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Under 350 kcal per serving, without the sad-diet energy. Real flavour, careful fat, plenty of vegetables — the kind of light cooking you actually want to make again.

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Achichuk with tomatoes, onion and green chili pepper — Uzbekistan recipe

🇺🇿UzbekistanEasy

Salads

Achichuk

An Uzbek salad of paper-thin ripe tomatoes and onion with hot green chili and fresh herbs, dressed simply with salt, pepper, and a little unrefined sunflower oil. It is the classic fresh companion to plov, cutting the richness of the rice with bright acidity and a touch of heat.

15 min50 kcal6 serves

🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Adana Kebab with lamb, onion and garlic — Turkey recipe

🇹🇷TurkeyMedium

Meat Dishes

Adana Kebab

Adana kebab is a traditional dish of oriental cuisine — minced meat seasoned with spices and grilled on skewers. The basis is lamb or a mixture of meats, thoroughly ground with onions and spices.

53 min350 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🥑Keto

Adjika with hot red peppers, blue fenugreek and ground coriander — Georgia recipe

🇬🇪GeorgiaEasy

Sauces and Dips

Adjika

A fiery Georgian-Abkhazian spice paste of hot red peppers, garlic, salt, walnuts, and Caucasian spices like blue fenugreek and coriander. Authentic adjika has no tomatoes; it is ground raw into a red pesto-like paste and used as a rub or condiment. It needs a day or two in the fridge before the flavors come together. Makes about 750 g; a serving is 1 tablespoon.

25 min25 kcal50 serves

🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Aïoli (Traditional Provençal Garlic and Olive Oil Sauce) with garlic cloves, extra virgin olive oil and egg yolk — France recipe

🇫🇷FranceEasy

Sauces and Dips

Aïoli (Traditional Provençal Garlic and Olive Oil Sauce)

Aïoli is the classic Provençal garlic and olive oil sauce — a thick, glossy, intensely garlicky emulsion made from raw garlic, egg yolk, and extra virgin olive oil. Its name comes from Occitan: alh (garlic) and òli (oil). The authentic 'aïoli véritable' uses no egg and relies purely on garlic's emulsifying compounds, but Larousse Gastronomique and modern French restaurants now standardize the egg-yolk version as 'aïoli'. In Provence, this sauce is the centerpiece of Le Grand Aïoli — a Friday lunch of boiled vegetables, salt cod, and hard-boiled eggs all dipped into a communal bowl. Vegetarian, gluten-free, keto-friendly. Active work 15 minutes, no cooking. Yields 250 ml, serves 8.

15 min220 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Ají Criollo with fresh ají amarillo, ají limo and huacatay leaves — Peru recipe

🇵🇪PeruMedium

Sauces and Dips

Ají Criollo

Ají criollo is the emulsified chilli sauce that sits on the table in Peruvian chicken houses and beside the grill. In Peru it is usually called ají de pollería. Fresh ají amarillo is deveined and softened, fried with onion and garlic, then blended with fresh cheese and evaporated milk while oil is streamed in to build a thick, glossy emulsion, with huacatay and coriander folded in at the end for the herbal edge. It is a condiment rather than a cooking sauce: nothing is simmered in it, and it goes onto roast chicken, anticuchos, boiled potatoes and fried cassava after they leave the fire. With the ribs out and after boiling, ají amarillo brings more fruit than heat, so the sharpness in a good version comes from the ají limo added separately. Makes about 650 g (roughly 2½ cups); a serving is about 5 tablespoons. The sauce chills for 30 minutes before serving.

25 min185 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Ajitama (Japanese Ramen Eggs) with eggs, soy sauce and mirin — Japan recipe

🇯🇵JapanEasy

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Ajitama (Japanese Ramen Eggs)

Ajitama, short for ajitsuke tamago (味玉, 味付け玉子) and also called nitamago or simply ramen eggs, are Japanese soft-boiled eggs marinated in soy sauce and mirin until the whites turn light brown and savoury-sweet while the yolks stay jammy. In Japan they are the standard topping on a bowl of ramen. The eggs boil for 6 minutes 30 seconds, go straight into ice water, then get peeled and left in a cold marinade of soy sauce, mirin, water and a splash of sake. Hands-on work takes about 20 minutes. After that the eggs sit in the fridge for 4 to 12 hours and the marinade does the rest.

20 min90 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick

Aperol Spritz with Aperol, Prosecco and soda water — Italy recipe

🇮🇹ItalyEasy

Beverages

Aperol Spritz

Three parts Prosecco, two parts Aperol, one part soda water, poured in that order over ice in a large wine glass. The 3-2-1 ratio is the official recipe and it works — bitter, lightly sweet, sparkling, orange. The drink originated in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy as an aperitivo, meaning it's designed to be drunk before a meal to open the appetite. It's not complicated. What kills it at home is the wrong order of pouring and warm prosecco.

5 min195 kcal1 serves

🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Apple Kugel (Jewish Baked Apple Casserole) with firm tart apples, eggs and vegetable oil — Israel recipe

🇮🇱IsraelAdvanced

Sweet Dishes

Apple Kugel (Jewish Baked Apple Casserole)

Kugel is a Jewish baked casserole that sits somewhere between a cake and a pudding. This sweet apple version is built on a poured batter — oil, eggs, flour — that goes over layered apple slices and bakes until the bottom caramelises and the top turns golden. Denser than a charlotte, more forgiving than a tart. Traditional on Shabbat and holiday tables, pareve, and genuinely better the next day.

65 min310 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian

Apple Waldorf Salad with apple, celery and lemon — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAEasy

Salads

Apple Waldorf Salad

This classic American Waldorf salad combines the crispness of apples and celery, the rich flavor of walnuts and a tangy mayonnaise dressing.

13 min330 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Arugula Salad with Pear, Walnuts, and Parmesan with arugula, pear and parmesan — Italy recipe

🇮🇹ItalyEasy

Salads

Arugula Salad with Pear, Walnuts, and Parmesan

A quick Italian-style salad of peppery arugula, thin slices of ripe pear, toasted walnuts and shaved Parmesan, dressed with a simple olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette. The bitter leaves, sweet fruit and salty, nutty cheese balance each other, and the whole thing is on the table in about ten minutes.

13 min250 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🥑Keto

Avocado Chicken Salad with chicken, avocado and cucumber — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Salads

Avocado Chicken Salad

Avocado and Chicken Salad is a nutritious and delicious salad that is perfect for a light lunch or dinner. Chunks of chicken are combined with creamy avocado, fresh vegetables and a light dressing.

35 min350 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

Baba Ganoush with eggplant, tahini and lemon juice — Israel recipe

🇮🇱IsraelMedium

Sauces and Dips

Baba Ganoush

Smoky roasted eggplant mashed with tahini, lemon juice, and raw garlic into a rough, creamy dip that's simultaneously rich and light. The entire point of baba ganoush is the char — the eggplant needs direct contact with flame or the highest heat your oven can deliver, so the skin blackens completely and the flesh underneath turns silky and smoky. I char mine directly on the gas stovetop, which takes about fifteen minutes of turning and gets the best possible flavor.

40 min130 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free

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