Lunch

Smoked Turkey and Couscous Salad with Apricot and Mint

Name: Smoked Turkey and Couscous Salad with Apricot and Mint
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 100 g Smoked turkey breast, sliced; 120 g Cooked couscous; 2 apricots, about 16 g Dried apricots; 80 g Cucumber; 20 g Spring onion; 4 g Olive oil; Juice of half a lemon Lemon juice; A handful, chopped Fresh mint; A pinch Ground cumin

Couscous with sliced smoked turkey, chopped dried apricot, cucumber and mint in a lemon and cumin dressing. 28 g of protein for 324 kcal and nothing to cook.

Calories: 324kcal
Protein: 28g
Fat: 6g
Carbs: 38g

Per serving, makes 1. 10 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Sulphites

Bright orange dried apricots are treated with sulphur dioxide. Unsulphured ones are brown and carry no flag.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Smoked turkey breast, sliced100 g
Deli slices, torn. About 22% protein and very little fat, so it can carry a whole bowl. Deli weight, as sold.
Cooked couscous120 g
Cooked weight.
Dried apricots2 apricots, about 16 g
Cucumber80 g
Spring onion20 g
Olive oil4 g
Lemon juiceJuice of half a lemon
Fresh mintA handful, chopped
Ground cuminA pinch

Method

Whisk the lemon juice, oil, cumin and a pinch of salt and fork it through the couscous.
Chop the apricots small and dice the cucumber. Slice the spring onion.
Fold everything through the couscous with the torn turkey and the mint.

Worth knowing

Two apricots is sweet enough against the salty turkey. They are 43% sugar by weight, so the count matters more than it looks.
Packs the night before and needs nothing at lunchtime. The couscous takes four minutes to make if there is none left over; a mug of it soaked in boiling water under a plate.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.