{"id":13753,"date":"2015-03-18T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T14:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=13753"},"modified":"2015-03-19T08:21:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T12:21:40","slug":"chicken-vegetable-gouda-couscous-recipe-with-pinotage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/chicken-vegetable-gouda-couscous-recipe-with-pinotage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken, Vegetable, Gouda Couscous Recipe with Pinotage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Post-2-Gouda-Couscous\"<\/a>Chicken Vegetable and Gouda Couscous<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Encourage the warmer weather with a cold dish. Celebrate the longer days by inviting a few friends over for some good food and wine. Don\u2019t know what to make?<\/p>\n

Fret not, I found the perfect little recipe that tastes great served cold or warm. This recipe for Chicken, Vegetable, and Gouda couscous is so fast and easy to prepare, you\u2019ll have plenty of time to catch up with your guests.<\/p>\n

Made with Canadian Gouda, it\u2019s the perfect combination of creamy and crunchy and will be sure to chase away any remaining winter blues.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for wine pairings, I have a couple great suggestions. Three Saints Chardonnay<\/strong><\/a> is a remarkably rich wine that has peach and green pear flavours.<\/p>\n

Barista Pinotage<\/strong><\/a> is a dry South African wine that will awake your pallet with its subtle sweetness. Whichever wine you choose, you can\u2019t go wrong when you\u2019re in the company of great friends!\"Three<\/a><\/p>\n

Chicken Vegetable and Gouda Couscous<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00be cup (180 ml) sodium-reduced vegetable broth
\n\u00be cup (180 ml) medium couscous
\n1\/3 cup (80 ml) pure unsweetened apple juice
\n1 tbsp (15 ml) cider vinegar
\n2 tbsp (30 ml) sunflower oil<\/p>\n

Salt
\nFreshly ground pepper\"Barista<\/a>
\n1 or 2 green onions, chopped
\n1 cup (250 ml) carrots, grated
\n1 cup (250 ml) zucchini, grated
\n\u00bd yellow pepper, diced
\n1 apple, diced
\n1 \u00bd cups (375 ml) Canadian Gouda, diced
\n1 cup (250 ml) cooked chicken
\n2 tbsp (30 ml) fresh mint, chopped<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a small saucepan, bring broth to a boil. Remove from heat, add couscous and cover. Let rest 5 minutes or until couscous has absorbed all the broth. Stir with fork to separate the grains, and let cool. In a bowl, mix apple juice, vinegar and oil. Season. Add remaining ingredients and couscous. Stir, adjust seasoning and serve cold or warm.<\/p>\n

This recipe is courtesy of AllYouNeedisCheese.ca<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find more wine and cheese pairings<\/strong><\/a> here as well as in the wine matcher<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

You also might enjoy this Google + video wine and cheese tasting<\/strong><\/a> via social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicken Vegetable and Gouda Couscous Encourage the warmer weather with a cold dish. Celebrate the longer days by inviting a few friends over for some good food and wine. Don\u2019t know what to make? Fret not, I found the perfect little recipe that tastes great served cold or warm. This recipe for Chicken, Vegetable, and Gouda couscous is so fast and easy to prepare, you\u2019ll have plenty of time to catch up with your guests. Made with Canadian Gouda, it\u2019s the perfect combination of creamy and crunchy and will be sure to chase away any remaining winter blues. If you\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,166,123,167,10,158,26,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-cheese-pairing","category-recipe-cheese","category-wine-chicken","category-recipe-chicken","category-food-wine-pairing","category-wine-gouda","category-wine-picks","category-wine-recipes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13753"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22708,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13753\/revisions\/22708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}