Cheesy Pasta Balls - frozen peas

Method

• Place the extra virgin olive oil and the dry couscous into a large pasta pot.
• Turn on heat.
• Stir continuously and toast couscous over heat for 3-5 minutes - just until the couscous becomes slightly browned.
• Add in the water, garlic powder, nutritional yeast, salt/pepper and optional pinch of saffron.
• Stir well.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium, cover with lid and let slow boil for 10 minutes.
• (If the heat is too hot, the oil will burn the couscous on the bottom of the pan.
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• When the 10 minutes are up, turn off heat but DO NOT remove lid yet.
• Let pot sit, covered for an additional 5 minutes.
• Remove lid, fluff hot couscous with fork and add the frozen peas (I like to thaw mine a bit by running them under hot water for 5 minutes.
• Fold the cold peas into the hot pasta balls.
• The hot pasta will that and 'cook' the peas mildly.
• Cover with lid and let sit for another 2 minutes.