Every KalaPlate recipe

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• Black Bean Brownies

  American · Dessert

  Blended black beans stand in for flour in these dense, fudgy chocolate brownies, which bake rich and smooth with no trace of the beans in the texture.

• Black Bean & Corn Salsa with Baked Tortilla Chips

  Mexican · Snack

  A big, punchy bowl of black bean and corn salsa loaded with lime, coriander and a little chilli, served with crisp oven-baked corn tortilla chips. The double hit of black beans and corn tortillas pushes this well past 10 g of protein per serve, so it eats like a proper snack rather than a nibble.

• Black Bean & Plantain Breakfast Bowl with Lime

  Brazilian / South American · Breakfast

  A hearty, sunny Brazilian-style breakfast bowl built on smoky black beans and a turmeric tofu scramble, with sweet caramelised plantain, fresh lime and coriander. Fully vegan and genuinely protein-packed to keep you going all morning.

• Blender Muffins

  American · Breakfast

  Flourless muffins blended from oats and chickpeas until smooth, baking fudgy and dense. Naturally egg-free, with simple swaps to make them vegan or gluten-free.

• Blueberry Chia Pudding with Figs, Hazelnuts and Maple Syrup

  American · Breakfast

  A make-ahead breakfast of chia seeds set overnight in blueberry-blended coconut milk, then topped with fresh figs, toasted hazelnuts and a thread of maple syrup. Cool, thick and waiting in the morning.

• Boiled Egg and Cherry Tomato Snack Box

  Australian / modern · Snack

  Two boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes and cucumber in a box with salt and pepper on the side. A hundred and seventy calories, fourteen grams of protein, and it survives a morning in a bag.

• Boiled Eggs with Toast Soldiers

  Australian / modern · Breakfast

  Six and a half minutes for a set white and a yolk still liquid enough to dip into. Buttered wholegrain toast cut into fingers, and nothing else required.

• Brazilian chicken & cassava moqueca bowls

  Brazilian / South American · Main

  A sunny Bahian-style coconut stew of tender chicken and soft cassava, spooned over rice and finished with lime and coriander.

• Brazilian chicken coxinha-style bake with cheesy corn crust

  Brazilian / South American · Main

  All the comfort of a coxinha turned into a shareable bake: creamy shredded chicken under a golden, cheesy sweetcorn crust. Brought to the middle of the table and spooned out.

• Brazilian coconut chicken moqueca with rice

  Brazilian / South American · Main

  A golden, fragrant Bahian stew of chicken simmered in coconut milk, tomatoes and peppers, spooned over fluffy rice. Comforting, bright and a little tropical.

• Brazilian Fish Stew (Moqueca Baiana)

  Brazilian · Main

  A traditional Brazilian dish with fish in a delicately spiced coconut and tomato broth, brightened with a fresh hit of lime. Refreshing rather than rich, with terrific depth of flavour from a short ingredient list.

• Brazilian garlic-lime grilled chicken with buttery rice and farofa

  Brazilian / South American · Main

  Juicy grilled chicken thighs marinated in garlic and lime, served with soft buttery rice and crunchy toasted farofa.

• Breakfast Burritos

  Mexican · Breakfast

  Breakfast burritos stuffed with scrambled eggs, scallions, bell pepper, bacon and cheese — a protein-packed way to start the day.

• Breakfast Oatmeal Cupcakes To Go

  American · Breakfast

  Wholesome baked oatmeal cupcakes — portable, non-messy breakfast fuel for busy mornings. Gluten-free and vegan-friendly.

• Breakfast Quesadilla

  Mexican-American · Breakfast

  A high-protein breakfast quesadilla with fluffy scrambled eggs, lean chicken breakfast sausage and melty cheese, folded into a low-carb tortilla. Over 30 grams of protein per serving.

• Breakfast Sausage & Cheddar Skillet

  American / BBQ · Breakfast

  One pan, straight to the middle of the table: sausage browned in craggy pieces, potato and onion softened in the fat, eggs baked on top under a blanket of cheddar.

• Brigadeiro Saudável (Date and Cocoa Truffles)

  Brazilian · Dessert

  The brigadeiro without the tin of condensed milk: dates and cashews blitzed with cocoa into a fudgy paste, rolled and coated. It is not pretending to be the original — it is its own thing, and it takes ten minutes.

• Brigadeiros (Brazilian Chocolate Truffles)

  Brazilian · Dessert

  No Brazilian birthday happens without them: condensed milk and cocoa stirred on the stove until the pan clears, then rolled into balls and covered in sprinkles. One pan, four ingredients, and the only skill is knowing when to stop stirring.

• Brisket Breakfast Hash with Fried Eggs

  American / BBQ · Breakfast

  Leftover brisket turned into the best breakfast of the week — potatoes fried hard until the edges shatter, brisket crisping in the same pan, fried eggs over the top.

• Broccoli Caesar Salad with Crispy Chickpeas

  American · Salad

  Caesar with the lettuce thrown out. Roasted broccoli goes sweet and slightly charred at the florets, roasted chickpeas do the job croutons used to, and the whole thing takes one tray and one blender.

