Healthy Tuna Couscous Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tbs sweet chilli sauce
- 1 cup couscous, uncooked
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 lemon
- 3/4 cup frozen corn kernel, defrosted
- 3/4 cup frozen peas, defrosted
- 1 cup baby spinach leaves
- 1 tomato
- 2 185 g tins tuna in oil, drained
Method
- Boil the kettle.
- Place couscous in a medium heatproof bowl, pour over boiling water; cover and set aside for 3 minutes.
- Defrost peas and corn in the microwave or under hot running water. Chop the tomato.
- Fluff couscous with a fork to separate grains and stir through lemon juice.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl, mix well and serve.
Variation:
Use cans of flavoured tuna to add extra zing. Add curry powder or other spices to the couscous before adding the boiling water for a different flavour.
Comment:
If only eating one serving, only add half the tuna to half the couscous. Add the rest of the tuna to the salad just before eating to avoid gluggly couscous.
Healthy tip!
Chilli, lemon and herbs add flavour - great alternatives to butter and salt!
Nutrition Information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 3072 kJ | 510 kJ |
| 734 Cal | 122 Cal | |
| Protein | 54.6 g | 9.1 g |
| Fat, total | 18.2 g | 3 g |
| — saturated | 3.1 g | 0.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 83.1 g | 13.8 g |
| — sugars | 24.1 g | 4 g |
| Sodium | 827 mg | 137 mg |
| Fibre | 11.6 g | 1.9 g |
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Comments (1)
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I mixed left overs with left over stuffed sweet potatoes recipe. Yummo!!!
Anonymous
Posted on: 22 Feb 18
