Couscous patties with mint-yogurt

here is what you need for this vegetarian dish:

patties
1 cup couscous
fresh mint
olives
2 eggs

yoghurt
1 cup of Greek yogurt
fresh mint
cucumber
cumin
2 garlic cloves

Mix all the ingredients for the mint yogurt together, while your couscous is "cooking." Cut your cucumber lengthwise and scrape out the seeds, slice thinly and add to the yogurt. Add minced olives and mint to the couscous when done and let rest for a minute. Whisk an egg or 2 and add to the mixture, let rest again. Then form small patties and fry in some oil in a pan. Enjoy! n*

Cranberry Chutney

This was a success last year - taken from the williams sonoma website - and one of the few things, kellie trusts me, the foreigner, in preparing for thanksgiving.

• 1 bag of cranberries (340 g)
• 1,5 cups of fresh orange juice
• 3/4 cup of cloudy apple juice or cider
• 3/4 cup of white sugar
• 1/4 cup of brown sugar (firm)
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 5 mint leaves

Sort out the soft cranberries and mix all the ingredients in a pot, bring to a boil and let simmer until it thickens. They suggest about an hour. I think it takes longer. Let it cool and transfer into a different bowl and refrigerate. Take out an hour before serving.

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