Peppery Meat Loaf with Couscous

• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup reduced-sodium beef stock or water
• 3/4 cup whole wheat couscous
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• 8 oz Italian sausage, removed from casings and crumbled
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
• 1/2 cup finely chopped parsley
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup reduced-sodium tomato sauce, divided
• 1 tbsp sweet paprika
• 1 tbsp ground cumin (see Notes)
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a saucepan, bring water and beef stock to a boil.
3. Gradually stir in couscous.
4. Cover, remove from heat and set aside or let stand until couscous is tender and water is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
5. Fluff with a fork before using.
6. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, sausage, onion, bell pepper, parsley, eggs, all but 2 tablespoons of the tomato sauce, paprika, cumin, coriander, salt, cayenne and couscous.
7. Using your hands, mix until well blended.
8. Transfer to a 9x5 inch loaf pan and spread remaining 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce over top.
9. Bake in preheated oven until temperature reaches 165F on an instant-read thermometer, about 1 hour.

water, beef stock, whole wheat couscous, extra lean ground beef, italian sausage, onion, red bell pepper, parsley, eggs, tomato sauce, sweet paprika, ground cumin, ground coriander, salt, cayenne pepper

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/peppery-meat-loaf-with-couscous (may not work)