Za’atar Lamb Meatball Skewers with Zucchini, Red Pepper and Onion and Couscous with Fresh Mint and Lemon

I love Middle Eastern food and sometimes I just want to taste spices that I usually don’t use to jazz up dinner.  Za’atar is a Middle Eastern spice mix and usually has sumac as one of its ingredients.  Sumac is a spice and it is derived from the dark red berry of a plant which is dried and ground  to a powder. It has a sour lemon flavor.  There is also fresh thyme and oregano, salt and sesame seeds mixed together.  You can use ground lamb or beef, and you add half the za’atar mixture with the lamb and make meatballs and the other half is mixed with the vegetables with some olive oil.  I served it over couscous (cooked in chicken broth and takes 5 minutes) and added fresh chopped mint, lemon zest, and lemon juice.  10 WW points.  Click here for skewer recipe….  Click here for couscous recipe….