Broccoli and Sweet potato side dish

Prep time  - 10 minutes

Cooking time - 25 minutes

Serves - 4

Ingredients:

1 large sweet potato

1 large broccoli head

1 cup couscous

1 avocado

Few fresh mint leaves

2 tablespoons olive oil

teaspoon lemon juice

1 cup water

salt, pepper and basil 

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 200 C
2. Peel and cut in bite sized pieces sweet potato and place on a baking tray. sprinkle with a teaspoon of olive oil and cook for 15 minutes or until soft.
3. Cut the broccoli in smaller pieces and boil or steam for few minutes - just until it starts to loose crunchiness.
4. Bring water to the boil, add salt, pepper, basil and couscous. Turn off heat and leave couscous for 5 minutes.
5. In a large bowl mix couscous, sweet potato, broccoli, diced avocado, mint leaves and season with lime juice and olive oil mixture, salt, pepper and basil.
6. Toss well and left for a ten minutes on a room temperature.
7. Serve :)

Ingredients:

Broccoli: an edible plant in the cabbage family.

Broccoli is high in Vitamin C and dietary fiber. A single serving provides more than 30 mg of vitamin C . Boiling broccoli reduces the levels of suspected anti - carcinogenic compounds, such as sulforaphane, with losses of 20 - 30 % after five minutes, 40 - 50 % after 10 minutes, and 70 - 80 % after thirty minutes. So try to use  steaming or quick stir frying methods.