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    Couscous with Dried Cranberries and Mandarin Oranges
    serves 4

    1 cup whole-wheat couscous
    2 cups orange juice
    3 tablespoons lemon juice
    2 teaspoons fresh grated orange zest (use zester and pull just the orange rind off)
    1 teaspoon fresh ginger (ginger in a jar in produce section)
    1/2 cup dried cranberries
    1  15 ounce can mandarin oranges in water or light syrup off rinse syrup) 
    1/3 cup sliced unsalted almonds

    1.  Cook couscous according to package directions with orange juice in place of water.
    2. After couscous has cooked, add lemon juice, orange zest, ginger, and dried cranberries.  Gently stir in mandarin oranges and almonds.

     

    Per Serving (serves 4):
    Calories:  150
    Fat:  2 grams
    Saturated Fat:  0
    Cholesterol:  0
    Sodium:  60 milligrams
    Fiber:  4 grams

 
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