I had some leftovers of the Middle Eastern Couscous to which I added some steamed cauliflower (that had some yummy Parmesan on it), fresh basil and mint, some fresh fava beans that I bought at the market today, some oven dried tomatoes that I made yesterday and to finish it off I added some delicious Goat feta...yum! yum!

Simple, quick and satisfying!!!!

Not many people use this type of couscous so I was happy to find this recipe. Simply, tasty and easy - this was a different experience for a lot of my guests at dinner.

We made this last night for a dinner party and it was so good. I actually got one of my guests to make it. He watched the video, printed out the recipe and then made it in about 10 minutes. It was fun to get my guests involved, it helped me out and he learned a new dish. Super fun, thanks.

I was wondering what kind of basil would be best for the alternative version of this dish?

(Although I'm posting this here, but I always had a question about the different variety of basil and which one should be used for what dish. )

Thank you!

I have not tried basil in this dish but if you are making something more Italian I suppose basil could work. As for what type, I would use one like Genovese basil.

As for other types of basil, there are quite a few. Thai basil - Thai cooking, Lemon Basil - dressings, salads, desserts, tea etc. Cinnamon basil - anywhere you might like to add a cinnamon basil flavor.

For more information on different types of basil you may want to do an online search as there are many other resources that go into more detail about these sort of things. Cheers!