Spice & honey salmon with couscous

Dairy Free
Very Healthy
Health score
100%
Spice & honey salmon with couscous
30 min.
2
631kcal

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Ingredients

  •  optional: lemon 
  • tsp ras el hanout spice mix (we used Bart - or see Know-how, below)
  • small garlic clove crushed
  • bunch spring onion thinly sliced
  • tsp olive oil for drizzling
  • fillet salmon fillet boneless skinless
  • 140 couscous 
  • tsp clear honey 
  • handful mint leaves finely sliced

Equipment

  • bowl
  • oven
  • baking pan
  • aluminum foil

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas
  2. Zest and juice 1 lemon, then mix the zest and the juice with the spice, garlic, the spring onions and 2 tsp oil. Season well.
  3. Put the salmon into a shallow dish, spoon over the marinade, then leave for 10 mins to let the flavours mingle.
  4. Meanwhile, put the couscous in a large bowl. Tip in the remaining lemon juice and oil, spring onions and 150ml boiling water, then cover and leave to stand.
  5. Lift the salmon onto a foil-lined baking tray, spoon over any leftover marinade, then roast for 15 mins. With 5 mins to go, pull out the baking tray and spoon 1 tsp clear honey over each fillet.
  6. Add the mint to the couscous and fluff it up with a fork.
  7. Serve the salmon with the couscous, spoon over the juices from the baking tray and add lemon wedges.

Nutrition Facts

Calories631kcal
Protein27.92%
Fat26.01%
Carbs46.07%

Properties

Glycemic Index
104.89
Glycemic Load
38.24
Inflammation Score
-8
Nutrition Score
37.843043534652%

Flavonoids

Eriodictyol
23.69mg
Hesperetin
30.34mg
Naringenin
0.59mg
Apigenin
0.11mg
Luteolin
2.31mg
Kaempferol
0.2mg
Myricetin
0.59mg
Quercetin
2.57mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:631.35kcal
31.57%
Fat:18.43g
28.36%
Saturated Fat:2.76g
17.27%
Carbohydrates:73.45g
24.48%
Net Carbohydrates:65.61g
23.86%
Sugar:8.83g
9.81%
Cholesterol:93.5mg
31.17%
Sodium:87.88mg
3.82%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:44.52g
89.03%
Selenium:63.12µg
90.17%
Vitamin B12:5.41µg
90.1%
Vitamin B6:1.62mg
81.08%
Vitamin B3:16.12mg
80.62%
Vitamin C:61.14mg
74.11%
Phosphorus:489.71mg
48.97%
Vitamin B2:0.75mg
44.27%
Manganese:0.79mg
39.69%
Vitamin B5:3.96mg
39.59%
Vitamin K:40.15µg
38.23%
Vitamin B1:0.56mg
37.26%
Copper:0.68mg
33.86%
Potassium:1181.16mg
33.75%
Fiber:7.84g
31.35%
Magnesium:98.49mg
24.62%
Iron:3.82mg
21.24%
Folate:82.84µg
20.71%
Zinc:1.9mg
12.68%
Calcium:113.44mg
11.34%
Vitamin E:1.53mg
10.21%
Vitamin A:327.25IU
6.54%