It was good... In theory.

It came to me in a blur, just like most of my cooking ideas. Prawns + cous cous = yum. I have a recent love affair with cous cous, in case you haven't noticed. In particular, cous cous flavored with lemon and mint. It's really just that good. So, why not add roasted prawns and make it a whole meal? Sounded like a great idea to me!

So, I ran to the store and grabbed all the ingredients. Cous cous, lemons, some dried mint, and prawn meat. Yes, that is what that stuff in the gold foil package is. Yes, I am a lazy chef, and didn't feel like beheading all those poor little guys, then adding insult to injury and ripping off their little legs too. You would choose the easy option here too, don't lie.

So I went about seasoning the prawns with some salt and pepper while the oven heated up.

Then going with the lemon theme of the evening, I squeezed some fresh lemon juice of the little guys.

Mmmm... prawn sushi. Actually, ew. No, girl! Bad idea.

Toss em on a pan, and shove them into the oven.

Cous cous goes in the hot water. Yes, cous cous is really just that easy. I think it sits for like 5 minutes or something. Done and dusted.

During my 5 minutes of downtime, I zested some lemons. Cause it was fun, thats why! And, lemon zest is like little bits of sunshine.

Prawns were ready, and, you know, this is about where I should have realized things weren't going to be that great. Usually, prawns roast up all pretty and junk. The lemon juice did weird things to them.

None the less, I soldiered on with dinner. Add the lemon juice, the zest and a heap of dried mint to the cous cous.

Then I added the prawns. 

Trust me here. Don't make this. It wasn't good. Something about the flavors was just... wrong. JP gamely ate it up, but me, I didn't finish. Talk about disappointing. Peanut M&M's were all that cheered me up after that. Well, M&M's and about half a bottle of some white wine. That made it better. It also made me forget that I was still hungry...

xoxo

Craig