bell peppers stuffed with basil cous-cous

Last Night's Dinner

ingredients:

red onion (about 1/3 cup chopped)

garlic (1-2 cloves, pressed)

fresh basil (about 6-10 leaves, we have a basil plant so leaves are HUGE, chopped)

1 box of  plain cous-cous

bell peppers (yellow, orange, green, or red - you choose!) (cut the top's off to create a little bowl)

gouda cheese (cause it's good) (would also be yummy with, pepper jack or feta, whatever you have on hand)

vegetable broth (or chicken, if that's what you use, but, i am a pretty big advocate for vegetable broth. it's good.)

olive oil

salt & pepper

preheat oven to 350 BEFORE you start cooking, that way it will be hot & ready

1. saute onion with garlic in 2tbs(about, i don't really measure) olive oil, until the onion is a tender (2-3 min)

2. pour cous-cous in with the onion and garlic and saute (1-2 min)
3. add 11/2 c of vegetable broth and bring to a boil, and then let simmer until cous-cous is tender
4. add chopped basil and grate a little bit of gouda into the couscous and stir
5. scoop cous-cous into the bell peppers, top with a couple of pieces of fresh basil, and more gouda
6. Bake at 350 for about 15-20 min (my oven cooks like superman, so they were done in 15 min)

we paired this with a huge spinach salad (with cranberries & sunflower seeds) with oil & balsamic dressing!