Grilled Asparagus & Lemon Risotto with Basil Pesto & Rocket Salad
A vibrant risotto, perfect for the spring season. Featuring our new quick-cook risotto-style rice, along with vibrant courgette, seasonal asparagus and leafy basil. Serve with a refreshing salad, made with rocket, toasted almonds, juicy olives and zesty lemon.
You supply: coconut oil, salt, pepper. The figures below are for the dish cooked as instructed, so they count these rather than what arrives in the box.
How it compares
More than 6% of the 576 meals we track.
6th percentileAround the middle of the 576 meals we track.
57th percentileThis brand doesn’t publish it, so the meal sits outside this comparison.
Worth knowing
- Salt 3g — 50% of an adult's 6g daily maximum, in one meal.
- Saturates 4.1g — 21% of the 20g daily reference intake.
- Fibre 11g — 37% of the 30g daily recommendation.
- Mindful Chef declares none of the 14 UK allergens for this meal.
Reference intakes are published UK adult figures — a 6g daily maximum for salt, 20g for saturates and a 30g recommendation for fibre. We divide; we don’t score.
Full nutrition — as published by Mindful Chef
| Nutrient | Per Serving | Per 100g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy / Calories | 600 kcal | — |
| Protein | 14 g | — |
| Carbohydrates | 63 g | — |
| of which sugars | 9.5 g | — |
| Fat | 34 g | — |
| of which saturates | 4.1 g | — |
| Dietary Fibre | 11 g | — |
| Salt | 3 g | — |
| Sodium equivalent | 1200 mg | — |
A blank means Mindful Chef doesn’t publish it — we never fill the gap with a zero or an estimate.
Ingredients and allergens — 13 listed, in order
30g Pitted Kalamata Olives, 10g vegetable stock powder, 40g rocket, 250g cooked short grain brown rice, 2 tbsp green pesto, 1 tbsp tahini, 130g asparagus, 2 garlic clove, 1 courgette, 1 onion, 1 handful of fresh basil, 10g flaked almonds, 1 unwaxed lemon
Contains (brand-declared)
Mindful Chef declares none of the 14 UK allergens for this mealMay contain traces
No separate trace allergens publishedSuitable for
The maths — protein density, cost per 100 calories and six more
Worked out from the figures the brand publishes. Click any of them to see the sum and the inputs used.
Where each number came from — 10 fields, traced to Mindful Chef
Where each number came from
Every figure on this page was read from Mindful Chef's own published pages. Below is the text we read, and where on their site we read it.
| Field | What their page said | What we stored | How we read it | Certainty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| calories_kcal | 600 calories | 600 kcal | json ld | Read as published |
| protein_g | 14g | 14 g | json ld | Read as published |
| carbs_g | 63g | 63 g | json ld | Read as published |
| fat_g | 34g | 34 g | json ld | Read as published |
| saturated_fat_g | 4.1g | 4.1 g | json ld | Read as published |
| sugars_g | 9.5g | 9.5 g | json ld | Read as published |
| fibre_g | 11g | 11 g | json ld | Read as published |
| salt_g | 1200mg | 3 g | json ld | Worked out from published values |
| sodium_mg | 1200mg | 1200 mg | json ld | Read as published |
| ingredient_list_text | 30g Pitted Kalamata Olives, 10g vegetable stock powder, 40g rocket, 250g cooked short grain brown rice, 2 tbsp green pesto, 1 tbsp tahini, 130g asparagus, 2 garlic clove, 1 courgette, 1 onion, 1 handful of fresh basil, 10g flaked almonds, 1 unwaxed lemon | 30g Pitted Kalamata Olives, 10g vegetable stock powder, 40g rocket, 250g cooked short grain brown rice, 2 tbsp green pesto, 1 tbsp tahini, 130g asparagus, 2 garlic clove, 1 courgette, 1 onion, 1 handful of fresh basil, 10g flaked almonds, 1 unwaxed lemon | json ld | Read as published |
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