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- Hey everybody, it's Bobby here,
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and I've got another beautiful recipe for you.
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It's a broccoli and couscous salad with smoked paprika.
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I think you're really going to like it.
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How does the recipe begin you may ask.
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Well, it begins by cooking the couscous.
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So let's get started.
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We've got our couscous going into oil and water
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with a little olive oil.
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Well that couscous is stuck.
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So we'll stir this into our boiling water.
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Couscous is really, really simple to cook.
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Gonna turn it down to low, pop a lid on it.
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Let it cook for three to five minutes,
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and we'll come right back.
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The couscous is cooked.
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Look, there are many different types of couscous'
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Buy the one that you like
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and just cook it according to the directions.
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That's what I've done.
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I cooked ours for about three to four minutes.
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Fluff it a little bit with the fork.
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Usually when I fluff my couscous
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or my rice, add a little butter,
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which I've done again today.
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So the couscous is done, warm, wonderful, delicious.
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Okay, for the rest of our salad,
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let's talk about one more component.
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The recipe calls for currants okay?
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They can be difficult to find,
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and they are definitely expensive.
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So I'm gonna give you a little tip here, okay?
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Use raisins, much less expensive, full of flavor,
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and they will make it for a perfect substitute, okay?
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So our components are all finished,
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and by finished, I mean we've cooked our couscous
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and we've steamed or boiled our broccoli.
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Today we boiled our broccoli.
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I've got some florets here, fresh arugula.
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So I'm gonna start in my large salad bowl with the arugula.
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There are gonna be a lot of really nice flavors
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popping in this salad.
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Salads don't have to be boring.
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They can be, but they don't have to be.
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Little lemon zest, some lemon juice.
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Everything's going in so the order is really up to you.
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To that, I'm gonna add the broccoli and I'm gonna go ahead
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and give it a little toss right here.
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Don't want to tear everything up.
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Man, these helping hands are so wonderful
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when you're making a salad.
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This is a great tool.
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If you don't have some,
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there are all sorts of different models
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of little wooden handles out there,
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and they're really great.
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Okay, so my arugula and my broccoli, my lemon zest,
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To that, I'm gonna add the smoked paprika.
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Beautiful, wonderful.
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Fresh garlic that I minced.
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Okay, they make garlics out there that are in a jar.
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This is where I'm gonna be discerning
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and say, eh, use fresh.
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Again, one more toss.
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Try not to tear it up.
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Just get everything sort of incorporated, and to that.
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That's beautiful already.
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I would eat that just the way it is.
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To that, we will add our couscous,
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and I'm going to use a wooden spoon.
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Couscous is really warm and delicious,
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so the time to eat this would be immediately.
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What a beautiful, beautiful salad.
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Unexpected, different, definitely not boring.
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Really, really pretty.
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I can smell the juice of the lemon in there.
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A little more pop of green right there on the side.
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A little bit of coarse salt, a little fresh pepper.
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That's a really nice looking salad.
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Now if you wanted to for some color, you could add
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some sliced strawberries on the side,
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or gosh, I mean salads are, you can do what you like.
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That's going outside of what the recipe calls for,
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but if you wanted a little color on there,
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you could definitely add.
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The warm couscous mixed with the arugula,
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the flavor of the lemon juice coming through the pine nuts
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and the raisins and the broccoli.
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This is a great combination of flavors.
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It's not your everyday salad, and I think that your friends
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and guests and family will really like it.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
