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American cooking

The full melting-pot inventory — Southern BBQ, New York slices, Californian bowls, Tex-Mex. Honest home cooking, not diner nostalgia.

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Meat Dishes

Extra Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Wings

The crispiest chicken wings you'll ever make without a drop of oil for frying. The secret is baking powder — it raises the skin's pH, which accelerates browning and dries the surface into a shattering crust at 200°C in the air fryer. I tested every ratio and landed on one tablespoon per kilogram of wings. Pat the wings bone-dry first, toss them in seasoned baking powder, and give them 25 minutes with one flip. They come out rivaling any deep-fried wing, with a fraction of the fat and none of the mess. Toss in buffalo, honey garlic, or BBQ sauce right before serving.

35 min420 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

★4.6

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Meat Dishes

Fall Veggie Hot Honey Bowl

Roasted sweet potato and Brussels sprouts, ground turkey with warm autumn spices, cottage cheese, avocado, and a maple Dijon drizzle — or hot honey if you want to keep it simple. The Brussels sprouts are the key: roasted cut-side down at high heat, they caramelize at the edges and become nutty and faintly sweet.

40 min495 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

★4.6

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Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Flower Potatoes

Hasselback-style "flower" potatoes made in the air fryer — thin slices fan open like petals, crispy on the edges and soft in the center. Brushed with garlic-paprika butter, sprinkled with parmesan in the last three minutes. The chopstick trick creates perfect even cuts every time without slicing through, and soaking in cold water removes the starch so the petals separate and crisp up properly.

30 min250 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

★4.7

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Breakfast and Brunch

Fluffy American Pancakes

Tall, cloud-like pancakes with crispy golden edges and a soft, pillowy center — the quintessential American breakfast. The secret is buttermilk and letting the batter rest.

25 min380 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick

★4.7

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Fish and Seafood Dishes

Foil Packet Fish

White fish fillets sealed in foil with cherry tomatoes, olives, capers, zucchini and lemon. Everything steams together in 15 minutes — on the grill or in the oven. Zero cleanup.

30 min270 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

★4.6

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Breakfast and Brunch

French Toast

Thick-cut brioche soaked in a rich custard of eggs, cream and warm spices, then pan-fried in butter until deeply golden. A luxurious American breakfast that takes just minutes to make.

20 min390 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick

★4.6

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Meat Dishes

Fried Chicken

A classic American dish that has become an icon of Southern cooking. Pieces of chicken on the bone, covered with a crispy, golden brown breading.

45 min225 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

★4.6

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Fish and Seafood Dishes

Fried Shrimp

Shrimp coated in seasoned flour, dipped in egg, and fried in hot oil until the crust turns deep gold and audibly crunchy. Served with a squeeze of lemon, the contrast between crisp shell and tender, juicy shrimp is addictive.

30 min275 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

★4.8

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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

★4.6

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Fish and Seafood Dishes

Garlic Butter Shrimp

Juicy shrimp seared in a rich garlic butter sauce with a splash of lemon. Ready in 15 minutes and perfect over pasta, rice, or with crusty bread.

15 min290 kcal4 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

★4.9

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Meat Dishes

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

★4.6

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Breakfast and Brunch

Greek Yogurt Parfait

Thick plain Greek yogurt layered with granola, fresh berries, and honey in a tall glass. No cooking, five minutes, maximum visual impact if you use a clear glass and care about the layers. The parfait is only as good as its three components: the yogurt must be full-fat and thick enough to hold shape, the granola must be genuinely crunchy, and the fruit must be ripe. All three conditions met, this is one of the most complete breakfasts you can assemble without turning on the stove.

5 min320 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

★4.9

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