You know those nights when you have a meal planned, but just don't feel like eating it? That happens to us, quite a bit actually. We plan out our entire weeks' meals every Tuesday when we go to the grocery store (one of the benefits of being self employed is NOT having to brave the market on the weekends). This was one of those meals, when it came time to make it for dinner, I just wanted to go out for a hot dog instead. But we resisted, and you know what? This turned out to be one of the best things we'd made in a while. We substituted Israeli couscous for the quinoa (along with regular couscous, there's something about quinoa that Taylor just doesn't like... the texture maybe? Who knows!) But you could easily use the quinoa as originally specified in the recipe. We've made this twice since that initial evening, and the second time tossed in half a rotisserie chicken for a bit more substance. And with only 2 tablespoons of butter (which make it incredibly smooth and satisfying), it

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