Grilled mustard salmon recipe

Try this delicious grilled salmon fillet topped with wholegrain mustard and served with a soya bean and pea couscous. A perfect quick, cheap and simple to make meal for two

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Ingredients

• 300g (10oz) salmon fillet, cut in 2
• Salt and ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons wholegrain mustard
• 6 cherry tomatoes on the vine
• 90g (3oz) frozen soya beans
• 90g (3oz) frozen peas
• 150g (5oz) couscous
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Juice of ½ lemon
• 1 gherkin, chopped
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

Method

1. Set the grill to high. Put the salmon fillets on a Teflon non-stick sheet, on the grill pan, and season with salt and pepper. Spread mustard on each fillet. Grill for 5 mins, then add the tomatoes and cook for 5 mins.
2. Pour 150ml (¼ pint) boiling water from a kettle into a small pan. Add the soya beans, cover and cook for 5 mins. Add the peas and cook for 1 min, then turn off the heat. Stir in the couscous, oil and lemon juice and leave for 3 mins for the couscous to absorb the liquid. Season and stir in the gherkin and parsley. Serve with salmon and tomatoes.