Roast Chicken with Cous Cous Stuffing - Roast

Ingredients

• For the stuffing
• 70g (1 small packet) pine nuts
• 4 tablespoons good olive oil
• 1 brown onion, finely diced
• 1/2 red capsicum, finely diced
• 1 fat clove garlic, finely diced
• 6 dates, pitted then finely chopped (or you could use a handful of sultanas or raisins)
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup boiling hot chicken stock (or hot water and a stock cube)
• 1/2 cup parsley, coarsley chopped
• 1 cup cous cous
• For the rest
• 1 large, good quality chicken
• Olive oil for drizzling
• 2 tablespoons coarse sea salt
• Assorted vegetables for roasting (pumpkin, capsicum, potatoes, red onions and sweet potatoes, or any others that you like)
• Extra salt and pepper to season vegetables
• Green salad leaves