{"id":696,"date":"2003-01-03T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2003-01-03T18:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=696"},"modified":"2003-01-03T11:47:22","modified_gmt":"2003-01-03T18:47:22","slug":"mexican-couscous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=696","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Couscous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1\/4 cup finely diced Onion<br \/>\n2 T. finely diced Celery<br \/>\n2 T. finely diced Carrot<br \/>\n2 T. finely diced Red Bell Pepper<br \/>\n2 T. finely diced jalape\u00f1o Pepper<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. Salt (optional)<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. Cumin<br \/>\n1\/8 tsp. Ground White Pepper<br \/>\n2 cups Chicken Stock<br \/>\n1 1\/3 cups Couscous<\/p>\n<p>Saut\u00e9 the veggies in a 2 qt saucepan until starting to soften (use a little stock or water or cooking spray if necessary). Season them with salt, pepper, and cumin. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Add the couscous. Cover, remove from heat, and let stand for about 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take your time and dice the veggies into small even pieces for best results. Change the liquid to couscous ratio to match your package instructions if required (but many call for 1 cup liquid to 2\/3 cup couscous).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-starches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}