Lunch

Spiced Beef Mince over Hummus and Chopped Salad

Name: Spiced Beef Mince over Hummus and Chopped Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 150 g Beef mince, 5% fat; 50 g Hummus; 100 g Cucumber; 120 g Tomato; 30 g Red onion; 80 g Little gem lettuce; 10 g Pine nuts; 5 g Olive oil; Juice of half a lemon Lemon juice; A teaspoon Ground cumin; A pinch Ground cinnamon; A handful, chopped Fresh parsley

Crisp cumin and cinnamon beef with toasted pine nuts, spooned over hummus and a lemon-dressed chopped salad. 40 g of protein.

Calories: 495kcal
Protein: 40g
Fat: 28g
Carbs: 17g

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

Allergens

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Pine nuts are seeds and are not on the UK list of tree nuts, though people with nut allergies are often told to avoid them.

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

Beef mince, 5% fat150 g
Weighed raw. Standard 20% mince is nearly twice the calories at the same weight.
Hummus50 g
Shop-bought. Reduced-fat versions are nearer 200 kcal.
Cucumber100 g
Tomato120 g
Red onion30 g
Little gem lettuce80 g
Pine nuts10 g
Olive oil5 g
Lemon juiceJuice of half a lemon
Ground cuminA teaspoon
Ground cinnamonA pinch
Fresh parsleyA handful, chopped

Method

Brown the mince in a hot dry pan, breaking it up with a spoon, for six to eight minutes until the edges crisp and any liquid has gone.
Add the cumin, cinnamon, salt and pine nuts for the last minute, stirring so the nuts toast without burning.
Chop the cucumber, tomato, onion and lettuce small and dress them with the oil, lemon and a pinch of salt.
Spread the hummus across the plate, pile the salad on one side, spoon the hot beef over and scatter the parsley.

Worth knowing

Cinnamon in beef reads as Lebanese rather than as pudding. A pinch, enough to notice and not enough to name.
The mince is 5% fat. Ten per cent at the same weight adds about 70 kcal and leaves the pan greasy.

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