice, oil, chopped onion, chopped herbs, and toasted seeds, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Add the herby mix to the couscous and turn to mix well.

To serve

Allow to stand for half an hour or so prior to serving.

Variation

For a slightly different flavour, use the zest and juice of one FAIRTRADE lime.