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Ham, couscous and lentil salad

This Christmas, make this delicious salad to use up your leftover ham and serve up half of your 5-a-day.

  • Time to make: 15 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup whole-wheat couscous
  • ⅔ cup boiling water
  • 400g can no-added-salt lentils, rinsed and drained
  • 150g lean ham off the bone, chopped*
  • 2 carrots, grated
  • 1 large red capsicum, diced
  • 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons currants
  • 6 cups rocket
  • cracked black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 In a large heatproof bowl, place couscous. Add boiling water and stir to combine. Cover and set aside for 4 minutes. Fluff grains with a fork.

    2 Add lentils, ham, carrot, capsicum, spring onions, currants and rocket. Season with pepper.

    3 In a small bowl, combine orange juice, oil and white wine vinegar. Add to salad and toss to combine.

    4 Divide salad among 4 plates and serve.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free couscous and check ham is gluten free.

    HFG tip

    *Note: Cost per serve will be less if using leftovers.

     

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