Healthy Event Menus: From a Box to a Boom

When most of us think of Couscous, we often associate it with a bland offering that we cook on a stove from a box.

In New York, those days are over. The city's chefs are finding new ways to spice up a super-healthy menu item that is appearing more frequently at events and galas. We recently checked out a few options and here are our favorites:

1. Fried garlic, copped toasted almonds chopped dried apricots, currants, cumin and olive oil.

2. Chili paste.

3. Cubed pumpkin in olive oil with some major roasting.