Couscous with peas & mint
Couscous with peas, fresh mint, lemon juice and olive oil. A ten-minute vegan grain side that is simple to prepare alongside dinner.
At a glance
Vegan · 10 minutes active preparation · 10 minutes total · side
Method range: 1–4 servings.
Contains: gluten, wheat. Check individual packaging and cross-contact information; this is not an allergy-safety guarantee.
Estimated per serving
- Energy
- 1153 kJ
- Protein
- 10.9 g
- Carbs
- 41.8 g
- Fat
- 5.4 g
- Iron
- 2.2 mg
- Calcium
- 41.3 mg
- Folate
- 62.8 µg
- Vitamin C
- 10.7 mg
* Partial ingredient data. Additional cooking losses may not be included. Open recipe for all vitamins, minerals and calculation notes.
Ingredients
Nutrition weights for 2 servings. Changing the batch size keeps the per-serving nutrition the same.
- Couscous, dry100 g
- water125 g
- Peas, cooked from frozen and drained150 g
- mint5 g
- olive oil10 g
- lemon juice10 g
Method
- Bring the measured water to the boil in a saucepan, add the cooked and drained peas and heat through for 1 minute.
- Stir in the couscous, cover, take off the heat and leave for 5 minutes.
- Fluff with a fork and stir through the olive oil, lemon juice and chopped mint.
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Nutrition
Macros and selected micronutrients. Open All nutrients for the full nutrient and food-component profile. Availability varies by ingredient. Select a nutrient to see which ingredients supply it.
| Nutrient | Amount | Reference comparison |
|---|---|---|
| 1153 kJCooking estimate incomplete | — | |
| 10.9 gCooking estimate incomplete | — | |
| 5.4 gCooking estimate incomplete | — | |
| 7.0 gCooking estimate incomplete | 28%AI · reported contribution only | |
| 41.8 gCooking estimate incomplete | — | |
| 41 mgCooking estimate incomplete | 4%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 1 µgCooking estimate incomplete | 0%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 2.2 mgCooking estimate incomplete | 12%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 0.00 µgCooking estimate incomplete | 0%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 63 µgCooking estimate incomplete | 16%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 10.7 mgCooking estimate incomplete | 24%RDI · reported contribution only |
Estimates from the identified food records, including dated product labels where specified. “Not reported” is unknown; partial totals may be incomplete. Whole-batch amounts are not compared against one person’s daily reference. Per-serving percentages compare one serving with daily RDI/AI targets for Women 31–50 years, not upper limits. Values use foods in their recorded states; additional cooking losses are not modelled unless you select a supported method when editing ingredients.
About this recipe
Editorially reviewed; not kitchen tested. Original owner-specified recipe, editorially reviewed; not kitchen-tested. Quantities are edible grams for two servings. Further heating without a matching published retention model remains uncertain.
MorselMetrics October 2026 original recipes · Original MorselMetrics recipe text; nutrient data retain their source terms
Independently composed for MorselMetrics, October 2026. Editorially reviewed; not kitchen-tested. AFCD and selected validated AUSNUT nutrient records retain FSANZ attribution and source terms.
Calculation assumptions & recipe adaptations
Original October 2026 recipe copy supplied by the owner. Uses ordinary dry couscous because neither installed Australian source identifies wholemeal couscous; wholemeal and strong thiamin claims are removed. Lists the edible cooked-and-drained pea weight because AFCD supplies a cooked frozen-pea record; cook and weigh before adding.
Original owner-specified recipe, editorially reviewed; not kitchen-tested. Quantities are edible grams for two servings. Further heating without a matching published retention model remains uncertain. Missing nutrients are not treated as zero. All measured added oil is counted. Generic and historical formulation data can differ from the product used. Uses ordinary dry couscous because neither installed Australian source identifies wholemeal couscous; wholemeal and strong thiamin claims are removed. Lists the edible cooked-and-drained pea weight because AFCD supplies a cooked frozen-pea record; cook and weigh before adding.
- Couscous, dry: Weighed edible quantity for the whole two-serving recipe. Uses ordinary dry couscous because neither installed Australian source identifies wholemeal couscous; wholemeal and strong thiamin claims are removed.
- water: Weighed edible quantity for the whole two-serving recipe.
- Peas, cooked from frozen and drained: Weighed edible quantity for the whole two-serving recipe. Lists the edible cooked-and-drained pea weight because AFCD supplies a cooked frozen-pea record; cook and weigh before adding.
- mint: Weighed edible quantity for the whole two-serving recipe.
- olive oil: Weighed edible quantity for the whole two-serving recipe.
- lemon juice: Weighed edible quantity for the whole two-serving recipe.
AFCD attribution, data & methods
Food matches used for nutrition
- Couscous, dry: Couscous, uncooked
- water: Water, tap
- Peas, cooked from frozen and drained: Pea, green, frozen, boiled, drained
- mint: Mint, fresh, raw
- olive oil: Oil, olive
- lemon juice: Juice, lemon