Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous
Sweet roasted root vegetables and crumbly feta cheese are the perfect partners in this easy vegetarian couscous recipe. Lightly spiced with chipotle and topped with peppery rocket and walnuts, there’s no shortage of flavour in this traybake!
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NutritionPer Serving
- Calories274
- Carbs40g
- Protein9.2g
- Fat7.6g
- Saturates1.5g
- Sugars14g
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We love cooking with couscous – it’s super versatile and a blank slate when it comes to flavour. It doesn’t taste of much on its own, but once you start to play around with ingredients and seasonings, you can really bring it to life!
That’s exactly how we came up with this Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous recipe, and once you try it, you’ll never go back to bland couscous. The recipe starts with lots of colourful root veggies that get roasted in the oven to release all those sweet, earthy flavours. Drizzled with a marinade of chipotle paste and honey, they bring smoky and spicy layers to the finished dish.
This recipe is a traybake at heart, which means it’s super simple to throw together and it won’t leave you with a tower of washing up to sort afterwards. After you’ve stirred in some boiling water, your couscous can be mixed into the rest of your ingredients and finished in the oven – this way it’ll soak up all those delicious flavours.
A crumble of feta, a handful of rocket and a sprinkling of chopped walnuts on top and you’re good to go! Serve as a vegetarian main (as long as your feta is veggie-friendly) or try it as a side dish with chicken or fish.
What diets is this Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous suitable for?
This Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous can be enjoyed on vegetarian diets, as long as you check that your feta cheese is suitable for vegetarians. To make this recipe dairy free, you can substitute the feta cheese for a non-dairy alternative.
You could also make this recipe vegan by using a plant based feta cheese and substituting the honey for maple syrup or agave nectar.
If you’re cooking for people with allergies, be extra careful when checking ingredients and preparing food!
Do you need any special ingredients to make Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous?
This recipe is so simple, with a short list of ingredients that you can pick up in your usual supermarket. If you’ve never used chipotle paste before, it’s a paste made from dried chillies that gives a warm, smoky flavour. You can find it in most supermarkets or online.
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Chipotle paste is great for building up layers of spicy, smoky flavour in all kinds of recipes.
You’ll need a large oven tray to give all your root vegetables space to roast in the oven.
How many calories are in this Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous?
This Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous is included in our Everyday Light category because it contains just 274 calories per portion. For more delicious dishes all under 400 calories, take a look at other Everyday Light recipes!
This Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous recipe is ideal when following any of the larger diet plans such as Weight Watchers or counting calories.
The average woman needs around 2000kcal per day to maintain a healthy body weight, and men typically need slightly more at 2,500kcals, but you may want to reduce these if you are aiming to lose weight. You can find more information on the NHS website.
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
Step 2
Add the butternut squash, sweet potato, onion and pepper to a baking tray. Spray with low-calorie cooking spray and shake until the vegetables are coated. Pop in the oven for 20 minutes until the vegetables are soft and starting to colour.
Step 3
Mix the chipotle paste and honey together in a small bowl. After they have been in the oven for 20 minutes, drizzle the vegetables on the baking tray with the mixture and give them a good stir until coated. Place back in the oven for 10 minutes.
Step 4
Place the couscous into a clean bowl and pour over the boiling water. Give it a little stir and cover the bowl with cling film.
Step 5
Remove the tray from the oven and add the couscous, stirring until the couscous and vegetables are mixed together. Put back in the oven for a final 10 minutes.
Step 6
Mix in the rocket and top with the chopped walnuts. Crumble over the feta cheese and serve.
What could I serve with this Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous?
This dish is delicious served on its own as a vegetarian lunch or dinner. You could also serve a smaller portion as a side dish alongside any of the following main courses:
How do you know when this Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous is cooked?
You’ll need to cook this Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous until the vegetables are tender and starting to colour. This should take about 40 minutes in the oven.
Here in the UK, the standard advice is to cook food until it has reached 70°C and maintained that temperature for 2 minutes. This is to keep you and your family safe!
How long can you keep Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous in the fridge?
Once you’ve served this recipe, you’ll ideally need to eat it within 4 hours.
You can store any leftovers of this Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous in the fridge for around 3 days. Make sure that you allow them to cool before putting them in a container with a lid and chilling in the refrigerator.
Can I freeze Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous?
This recipe CAN be frozen, but only the vegetable and couscous mixture. Freeze it before adding the rocket, feta and walnuts and then these can be added on after the dish has been defrosted and reheated.
Before freezing, please make sure you do the following:
- Freeze it as soon as it is cold enough.
- Choose a container or a bag that is suitable for freezing.
- Label your dish with the name of the recipe and the date that you froze it on.
How do I reheat Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous?
From chilled: Place in a moderate oven and heat until piping hot throughout.
From frozen: Allow to defrost overnight in the fridge and then reheat from chilled following the instructions above.
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Roasted Vegetable and Feta Couscous
Sweet roasted root vegetables and crumbly feta cheese are the perfect partners in this easy vegetarian couscous recipe. Lightly spiced with chipotle and topped with peppery rocket and walnuts, there’s no shortage of flavour in this traybake!
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Prep Time
10 MINS
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Cook Time
40 MINS
- KCals 274
- Carbs 40G
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
- Add the butternut squash, sweet potato, onion and pepper to a baking tray. Spray with low-calorie cooking spray and shake until the vegetables are coated. Pop in the oven for 20 minutes until the vegetables are soft and starting to colour.
- Mix the chipotle paste and honey together in a small bowl. After they have been in the oven for 20 minutes, drizzle the vegetables on the baking tray with the mixture and give them a good stir until coated. Place back in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Place the couscous into a clean bowl and pour over the boiling water. Give it a little stir and cover the bowl with cling film.
- Remove the tray from the oven and add the couscous, stirring until the couscous and vegetables are mixed together. Put back in the oven for a final 10 minutes.
- Mix in the rocket and top with the chopped walnuts. Crumble over the feta cheese and serve.
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Tracey HodgsonWednesday 1st November 2023
How hot (spicy) is this dish? 4 tsps of chipotle seem a lot (I normally use 1/2 when spicing up my Spag bol)
Cheryl LloydThursday 8th February 2024
It’s not too spicy, but you could always use a little bit less if you prefer and adjust the levels to your own tastes 😊
AlisonWednesday 22nd March 2023
Does the couscous need the full 10 minutes to soak?
SharonThursday 13th July 2023
Hi Alison, soaking couscous takes from 5 – 15 minutes with 10 minutes being the average time. Try a little of the rehydrated couscous, if it’s tender to the bite it will be ready. If it’s still crunchy, soak for a little longer. Hope this helps.
AlanaSunday 25th September 2022
What is rocket?
HollyMonday 26th September 2022
Hi Alana, rocket is a green leafy vegetable used in salads, it has a peppery mustard like taste and you will find it with the salads in the supermarket, hope that helps!
AnnThursday 22nd September 2022
Hi, do you have any other alternatives to walnuts that woukd go well?
HollyMonday 26th September 2022
Hey Ann, you could swap the walnuts for pecans or toasted pine nuts, hope that helps!
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