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Breakfast Sandwich (Bacon, Egg & Cheese) with eggs, bacon and cheese — USA recipe

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Breakfast and Brunch

Breakfast Sandwich (Bacon, Egg & Cheese)

Crispy bacon, a folded egg with melted cheese, and toasted bread. The BEC — bacon, egg, and cheese — is New York's unofficial breakfast, sold at delis, bodegas, and carts across the city since at least the 1970s. What makes the bodega version different from a homemade one is the egg technique: not scrambled, not fried flat, but cooked like a loose omelette, folded into a compact rectangle that fits the bread and keeps everything together. The cheese melts into the egg rather than sitting on top. Everything stays in the sandwich when you eat it. That is the detail that matters.

15 min620 kcal2 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Broccoli Cheddar Soup with broccoli, sharp cheddar cheese and carrot — USA recipe

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Soups

Broccoli Cheddar Soup

The American diner classic: broccoli and carrot simmered in a milk-and-stock base thickened with a butter roux, then finished off the heat with sharp cheddar melted in a handful at a time. Creamy, comforting, and better than the bread-bowl version at the chain that made it famous — as long as you keep the cheese from splitting.

40 min420 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian

Brown Sugar Salmon with salmon fillets, brown sugar and soy sauce — USA recipe

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Fish and Seafood Dishes

Brown Sugar Salmon

Salmon fillets baked with a brown sugar, smoked paprika and garlic rub that caramelizes in the oven into a sweet, smoky glaze. One of the easiest weeknight fish recipes — done in under 20 minutes.

20 min310 kcal4 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick

Brownie with chocolate, butter and sugar — USA recipe

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Flour and Confectionery Products

Brownie

Dense, fudgy squares loaded with dark chocolate and butter, with a crackly paper-thin crust on top and a gooey center underneath. The line between baked and underbaked is razor-thin — and that is exactly where you want to land.

40 min360 kcal12 serves

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Buffalo Chicken Dip with shredded cooked chicken, full fat cream cheese and Frank's RedHot or hot cayenne sauce — USA recipe

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Sauces and Dips

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Buffalo chicken dip is everything a chicken wing delivers — hot sauce, butter richness, cooling dairy, sharp cheese — in a scoopable baked format that works for a crowd without the mess. Rotisserie chicken goes in shredded, cream cheese and ranch hold it together, cheddar seals the top, and the oven does the rest. Ready in 35 minutes. Scales easily. Disappears faster than you expect.

35 min290 kcal8 serves

💪High protein🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free

Buffalo Wings with chicken, butter and hot sauce — USA recipe

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Appetizers and Sandwiches

Buffalo Wings

Crispy oven-baked chicken wings tossed in a fiery, tangy Buffalo sauce made with hot sauce and butter. Served with cool blue cheese dip and celery sticks — the definitive American bar snack.

50 min480 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy🥑Keto💪High protein

Burger Bowl with ground beef, cheddar and dill pickles — USA recipe

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Salads

Burger Bowl

A cheeseburger with the bun swapped for a bed of crisp lettuce: seasoned ground beef with the cheddar melted right in, piled over romaine with tomato, red onion, and pickles, then drizzled with a tangy special sauce. All the flavour of a fast-food burger, none of the heaviness, and on the table faster than grilling patties.

20 min550 kcal2 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Butternut Squash Soup with butternut squash, onion and garlic — USA recipe

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Soups

Butternut Squash Soup

Roasted butternut squash blended with garlic, onion, and a touch of cream. Roasting is what separates a deep, caramelized soup from a flat one — don't skip it.

60 min210 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free

Cabbage and White Bean Soup with cabbage, cannellini beans and carrots — USA recipe

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Soups

Cabbage and White Bean Soup

Green cabbage and cannellini beans in a tomato-herb broth with carrots and celery. The beans break down slightly as they cook, thickening the broth from the inside. About 12g of fiber per serving. Inexpensive, keeps all week.

40 min260 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein🥑Keto

Cabbage Boil (Whole Baked Cabbage with Spiced Butter) with green cabbage, butter and cajun seasoning — USA recipe

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Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Cabbage Boil (Whole Baked Cabbage with Spiced Butter)

A cabbage boil is a viral American dish: a whole head of green cabbage, cored, packed with garlic and cajun spiced butter, and baked until a knife slides through the centre without resistance. Nothing is actually boiled here: the outer leaves darken and crisp while the middle steams in its own moisture and the butter runs down between the layers. It takes one small head and one pan, and turns a vegetable most people cook to mush into something worth putting in the middle of the table.

110 min210 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Caesar Salad with bread, butter and chicken — USA recipe

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Salads

Caesar Salad

Caesar salad is a Tijuana-born salad of romaine, Parmesan, croutons and a garlicky lemon dressing. This version builds the dressing on mayonnaise and buttermilk with Worcestershire sauce and Dijon mustard, adds grilled chicken and bakes the croutons with garlic and olive oil. Made from scratch, it bears no resemblance to the bottled-dressing version.

23 min510 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting with flour, baking powder and cinnamon — USA recipe

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Sweet Dishes

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot cake is one of the very few cakes where the vegetable in the name is not a compromise — it genuinely makes the cake better. Freshly grated carrots release moisture directly into the batter and carry the spices into every crumb. The cake uses oil rather than butter, which keeps it moist even straight from the fridge. Brown sugar adds molasses depth that plain white sugar doesn't. The cream cheese frosting is the best part: tangy, rich, and not too sweet when you use a measured hand with the icing sugar. This is a two-layer cake assembled with frosting between the layers and swirled over the top and sides.

90 min510 kcal12 serves

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