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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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Chicken Stir-Fry with Vegetables with chicken, soy sauce and garlic — China recipe

🇨🇳ChinaAdvanced

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

💪High protein⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Chickpea and Spinach Curry with chickpeas, spinach and tomatoes — India recipe

🇮🇳IndiaAdvanced

Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Chickpea and Spinach Curry

Two cans of chickpeas, a bag of spinach, tomatoes, coconut milk, and a handful of spices. One pan, 35 minutes. The kind of meal that costs almost nothing, reheats perfectly, and somehow gets better the next day. The spice list looks long but everything on it is standard pantry — once you have them, this recipe costs next to nothing per portion.

35 min340 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free

Chickpea Spinach Skillet with chickpeas, spinach and tomatoes — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Salads

Chickpea Spinach Skillet

Chickpeas sautéed with onion, garlic, tomatoes and cumin, with spinach stirred in at the end. Done in 25 minutes in one pan. About 11g of fiber per serving. Good over rice, with eggs poached on top, or with flatbread.

25 min340 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free

Chikhirtma with chicken, egg yolks and fresh cilantro — Georgia recipe

🇬🇪GeorgiaAdvanced

Soups

Chikhirtma

A Georgian chicken soup with almost no vegetables, thickened with egg yolks to a velvety, golden creaminess and soured with vinegar. Saffron colours it and cilantro gives it its Georgian character; it is a Kakhetian winter dish and a famous hangover cure.

75 min260 kcal6 serves

Chili Oil Eggs with egg and chili oil — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAEasy

Breakfast and Brunch

Chili Oil Eggs

Eggs fried in chili oil until the whites blister and go crispy at the edges while the yolk stays completely liquid. Two minutes. One pan. The recipe that made chili crisp legible to millions of people who'd never heard of it. Eat with rice, with bread, over noodles, or directly from the pan.

5 min210 kcal2 serves

⚡Quick🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free

Chimichurri with parsley, garlic and red wine vinegar — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAEasy

Sauces and Dips

Chimichurri

Bright, herby Argentine chimichurri sauce — flat-leaf parsley, garlic, oregano, red wine vinegar, and olive oil, chopped by hand and rested until the flavors bloom. The best thing you can put on grilled meat.

10 min90 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Chimichurri Rojo (Argentine Red Chimichurri) with roasted red bell pepper, fresh flat leaf parsley and red wine vinegar — Argentina recipe

🇦🇷ArgentinaMedium

Sauces and Dips

Chimichurri Rojo (Argentine Red Chimichurri)

Chimichurri rojo is the red version of Argentina's chimichurri, the uncooked sauce of parsley, garlic, oregano, wine vinegar and oil that goes on grilled meat. The red comes from pimentón dulce (sweet paprika) and ají molido, the crushed dried chili of the Argentine pantry; some cooks there also add chopped red bell pepper (morrón), and this recipe takes that route, charring the pepper over a flame first. Everything is chopped by hand, stirred with the vinegar, then covered with oil. Hands-on time is about 30 minutes; the pepper steams under a plate for 10 minutes while you chop the rest, and the finished sauce needs 30 minutes on the counter before it tastes right. Makes about 350 ml (1½ cups); a serving is about 3 tablespoons.

30 min110 kcal8 serves

🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Chinese Braised Eggplant with eggplant, soy sauce and garlic — China recipe

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Chinese Braised Eggplant

Silky Chinese braised eggplant in a glossy sweet-savory sauce with garlic, ginger and sesame. A home-style favorite across China — the eggplant absorbs every layer of flavor from the sauce. Quick to cook, plus 10 minutes of salting.

25 min160 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick

Chocolate Chip Cookies with flour, butter and eggs — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Flour and Confectionery Products

Chocolate Chip Cookies

The definitive American cookie — crispy edges, chewy centers, pools of melted chocolate in every bite. Brown butter and resting the dough overnight are the professional secrets that elevate these to extraordinary.

45 min220 kcal24 serves

🌿Vegetarian

Choux Puffs (Shu) with Pastry Cream with wheat flour, eggs and butter — France recipe

🇫🇷FranceAdvanced

Sweet Dishes

Choux Puffs (Shu) with Pastry Cream

Classic French choux pastry puffs with a crisp golden shell and a light vanilla pastry cream filling. The choux dough is made by cooking flour in boiling water and butter, then beating in eggs. Served freshly filled for the best contrast of crispy shell and cold, silky cream.

60 min240 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian

Chuka Seaweed Salad with wakame, sesame oil and rice vinegar — Japan recipe

🇯🇵JapanMedium

Salads

Chuka Seaweed Salad

Chuka is a seaweed salad served as a cold starter in sushi restaurants outside Japan, made here from rehydrated dried wakame leaves in a sesame-soy dressing. The name is misleading: 'chuka' (中華) means 'Chinese-style' in Japanese and describes the dressing, not a type of seaweed. The seaweed is wakame, sold dried as cut wakame (カットわかめ). The dried strands soak in cold water until silky, then get tossed with rice vinegar, chili paste, and grated ginger. It comes together in under 15 minutes and keeps well chilled for a day or two.

10 min55 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌱Vegan

Classic Ajvar with bell pepper, eggplant and garlic — Macedonia recipe

🇲🇰MacedoniaAdvanced

Sauces and Dips

Classic Ajvar

Ajvar is a sauce popular in the Balkans. It is a paste of roasted red peppers, often with eggplant, garlic, oil and vinegar; this version also has a spoonful of tomato paste.

90 min120 kcal12 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free🌱Vegan

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