Tomato-sauced Leeks With Couscous

All is shadow here below! The world is a shadow; and it passes away! The creature is a shadow; and the loveliest and the fondest may be the first to die! Health is a shadow; fading, and in a moment gone! Wealth is a shadow; today upon the summit of affluence, tomorrow at its base, plunged into poverty and dependence! Human friendships and creature affections are but shadows; sweet and pleasant while they last, but, with a worm feeding at the root of all created good, the sheltering gourd soon withers, exposing us to the sun's burning heat by day, and to the frost's cold chill by night! Oh, yes! “Passing Away” is indelibly inscribed upon everything here below! Yet how slow are we to realize the solemn lesson: “What shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue!” Unconverted reader, what is your life but a vapor that passes away?and what are its pursuits but shadows; unreal, unsatisfying, evanescent? Your rank, your wealth, your honors, your pleasures, are but phantoms which appear but for a little while, and then are lost in the deeper shadow of the grave, and the still deeper and longer shadow of eternity! Oh, turn from these dreams and hallucinations, and, as a rational, accountable, immortal being, on your way to judgment, fix your mind upon your solemn, endless future! You are going to die! And, oh, when that dread hour comes, so real and appalling, how will your past life appear?

Octavius Winslow

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables		Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	T	Minced fresh cilantro
1/4	t	Ground cumin
1/8	t	Salt
1/4	t	Crushed red pepper
14 1/2	oz	No-salt-added stewed
		tomatoes 1 can
		undrained
		and chopped
1 3/4	lb	Leeks, 4 medium
1	c	Water
1	c	Hot cooked couscous

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine the first 5 ingredients in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 40 minutes or until reduced to 1
cup; set aside, and keep warm.  Remove roots, outer leaves, and tops
from leeks, leaving 1-1/2 to 2  inches of dark leaves. Slice leeks in
half lengthwise to within 1  inch of bulb end; rinse under cold water,
and set aside.  Bring water to a boil in a large skillet; add the
leeks. Cover and  cook 15 minutes or until tender; drain. Cut through
the bulb end of  each leek, separating it into 2 halves. Yield: 4
servings.  Per serving: 254 Calories; 1g Fat (3% calories from fat); 8g
Protein;  55g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 352mg Sodium  Serving
Ideas : Serve warm.  NOTES : To serve, spoon 1/4 cup couscous onto each
of 4 serving  plates. Place 2 leek halves on top of the couscous, and
top each with  1/4 cup tomato mixture.  Recipe by: Cooking Light,
Nov/Dec 1994, page 193  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #409 by
igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.

A Message from our Provider:

“You’re not God’s judge. One day you’ll discover it’s the other way around”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 185 Calories From Fat: 7 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 279.1mg Potassium: 602.7mg Carbohydrates: 41.9g Fiber: 5.3g Sugar: 10.5g Protein: 5.4g

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