Wash, peel and cut the vegetables (except the garlic) into small wedge-like pieces. Put a slosh of olive oil in the oven tray, scatter with salt, add the veg and mix with your hands so that the are properly coated with oil. Distribute evenly, add the herbs and put in the pre-heated oven at 180º. Leave for an hour or so, stirring now and again to prevent sticking. They are ready when they start looking sticky and are starting to brown.

Heat water in a pan with the garlic cloves, bay leaf and a dash of soy sauce. When it starts to boil, pour into a bowl with the couscous, put the lid on and leave for 10 minutes (or less depending on the size of the couscous - the one I used yesterday was large)

When the veg is ready, fluff the couscous up and put on a plate. Add the vegetables on top - make sure you scrape the bottom of the oven tray with a wooden spoon to get all those crispy and tasty slightly burnt bits.

Serve immediately. Delicious on its own or you can garnish some fresh herbs like fresh corriander as I did in the main recipe photo.