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Meat Dishes

Garlic Butter Chicken with Rice

Chicken thighs seared skin-side down until the fat renders and the skin turns deep gold, then finished in the oven on a bed of garlic-butter rice that absorbs all the drippings. The rice cooks in chicken fat and broth simultaneously — which is why it tastes nothing like rice made separately. One pan, under 40 minutes, 38g of protein per serving.

35 min580 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

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Greek Chicken Bowls

Chicken thighs marinated in Greek yogurt, lemon and oregano, baked until charred at the edges, served over rice with cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, feta and a quick homemade tzatziki. Around 40g of protein per bowl — Mediterranean flavors in one assembly.

40 min490 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

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Grilled Steak (Reverse Sear Method)

The reverse sear is the definitive method for cooking a thick steak to perfect, uniform doneness with an aggressively crusted exterior — and it produces reliably superior results to every traditional technique. The principle is the inversion of conventional wisdom: instead of searing first and finishing low, you cook the steak slowly at 120°C (250°F) until the interior reaches 10°C below your target temperature, then sear it over maximum heat for 60 to 90 seconds per side. Because the interior is already at the correct temperature, the high-heat sear builds the Maillard crust without creating the gray, overcooked band that plagues traditional searing. The result is a steak that is uniformly pink from edge to edge with a dark, shatteringly crisp crust. A meat thermometer is not optional — it is the entire technique.

90 min650 kcal2 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

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Ground Beef and Potato Skillet

Ground beef and potatoes in one pan, done in 35 minutes. No advance prep, no separate boiling. The beef goes in first and builds a fond on the bottom of the pan; the potatoes cook in that flavoured fat with a splash of broth and a lid on top. It's the kind of meal that doesn't ask much of you on a weeknight.

35 min430 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

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Ground Turkey Taco Bowls

Lean ground turkey seasoned with homemade taco spices, served over cilantro-lime rice with black beans, corn, salsa and avocado. Around 40g of protein per bowl — the standard for high-protein meal prep that actually tastes like dinner.

30 min420 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

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Gyro

Thin-sliced seasoned pork roasted until the edges turn crisp and golden, served in warm pita with tzatziki, tomato, and onion. The restaurant gyros is cooked on a vertical rotisserie — meat stacked in layers, spinning slowly, the outer crust shaved off in strips as it crisps. At home, the closest result comes from threading marinated pork pieces onto a vertical skewer propped over an onion half in a roasting pan, then finishing under the grill. The marinade is oregano, paprika, cumin, garlic, vinegar, and olive oil. The tzatziki is made from scratch and is not optional.

90 min480 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

Hainanese Chicken Rice (Singapore-Style)

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Hainanese Chicken Rice (Singapore-Style)

Hainanese chicken rice is one of Singapore's national dishes, deceptively simple and quietly luxurious. A whole chicken is gently poached below a simmer until silky and just cooked, then plunged into ice for a jelly-set skin. The rice is fried in chicken fat with garlic and ginger and cooked in the poaching broth, so every grain is savoury and glossy. It's served with a trio of sauces — fiery chili-lime, ginger-scallion oil, and dark sweet soy — and a bowl of the clear broth.

80 min590 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌶️Spicy

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Hamburger Patties

80/20 ground beef seasoned with salt, pepper and Worcestershire, cooked two ways: as a thick classic patty with a thumb-print dimple to stay flat, or as a smash burger pressed thin on screaming-hot cast iron for maximum crust. Both from the same ingredients.

20 min380 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

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Meat Dishes

High-Protein Chicken Alfredo

Fettuccine in a garlic-Parmesan sauce built with Greek yogurt instead of all cream. The yogurt is added off the heat so it doesn't curdle, and you can't taste it in the finished dish. Around 38g of protein per serving instead of the usual 22g.

30 min540 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🥑Keto

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High-Protein Chili

Ground beef with kidney beans, black beans and a spoonful of Greek yogurt stirred in at the end. Gets better the next day. Freezes well. Around 40g of protein per bowl.

55 min480 kcal6 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Homemade Strasbourg-style Pâté en Croûte

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Homemade Strasbourg-style Pâté en Croûte

A home kitchen adaptation of the classic Strasbourg pâté — no foie gras, but the same principle: spiced, cognac-scented forcemeat baked inside a golden pastry crust and sliced cold.

120 min365 kcal8 serves

💪High protein

Honey-Glazed Ham (Easter Spiral-Cut Ham with Honey Mustard Glaze)

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Honey-Glazed Ham (Easter Spiral-Cut Ham with Honey Mustard Glaze)

Honey-glazed ham is the centerpiece of the American Easter table — a fully cooked spiral-cut bone-in ham, slow-warmed under foil and brushed with a sticky lacquer of honey, brown sugar, and Dijon mustard. The bone keeps the meat moist, the spiral cut lets the glaze seep into every slice, and a final blast under the broiler gives the signature caramel crust. Serves twelve, makes great sandwiches the next day, and the leftover bone goes into split pea soup. The technique is forgiving: low oven, foil tent, glaze in the last 30 minutes.

150 min330 kcal12 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

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