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Halloumi Fajita Salad

Name: Halloumi Fajita Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 80 g Halloumi; 80 g Red pepper; 70 g Yellow pepper; 60 g Red onion; 100 g Romaine lettuce; 40 g Avocado; 6 g Olive oil; Juice of a lime Lime juice; A teaspoon Smoked paprika; Half a teaspoon Ground cumin; A handful Fresh coriander

Charred peppers and onion with smoked paprika and cumin, halloumi cooked in the same pan, over lime-dressed romaine with avocado. 22 g of protein.

Calories: 472kcal
Protein: 22g
Fat: 35g
Carbs: 19g

Per serving, makes 1. 20 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

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Halloumi Fajita Salad, plated and ready to serve. — The finished recipe. Halloumi Fajita Salad

Ingredients 1 to 6 for halloumi fajita salad arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 1 to 6. 80 g Halloumi (Four slices. Six is a different number.). 80 g Red pepper. 70 g Yellow pepper. 60 g Red onion. 100 g Romaine lettuce. 40 g Avocado (Flesh only. Half a medium avocado is about 70 g.)

Ingredients 7 to 11 for halloumi fajita salad arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 7 to 11. 6 g Olive oil. Juice of a lime Lime juice. A teaspoon Smoked paprika. Half a teaspoon Ground cumin. A handful Fresh coriander

Halloumi Fajita Salad, preparation step 1: Cut the peppers and onion into strips and cook them in the oil over high heat for six to eight minutes, until charred at the edges. Add the paprika and cumin for the last minute. — Step 1. Cut the peppers and onion into strips and cook them in the oil over high heat for six to eight minutes, until charred at the edges. Add the paprika and cumin for the last minute.

Halloumi Fajita Salad, preparation step 2: Push the vegetables to one side and lay the halloumi slices in the empty half of the pan for two minutes a side, so they pick up the spice left behind. — Step 2. Push the vegetables to one side and lay the halloumi slices in the empty half of the pan for two minutes a side, so they pick up the spice left behind.

Halloumi Fajita Salad, preparation step 3: Toss the romaine with the lime and a pinch of salt. — Step 3. Toss the romaine with the lime and a pinch of salt.

The finished halloumi fajita salad. — Step 4. Pile the peppers and halloumi over the leaves and finish with the diced avocado and coriander.

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Ingredients

Halloumi80 g
Four slices. Six is a different number.
Red pepper80 g
Yellow pepper70 g
Red onion60 g
Romaine lettuce100 g
Avocado40 g
Flesh only. Half a medium avocado is about 70 g.
Olive oil6 g
Lime juiceJuice of a lime
Smoked paprikaA teaspoon
Ground cuminHalf a teaspoon
Fresh corianderA handful

Method

Cut the peppers and onion into strips and cook them in the oil over high heat for six to eight minutes, until charred at the edges. Add the paprika and cumin for the last minute.
Push the vegetables to one side and lay the halloumi slices in the empty half of the pan for two minutes a side, so they pick up the spice left behind.
Toss the romaine with the lime and a pinch of salt.
Pile the peppers and halloumi over the leaves and finish with the diced avocado and coriander.

Worth knowing

One pan, and the halloumi goes in after the peppers on purpose. The spiced oil left in the pan is the seasoning.
Halloumi is 320 kcal per 100 g and 80 g is a portion. The salad is built to have exactly that much cheese in it.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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