Instant couscous-chickpea soup for one
3
Points®
Total time: 17 min • Prep: 12 min • Cook: 5 min • Serves: 1 • Difficulty: Easy
This single-serving mason-jar soup is an excellent portable lunch or quick dinner option. It is warming, comforting, flavorful, and ready in minutes. Do be sure to let it sit after adding in the boiling water so that the concentrated tomato paste and the savory chicken base have time to dissolve fully and permeate the rest of the ingredients. If you would like to add even more flavor, stir in some hot sauce to taste or freshly grated ginger or minced garlic. A lemon wedge, squeezed on top and stirred in just before you eat, adds brightness and lifts every bite.
Ingredients
Tomato paste
½ Tbsp
Jarred minced garlic
⅛ tsp
Reduced-sodium chicken stock base
1 tsp, or vegetable base
Harissa paste
½ tsp
Ground turmeric
⅛ tsp
Ground cumin
⅛ tsp
Ground ginger
⅛ tsp
Canned diced tomatoes
¼ cup(s), drained
Canned chickpeas (low sodium)
¼ cup(s), rinsed
Spinach
¾ cup(s), torn
Uncooked whole wheat couscous
3 Tbsp
Lemon
⅛ item(s), medium, wedge
Water
2 cup(s), boiling
Instructions
1
In a pint-sized mason jar or container with a tight-fitting lid, layer ingredients in order listed, except for lemon wedge. Wrap lemon wedge in plastic wrap; place on top. Close jar; refrigerate until ready to use.
2
Remove and set aside lemon wedge; fill jar with boiling water (about 2 cups). Stir very well, until tomato paste and soup base are fully dissolved. Close jar; let sit 5 minutes.
3
Remove lid and squeeze lemon juice into soup; stir once.
4
Serving size: 1 jar
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