Growing up as one of three daughters of a home economics teacher, dinners were always organized and planned. Dessert was my elder sister’s specialty, mine the main course and the youngest, well, she made the Chex Mix.
I don’t do dessert. I’ll think nothing of burning through the daylight hours planning something for dinner but curse dessert if takes more than 15 minutes. So when a recipe this simple comes along with ingredients that don’t require leavening agents or a mixer, I see it as my opportunity to be the dessert hero, the superwoman of sweetness that has eluded me growing up.
This super-simple recipe uses couscous as its base. Steeped in milk and honey, its fine grains are transformed into a rice-pudding-like texture, studded with dates and topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon and crunchy pistachios.
For the full recipe go to http://specialforkblog.com/2011/02/11/step-aside-sister-an-easy-dessert-makes-me-the-hero
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