A Spinach Feta Couscous Affair

Oh hello! I made this recipe a few days ago and it was good.

Ingredients: 

• 1 12 ounce box couscous (about 1 1/2 cups)** I used 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat couscous and I feel like it was really heavy on the couscous. I might cut it down to 1 cup or even 3/4 cup (and the appropriately scaled down amount of broth) if I make this again.
• 2 1/4 cups vegetable broth
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced
• 1/2 tsp garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 bunch fresh spinach (I buy my spinach in a big box so IDK, I just used 4 handfuls. I'd maybe use even more next time.)
• 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes (I added these because some of the recipe reviews said this was kind of bland. It was good but surprisingly hot. Next time I might use slightly less. Don't use any if you don't like spice, duh.)

Anyway, boil the broth and put in the couscous. Cover it and turn off the heat. (If you've never made couscous before, read the package. It's easy though, just cover it in boiling liquid until it absorbs all of it, like 5-10 minutes. Fluff it with a fork when it's done. Eat it all the time. Get the whole wheat kind.)

Meanwhile cut everything that needs to be cut. Sautee the onion, mushroom, and garlic. Add the oregano & lemon juice (& red pepper). Then put the spinach on top until it wilts. Toss all that stuff in with the veggies and then finally add the feta! MMM.

Spinach Smoothie

I've read on multiple food blogs that you can put spinach into smoothies and you can't even taste it. So, I decided to try throwing a handful of baby spinach & greens mix into my regular smoothie recipe, which is just:

1 thing of yogurt (I think it's 6 oz)
1 yogurt-thing full of soy milk
1 handful of frozen berries
(In this case it's raspberry yogurt and frozen raspberries, but sometimes I mix it up.)

Blend until it looks, you know, smooth.

Anyway, I could taste the spinach, but not really in a bad way. Just like an extra bit of, uh, earthy flavor? Honestly it probably tastes slightly better without the spinach, but I'll keep adding it when I make smoothies, since it's such an easy way to eat more spinach!

(Sorry if this post is super obvious to everyone, but I only recently learned how easy it is to make smoothies at home. And only recently-er did I try adding greens.)