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21 recipes with sesame seeds for weeknights, meal prep, and quick ingredient searches. Choose by time, cuisine, and what is in your kitchen.

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Shrimp Rice Bowls
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUSAMedium
Fish and Seafood Dishes

Shrimp Rice Bowls

Garlic butter shrimp glazed with soy sauce over jasmine rice with edamame, avocado and a drizzle of sesame-honey dressing. Shrimp cooks in 3 minutes. If the rice is already done, this is a 10-minute meal. Around 30g of protein per bowl.

20 min420 kcal4 serves
โšกQuick๐Ÿ’ชHigh protein
โ˜…4.5
Chicken Stir-Fry with Vegetables
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChinaAdvanced
Meat Dishes

Chicken Stir-Fry with Vegetables

Chicken thighs and whatever vegetables you have, cooked over maximum heat in a soy-sesame-ginger sauce. The fastest way to clear the fridge without the result tasting like leftovers. Done in 20 minutes if the prep is ready.

25 min350 kcal4 serves
๐Ÿ’ชHigh proteinโšกQuick๐ŸŒถ๏ธSpicy
โ˜…4.4
Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChinaMedium
Meat Dishes

Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry

Thin strips of chicken and broccoli florets cooked fast in a hot pan, then coated in a glossy brown sauce built on soy, oyster sauce, ginger, and garlic. Ready in 25 minutes, high in protein.

25 min320 kcal4 serves
๐Ÿ’ชHigh proteinโšกQuick
โ˜…4.4
Hot Honey Cottage Cheese Beef Bowl
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUSAAdvanced
Meat Dishes

Hot Honey Cottage Cheese Beef Bowl

Ground beef glazed in spicy-sweet hot honey, served over jasmine rice with a cold scoop of cottage cheese on top. The cottage cheese melts just enough from the heat of the beef to form a creamy layer. One pan. 25 minutes.

25 min480 kcal4 serves
๐Ÿ’ชHigh proteinโšกQuick๐ŸŒถ๏ธSpicy
โ˜…4.5
Vegan Buddha Bowl
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUSAMedium
Salads

Vegan Buddha Bowl

Quinoa, crispy spiced chickpeas, roasted sweet potato, fresh avocado, and shredded purple cabbage, all brought together with a tahini-lemon dressing. Buddha bowls follow a five-part formula: grain base, plant protein, roasted vegetables, fresh raw vegetables, and sauce. There's no fixed recipe โ€” the whole point is that you can swap nearly every component based on what's in season or what's in your fridge, and the bowl still works. What makes this version reliable: the chickpeas are properly dried before roasting, the sweet potato is cut small enough to caramelize rather than steam, and the tahini dressing is thinned down enough to actually coat everything rather than sitting on top.

40 min540 kcal2 serves
๐ŸŒฟVegetarian๐ŸŒฑVegan๐ŸŒพGluten-free
โ˜…4.9
Tempeh Stir-Fry
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesiaAdvanced
Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Tempeh Stir-Fry

Crispy-edged tempeh cubes and stir-fried vegetables in a savory-sweet soy, ginger, and garlic sauce. Tempeh is one of the few plant proteins that genuinely crisps when fried โ€” the dense, fermented structure browns at the edges while staying chewy in the center, which is exactly what a stir-fry needs. The sauce caramelizes against the hot pan in the last minute of cooking, coating everything in a glossy layer. Serve over jasmine rice or soba noodles with sesame seeds and spring onion.

30 min420 kcal3 serves
๐ŸŒฟVegetarian๐ŸŒฑVeganโšกQuick
โ˜…4.4
Challah (Braided Jewish Egg Bread)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsraelAdvanced
Flour and Confectionery Products

Challah (Braided Jewish Egg Bread)

Challah (ื—ึทืœึธึผื”, pronounced HA-lah) is the braided, egg-enriched bread of Jewish tradition, placed on the Shabbat table every Friday at sundown and baked for the major Jewish holidays. The word originally referred to the portion of dough consecrated as a priestly offering โ€” a ritual still observed by many Jewish bakers before baking. As a bread, challah is remarkable: egg yolks give the crumb a warm golden hue; oil makes it tender and keeps it pareve (neutral โ€” neither meat nor dairy, so it can be served at any Shabbat meal regardless of what is being eaten); honey provides a gentle sweetness. The defining ritual is the braiding โ€” three strands at minimum, six at maximum โ€” which is said to represent love, peace, and truth. For Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) challah is baked as a round spiral to symbolise the continuity of the annual cycle. The crust, glazed twice with egg wash, bakes to a deep, shining mahogany.

210 min290 kcal12 serves
๐ŸŒฟVegetarian
โ˜…4.7
Salsa Macha
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexicoMedium
Sauces and Dips

Salsa Macha

Salsa macha is Mexico's chili oil โ€” but denser, crunchier, and more complex than the Asian version most people know. It comes from Veracruz and Oaxaca, where dried chilies, raw peanuts, sesame seeds, and garlic are fried together in neutral oil, then roughly blended into a dark, chunky paste. The name comes from the Spanish word for 'brave' or 'bold', and the flavor earns it: smoky, nutty, fruity from the dried chilies, with a heat that lingers rather than spikes. One jar changes how you think about eggs, tacos, grilled meats, soups, and avocado toast. It keeps for a month in the fridge and gets better after a day.

25 min120 kcal10 serves
๐ŸŒฟVegetarian๐ŸŒฑVegan๐ŸŒพGluten-free
โ˜…4.9
Bibim Guksu (Korean Spicy Cold Noodles)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทKoreaMedium
Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Bibim Guksu (Korean Spicy Cold Noodles)

Bibim guksu is the Korean summer dish that takes fifteen minutes and requires almost no cooking. Thin wheat noodles, shocked in ice water until they bounce back against your teeth, coated in a gochujang sauce that is simultaneously hot, sour, sweet, and faintly fermented. Topped with kimchi, cucumber, and a soft-boiled egg. The word bibim means mixed โ€” everything goes in the bowl and you toss it with your hands.

15 min380 kcal2 serves
๐ŸŒถ๏ธSpicyโšกQuick๐Ÿ’ชHigh protein
โ˜…4.5
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