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A shredded rotisserie chicken with black beans, corn, red pepper, cilantro and avocado, tossed in a chili-lime Greek yogurt sauce. Eat it with chips, in a wrap or in lettuce cups.
A slice of bacon curled into each muffin cup, an egg cracked inside, peppers, spinach and cheese on top, and 20-some minutes in the oven.
A salmon fillet spread with a spoonful of pesto and air fried with a cup of cherry tomatoes until they blister and burst.
Lean ground beef or turkey cooked down with onion, pickles and a lighter special sauce, then piled on toasted buns with shredded lettuce.
Ground meat, cauliflower rice, cherry tomatoes and olives in one skillet, finished with lemon, oregano and a handful of feta.
You don't control the hero. You build the world around him, one card at a time, and watch him walk the same loop until something kills him. It's weirdly addictive.
One small, bright lemon loaf made in a mug with a full tablespoon of fresh zest, ready in about 90 seconds.
Protein pasta elbows with celery, red onion, peppers and broccoli in a zero-calorie ranch or Italian dressing, with tuna, chicken or eggs stirred in if you want more protein.
My son's anxiety got a lot worse around the same time YouTube Shorts took over his screen time. Here's the pattern we spotted, what we changed, and what's helped.
Raspberries and white chocolate chips stirred into a protein pancake batter, baked as mini bites or microwaved as one mug cake.
Parmesan-crusted chicken layered with chickpea pasta, marinara and mozzarella, so you get chicken parm without frying cutlets one at a time.
Eggs, sweet peas, salty feta and a little fresh mint, baked in one pan and just as good at room temperature.
