Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2                     onions -- red if possible,
                        -- cut into wedges
  5                     carrots -- quartered
  4                     parsnips -- halved
  8              small  potatoes -- halved
  2              bulbs  fennel -- halved
  1                     aubergine or 1 butter nut squash
  2              large  leeks -- cut into chunks
                        -- diagonally
  2              large  courgettes -- cut into chunks
                        -- diagonally
  4             sprigs  rosemary
  4             sprigs  thyme
                        olive oil
                        sea salt and pepper
                        alternatively use any available autumn
                        -- vegetables
                        ***FOR THE COUS COUS***
  1           500 gram  pac cous cous
  2                     shallots finely chopped
  1              liter  hot vegetable stock
  125            grams  ready-to-eat dried figs -- roughly chopped
  125            grams  ready-to-eat dried apricots roughly
                        -- chopped
  50             grams  pine kernels - toasted
                        a pinch of all spice
                        zest & juice of 1 orange
  2                     heaped tbsp chopped leaf parsley
                        seasoning

Preparation:

1 Heat the griddle pan, place a layer of vegetables on the pan and cook on all sides until charred and softened. When the first batch is cooked, remove and keep warm and continue to cook the vegetables. Toss in olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Keep warm. 2 Put the cous cous and shallots in a bowl. Pour over the boiling stock and stand for 15 minutes until absorbed. 3 Mix in the rest of the ingredients and season generously. Serve the griddled vegetables on a bed of cous cous, garnished with chopped parsley.

Nutritional Information:

324 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (3% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 75g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 71mg Sodium