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Thirty grams of protein or more per serving, without a protein powder in sight. Meat, fish, eggs, beans, and dairy doing their actual job.

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Shepherd's Pie with minced meat, potato and carrot — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Shepherd's Pie

A traditional English dish consisting of a layer of stewed meat and vegetables covered with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven. Usually made with lamb, but beef can also be used.

65 min525 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

Shrimp Rice Bowls with shrimp, rice and garlic — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

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

⚡Quick💪High protein

Shrimp Stir-Fry with shrimp, garlic and ginger — China recipe

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Shrimp Stir-Fry

Shrimp seared fast in a smoking-hot wok with garlic, ginger, snap peas, and bell peppers, finished with a splash of soy sauce. Speed is everything — two minutes too long and the shrimp turn rubbery.

23 min360 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Sichuan Kung Pao Chicken with chicken thighs, Chinkiang vinegar and dried red chillies — China recipe

🇨🇳ChinaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Sichuan Kung Pao Chicken

Sichuan kung pao chicken is a fast stir-fry of tender chicken cubes, dried chillies and crisp peanuts. Chinkiang vinegar gives the thin glaze a dark, sharp edge, while Sichuan pepper leaves a brief citrusy tingle. It should taste lively rather than syrupy, with the peanuts added late enough to stay crisp.

35 min520 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Sichuan Spicy Chicken with chicken, peanuts and chili — China recipe

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Meat Dishes

Sichuan Spicy Chicken

A classic of Chinese cuisine with bold flavor and the signature numbing heat of Sichuan pepper — the mala effect. Velveted chicken stir-fried until crispy, finished in a spicy sauce with dried chili, garlic, and roasted peanuts. Serve immediately with jasmine rice.

35 min320 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Singapore Chili Crab with crab, chili and garlic — Singapore recipe

🇸🇬SingaporeAdvanced

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Singapore Chili Crab

Singapore's national dish — whole crab braised in a glossy sweet-spicy tomato-chili sauce with garlic, ginger, and egg ribbons. Created in 1950s Singapore and eaten with your hands, mopping up every drop of sauce with warm mantou buns.

45 min500 kcal1 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Sisig (Filipino Sizzling Pork) with pork belly, chicken liver and calamansi — Philippines recipe

🇵🇭PhilippinesAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Sisig (Filipino Sizzling Pork)

Sisig is the Philippines' most famous sizzling dish — a bold, addictive tangle of crisp-edged chopped pork and chicken liver, brightened with calamansi, sharpened with raw onion and bird's eye chili, and served screaming hot on a cast-iron plate, often crowned with a raw egg stirred through at the table. Born in Pampanga as a way to use every part of the pig, it's sour, savoury, fatty, and spicy all at once — the ultimate pulutan to eat with cold beer and rice.

75 min560 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌶️Spicy

Smash Burger with ground beef, American cheese and brioche — USA recipe

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Meat Dishes

Smash Burger

A smash burger is a thin burger made by pressing a loose ball of cold ground beef flat onto a very hot griddle, so that most of the patty turns into crust. Instead of forming a shaped patty and handling it gently, you place a loose ball of cold 80/20 ground beef on a screaming-hot cast-iron griddle or skillet, then press it flat instantly with maximum force. The entire physics of the burger changes: the thin patty achieves near-total surface contact with the hot metal, triggering the Maillard reaction across the full face of the burger rather than just the edges. The result is a hamburger that is almost entirely crust — dark, crispy, lacey-edged, deeply savory — with a thin, juicy interior. American cheese is the usual choice because it melts fastest, into a smooth sheet in the 30 to 45 seconds between flip and serve; cheddar works too.

25 min920 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

Solyanka with beef, sausage and pickled cucumbers — Russia recipe

🇷🇺RussiaAdvanced

Soups

Solyanka

Solyanka is a thick Russian soup built from several kinds of cured meat, brined pickles, olives, capers, and lemon. No other soup pairs those ingredients quite like this: three or four cured meats in one pot, pickles with a splash of their brine, olives, capers, and a lemon slice dropped in at the table. The result is sour, salty, and smoky all at once, thick enough that the spoon meets resistance. It began as a peasant dish, and using up whatever cured meat is on hand is still the honest way to make it — a lone leftover sausage end belongs in this pot. Sour cream and parsley go on top, never into the pot.

170 min600 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

Souvlaki with pork neck, olive oil and lemon juice — Greece recipe

🇬🇷GreeceMedium

Meat Dishes

Souvlaki

Pork cubes marinated in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and dried oregano, skewered and grilled over high heat until the edges char and the inside stays juicy. The marinade is deliberately simple — this is street food, not a restaurant dish, and the flavor should come from the quality of the pork and the smoke of the grill rather than a complicated spice blend. Souvlaki is served two ways in Greece: straight off the skewer with lemon wedges and a slice of bread, or wrapped in a warm pita with tomato, onion, and tzatziki. Both are correct. This recipe makes 8 skewers.

30 min380 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

Spaghetti Bolognese with spaghetti, ground beef and tomato — Italy recipe

🇮🇹ItalyMedium

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Spaghetti Bolognese

A slow-cooked meat ragù of ground beef, pancetta, tomatoes, and a splash of milk that simmers for hours until thick and deeply savory. The pasta is just a vehicle — the sauce is where all the patience pays off.

35 min900 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

Spaghetti Carbonara with eggs, pancetta and parmesan — Italy recipe

🇮🇹ItalyEasy

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Spaghetti Carbonara

Hot pasta tossed with crisp guanciale, raw egg yolks, and Pecorino Romano — the residual heat creates a silky, golden sauce without any cream. Timing is everything: too slow and you get scrambled eggs, too fast and it stays raw.

23 min850 kcal2 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

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