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Dried Thyme Recipes

13 recipes with dried thyme for weeknights, meal prep, and quick ingredient searches. Choose by time, cuisine, and what is in your kitchen.

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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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Meat Dishes

Meatloaf

Meatloaf is a traditional American dish — ground meat mixed with breadcrumbs, eggs and spices, baked into a loaf shape and topped with a tomato glaze.

63 min700 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

★4.9

🇫🇷FranceMedium

Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Ratatouille

Ratatouille is a wonderful dish that combines the bright flavors of fresh vegetables and the aromas of spices. Suitable for both everyday dinners and special occasions.

55 min130 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free

★4.8

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Meat Dishes

Baked Pork Chops

Bone-in pork chops rubbed with smoked paprika, garlic and a touch of brown sugar, then roasted at high heat until the edges caramelize and the inside stays juicy. Ready in 30 minutes — the resting step at the end is non-negotiable.

30 min320 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

★4.8

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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

★4.8

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Soups

Beef and Vegetable Soup

Cheap, tough beef cuts braised low and slow in broth with root vegetables until the meat is tender enough to break with a spoon. The collagen from those cuts dissolves into the broth over time and makes it thick and glossy. Expensive steaks make thin, bland soup.

120 min380 kcal6 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

★4.4

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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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Soups

Gumbo

A rich Creole-style Louisiana gumbo with a dark roux, chicken, andouille sausage, shrimp, okra, and the holy trinity of onion, celery, and green bell pepper. Served over rice, it is deep, smoky, and comforting.

110 min520 kcal6 serves

🌶️Spicy

★4.8

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Meat Dishes

One-Pot Chicken and Rice

Chicken thighs seared until golden, then rice and broth go in the same pan and everything cooks together. The rice absorbs all the chicken juices and spiced broth — nothing is wasted, nothing gets washed up separately. One pan, 40 minutes, dinner done.

40 min480 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

★4.8

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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

Homemade Strasbourg-style Pâté en Croûte

🇫🇷FranceAdvanced

Meat Dishes

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

★4.4

🇮🇹ItalyMedium

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Lentil Bolognese

Red lentils simmered with soffritto, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, and red wine into a thick, deeply savory pasta sauce. No meat, no substitutes — just lentils doing what they do best when you give them enough time and heat. The sauce works because red lentils dissolve into the tomato base, thickening it while adding body and protein. Walnuts, added near the end, give the sauce a slight richness and something to chew on. The whole thing takes about 40 minutes and tastes better the next day.

45 min480 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free

★4.7

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