Taco-ish Soup with Couscous and Avocado
Posted in: Dinner Ideas, Food Photos, Lunch Ideas, Soup/Stew Ideas, Vegetarian Ideas | 9 Comments
I totally don’t know what came over me this morning. I was hungry but I didn’t have a big desire to cook yet i wanted something homemade, warm and satisfying. So I whipped this up with what I had on hand. Notice it required no produce prep. :) You could replace some of the spices with fresh ingredients like onion, garlic and some peppers but I just didn’t have it in me. I wanted something uber convenient and this took a whopping 15 minutes to prepare. You can’t beat that!
So as always, take the idea and run with it! :) I’m totally please with how it came out. 
- 2 cups (or a 15oz can would work) of our favorite chicken broth or stock (I used some turkey stock I had frozen from thanksgiving)
- 1 15oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 15oz can kidney beans drained and rinsed
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp dried cilantro
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tbsp lime juice
- 2oz (55g) whole wheat couscous (I buy RiceSelect Organic Whole Wheat Couscous
)
Toppings
- 1 avocado cut into slices (about 25g for each serving)
- 3/4 oz fancy shredded mexican cheese blend (about 5g for each serving)
Place all the ingredients in a pot except avocado and cheese. Bring to a bowl. Then cover and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for about 10 minute until couscous is soft.
Scoop into 4 bowls (each about a cup) top with avocado slices and cheese.
Note: this is the first time I’ve eaten avocado like this and I have to admit it was AWESOME! Produce Pick coming soon on the awesome fruit I was avoiding for some reason. :)
Note x2: Here are two more pics. I couldn’t decide so I let the toddler. He picked the main was as the "best". :)
Note x3: Can you also tell I didn’t know what to call it?
| Servings | Amt per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | just about/over 1 cup with 25g avocado and 5g cheese | ||
| Calories | Fat | Fiber | WWPs |
| 240 | 10g | 10g | 4 |
| Sugar | Sat Fat | Carbs | Protein |
| 6g | 2g | 32g | 9g |
Things you might find useful...
- Click here to get an image of the latest recipe by email!
- Want a printer firendly version of this recipe? Just print! You'll be surprised! I promise! :)
- Fan GreenLiteBites on Facebook
- Follow me on Twitter, @RoniNoone
- Follow my active food journal on my other Twitter account, @RonisFood
Other ideas you may enjoy... |
Digg it | It's del.icio.us | Stumble This | 9 Comments » © 2007-2010 by Roni
This looks great. I love avocados. On the Flex Plan I eat them all the time as my ‘healthy oil/fat’. They are so great and creamy.
looks great :) and easy ;) It’s cold and windy here today and this looks like great belly-warming comfort food :)
I’ve never tried whole wheat cous cous, but finally found some at one of the local stores here. As for the photos, I like the one in the lower right the best! Your pics always rock.
Yum, yum, yum, I just made this for dinner and it is awesome I couldn’t find a ripe avocado so I am having mine with cornbread.
Sounds delish! I love Mexican food and really love soup. I think we have a winner :)
Roni–I made this soup last week and it’s delicious. I didn’t have any kidney beans, however, so I used black beans….and…I forgot to drain and rinse them. What is the purpose of draining and rinsing? By not doing so, did I add extra points to this dish? I love avacado, but just hadn’t been in the habit of buying it, and I am really enjoying it in this soup. Thank you….again, for the great recipe! You amaze me how you come up with all these wonderful flavors.
The draining is to reduce the sodium it’s mostly found in the liquid. SO I ditch it. The NI should be affected much.
Glad you liked it!
Yummy is all I have to say! I have had this about 15 times in just a couple of weeks. Easy to stay on track with something like this! Thanks
Yup,
I had this recently and it’s incredible. Thanks so much, Roni! Tastes amazing!