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Slow-simmered lean lamb with apricots, chickpeas and cinnamon over wholewheat couscous.
Soft eggs, avocado & watercress on rye
Breakfast-for-dinner: soft-boiled eggs and avocado on rye when cooking feels impossible.
Ingredients
Servings 1
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Method
- Step 1
Boil the eggs 6 and a half minutes; peel and halve.
- Step 2
Toast the rye; mash half the avocado onto it and lay over the slices.
- Step 3
Top with watercress and eggs.
- Step 4
Dress with oil, lemon, pepper and chilli.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 480 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 20g |
| Carbohydrates | 34g |
| – of which sugars | 3g |
| Fibre | 11g |
| Fat | 29g |
| – of which saturates | 6g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.7g |
| Calcium | 140mg |
| Iron | 3.8mg |
| Salt | 0.9g |
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