I know there isn’t a parenting manual.

We have to figure most things out on our own, I get it.

But could SOMEONE have warned us about how sick we’d be?!

Yes, the stomach virus hit our house for the third time in 2022. I didn’t even know it was possible to be sick that often in under 6 months. Because don’t forget the many colds! Lou got sick first on a Saturday. Literally over 72 hours later, it hit me & G. I feel like it was just lurking on our surfaces & toys like “hahahahah you naive twits think you’ve escaped me, but I’m going to get youuuuuuu.” & get us, it did.

Surely, we’ll get a break. Right? RIGHT??!!?!

Time: 45 minutes (prep + cooking) | Serves: 2-3

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of dry couscous
• 1 pint of cherry tomatoes
• 1 white onion, sliced thin
• 1/2 an English cucumber, quartered
• 1 roasted red bell pepper, chopped
• Handful of kalamata olives, chopped
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2-3 tbsp of olive oil
• S+P, to taste
• Cilantro, for serving

How to:

• Preheat oven to 400
• Cook couscous to package directions
• Arrange tomatoes on a lined baking sheet, drizzle with 1 tbsp of olive oil + some S+P
• Roast for 20 minutes
• Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a skillet over low heat
• Add onion + S, cook for 15 minutes or so, stirring occasionally
• To serve, combine drained couscous + tomatoes with their juices + onion + veggies + cilantro & drizzle with lemon juice
• Don’t get a stomach bug the day after making this or you will let your leftovers go to waste, I know from experience