Couscous with tuna

Name: Couscous with tuna
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 100g couscous; 100ml hot chicken stock or water; ½ can tuna in sunflower oil, drained; Handful stoned black olives, finely chopped; 4 cherry tomatoes, finely chopped; For the dressing; Freshly squeezed juice of ½ lemon; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp honey

Published: 30 Sep 08
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

Next time you’re looking for an easy, healthy lunchbox filler, try our couscous with tuna recipe and it’ll soon become your go-to favourite.

Serves 2
Ready in 15 minutes

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Ingredients

100g couscous
100ml hot chicken stock or water
½ can tuna in sunflower oil, drained
Handful stoned black olives, finely chopped
4 cherry tomatoes, finely chopped

For the dressing

Freshly squeezed juice of ½ lemon
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp honey

Method

Put the couscous in a bowl, pour over the hot stock or water, cover and leave for 10 minutes. Once the grains of couscous have absorbed all the liquid, fluff them up with a fork. Stir in the tuna, olives and tomatoes.
Place all the ingredients for the dressing in a screw-top jar, secure the lid and shake together. Stir into the couscous. Transfer to a plastic container and chill until ready to take to school.

Recipe from October 2008 Issue

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