Couscous Tagine with Turnips and Dried Apricots - Take Two

If you're paying attention you'll remember that Tommie made this dish last month (seriously I expect NO ONE to remember that). Tommie and I had made homemade bagels this week, and so I needed a nice, healthy, nutrient rich meal to combat the overload of simple bagel carbs in addition to the chocolates, cakes, and cookies that have been accompanying the holidays.

Enter one of my favorite and extremely easy to make dishes: Couscous Tagine with Turnips and Dried Apricots. The sweet flavor of the apricots blends just beautifully with the peppery turnips. Love, love, love this dish. Tastes fabulous, extremely low calories, chock full of nutrients with tomatoes, cinnamon, cumin, cilantro, turnips, apricots, onions, and couscous. We give this one the full 5 stars.

Seriously, DON'T FEAR THE TURNIP. If you are afraid, at least give it one shot. If you hate it, no worries. But you may find that you love it like I do, and then you'll just maybe be open to trying even more vegetables that seemed like a no-go area before, like perhaps chard, fennel, leeks, parsnip, beets... There's a world of delicious flavors to discover that can help to make your body stronger than ever. Start now with THE TURNIP!