Cabbage & Couscous Salad

The other day I let my muse (how does Mrs. Erator sound?) be in charge of the kitchen. The result was this wonderfully fresh cabbage & couscous salad.

Ingredients:
- 2.5 dL (1 cup) dry couscous
- 5 dL (2 cups) water[1]
- 1 small/medium cabbage
- 1 small onion
- basil (either dried, or chopped fresh)
- chopped fresh italian parsley
- ground cumin, salt, & pepper

Bring the water to a boil, turn off the heat and pour in the couscous, cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Then mix in the spices as well as medium finely chopped onion and cabbage. Makes a very nice salad, could probably be eaten on its own, but it also goes very well with, e.g. meatballs of various kinds.

[1] The package actually recommends 1 cup water per cup of couscous, but in our opinion the resulting couscous is then too dry.