Snacks26 min38 g protein
Crispy Chicken Nuggets
Crushed cornflakes instead of breadcrumbs. They stay crisp in the air fryer in a way panko never quite does, and you get the same shatter you want from a drive-through nugget.
26 minTotal
4Serves
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High protein
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Desserts30 min18 g protein
Cosmic Brownies
The trick is pulling them out while the middle still looks underdone. They set as they cool, and that is the difference between fudgy and cakey.
30 minTotal
9Serves
Lunch16 min45 g protein
Smash Burger Wrap
Smashing the beef thin on a hot pan is what gets you the lacy brown edges. A thick patty in the same pan just steams and goes grey.
16 minTotal
2Serves
Desserts12 min16 g protein
Biscoff Cheesecake Jars
Blend the cottage cheese completely on its own before anything else goes in. Combined with the rest it never fully breaks down and you get a grainy cheesecake.
12 minTotal
4Serves
Snacks10 min25 g protein
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Shred the chicken while it is still warm. Cold chicken tears into chunks instead of strands, and the dip ends up lumpy instead of stringy.
10 minTotal
6Serves
Dinner22 min42 g protein
Chipotle Steak Bowl
Let the steak rest before it goes anywhere near the bowl. Cut it straight off the heat and the juice ends up in the rice instead of the meat.
22 minTotal
3Serves
Desserts8 min21 g protein
Cookie Dough Protein Ice Cream
Blend it and freeze it in a shallow container, not a deep one. A deep tub freezes into a brick you cannot get a spoon into.
8 minTotal
4Serves
Dinner26 min35 g protein
Gochujang Fried Chicken
The glaze goes on after the chicken comes out, off the heat. Put it on in the fryer and the sugar in it burns before the coating is crisp.
26 minTotal
3Serves
Snacks20 min22 g protein
Pepperoni Pizza Rolls
Broil them for the last minute. That is what blisters the top and makes them look like pizza instead of a rolled up wrap.
20 minTotal
3Serves
Desserts24 min24 g protein
Protein Donuts
Baked donuts want a batter that is thicker than you think. If it pours easily it spreads over the tin and you get rings with no definition.
24 minTotal
6Serves
Dinner20 min33 g protein
Egg Roll Stir Fry
Cook the cabbage fast and hot and stop while it still has bite. Let it go soft and the whole thing turns to a wet pile.
20 minTotal
3Serves
Breakfast13 min36 g protein
Egg White Breakfast Burrito
Egg whites go rubbery the second they overcook, so they come off the heat while still visibly wet. The residual heat in the pan finishes them on the way to the tortilla.
13 minTotal
2Serves
Lunch12 min48 g protein
Spicy Tuna Poke
Dress the tuna last and eat it soon after. The acid in the dressing starts curing the fish on contact, and after about ten minutes the texture turns from silky to chalky.
12 minTotal
2Serves
Dinner15 min38 g protein
Slow Cooker Turkey Meatballs
Ground turkey has almost no fat to keep meatballs tender, so grated zucchini goes in instead. It disappears completely and does the job the fat would have done.
15 minTotal
4Serves
Dinner20 min34 g protein
Korean Beef Bulgogi
Freeze the beef for 30 minutes before slicing. Half-frozen meat cuts into the paper-thin sheets that cook in under a minute, which is the entire point of bulgogi.
20 minTotal
3Serves
Snacks22 min33 g protein
Tandoori Chicken Bites
The oven goes to its highest setting and the baking sheet goes in empty first. A hot baking sheet sears the underside the moment the chicken lands, which is the closest a home oven gets to a tandoor. A cold baking sheet steams it.
22 minTotal
3Serves
Dinner20 min31 g protein
High-Protein Mac & Cheese
Cottage cheese blended into the sauce, which sounds wrong and tastes like nothing but cheese. It carries the protein without the sauce splitting.
20 minTotal
4Serves
Dinner12 min36 g protein
Honey Garlic Salmon
Nine minutes in the air fryer and the glaze does the rest. The glaze goes on at the end, not the start, because honey burns long before salmon is cooked.
12 minTotal
2Serves