• Build-your-own gourmet burger night

  American / BBQ · Main

  A proper burger night — juicy beef patties, brioche buns and a spread of toppings so everyone builds their own. Served with crispy oven fries.

• Build-your-own woodfired-style pizza night

  Italian · Main

  Homemade stretchy dough, a quick garlic-tomato sauce and a spread of toppings so everyone builds their own. A proper crowd-pleasing pizza party straight from the oven.

• Bun Cha

  Vietnamese · Main

  Vietnamese grilled pork patties, smoky and caramelised, served over cool rice vermicelli with a pile of fresh herbs and a bright, garlicky nuoc cham dipping sauce. A proper Hanoi-style dinner you assemble at the table.

• Butter Chicken

  World · Main

  Murgh Makhani the gentle way — golden yogurt-marinated chicken in a silky, spiced tomato-cream sauce. Allow 30 minutes to marinate (overnight makes it more tender), then it's one pan and about 45 minutes.

• Butter chicken with buttery basmati rice

  Indian · Main

  Creamy, mild butter chicken simmered in a spiced tomato sauce served over fragrant basmati rice — perfect for leftovers the next day.

• Buttermilk-Brined Roast Chicken

  World · Main

  Samin Nosrat's famous roast chicken — brined overnight in salted buttermilk for impossibly juicy meat and burnished, crackly skin. Three ingredients, all technique.

• Buttermilk Coleslaw

  American · Side

  The coleslaw that belongs beside everything else in this batch: finely chopped cabbage and carrot in a buttermilk dressing sharp with vinegar, not a bowl of sweetened mayonnaise. It needs a night in the fridge.

• Ca Kho To — Vietnamese Caramelised Clay-Pot Fish

  Vietnamese · Main

  A classic southern Vietnamese braise of firm fish simmered in a dark, savoury-sweet caramel with fish sauce and plenty of cracked black pepper. Served over steamed jasmine rice for a full, comforting dinner.

• Caesar Pasta Salad with Hemp Seed Dressing

  Italian-American · Salad

  Two good things that turn out to want each other: Caesar salad and cold pasta. The dressing is blended hemp seeds, lemon, garlic and capers rather than egg and anchovy, which makes it thick enough to cling to spirals instead of sliding off them.

• California Roll in a Bowl with Prawns and Carrot Ginger Dressing

  Japanese · Salad

  A California roll pulled apart and put in a bowl, so nobody has to roll anything. Seasoned rice underneath, prawns and hearts of palm where the crab goes, and that bright orange carrot ginger dressing every sushi place puts on the side.

• Cannoli Ricotta Breakfast Bowl

  Italian-American · Breakfast

  Everything in the middle of a cannoli, in a bowl and without the frying — ricotta whipped smooth with vanilla and orange zest, dark chocolate shaved over, pistachios on top.

• Cantonese Steamed Whole Fish with Ginger, Spring Onion and Hot Oil

  Chinese · Main

  A classic Cantonese banquet dish made simple at home: a whole fish steamed until just cooked, dressed with a light soy sauce, showered with fine ginger and spring onion, then finished with a sizzle of hot oil. Served with steamed jasmine rice for a complete dinner.

• Carne Asada Tacos

  Mexican · Main

  Juicy marinated flank or skirt steak, grilled and sliced, piled into warm corn tortillas with diced onion, coriander, cotija cheese and a squeeze of lime. Allow 2–4 hours to marinate (no more than 8). Casual, flavour-packed Mexican street food.

• Carne Molida (Puerto Rican Picadillo)

  Puerto Rican · Main

  A comforting Puerto Rican picadillo of ground meat simmered with sofrito, potatoes and olives. Delicious over rice with a quick cabbage salad on the side.

• Carnitas (Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork)

  Mexican · Main

  Pork shoulder slow-cooked with citrus and warm spices until it shreds, then spread on a tray and grilled so the edges crisp. Enough for tacos, burritos or bowls.

• Ceviche de Palmito (Hearts of Palm Ceviche)

  Brazilian · Salad

  Hearts of palm sliced into rounds and marinated in lime with red onion, cucumber and coriander until they take on the exact texture of a ceviche. Vegan, no cooking, and ready in twenty minutes.

• Chaffles (Not Eggy!)

  American · Breakfast

  Cheese and egg cooked in a waffle iron until crisp outside and chewy within, without the eggy taste chaffles often have. The plain version works well as keto bread.

• Chai Spiced Granola

  American · Breakfast

  A grain-free granola of almonds, pecans, cashews and seeds baked with honey, molasses and chai spices until it clumps into dark clusters. Cardamom and ginger carry the warmth.

• Char Siu Pork with Rice and Blanched Greens

  Chinese · Main

  Sticky, glossy Chinese barbecue pork roasted until the edges caramelise, served over fluffy jasmine rice with quickly blanched greens. The marinade does all the heavy lifting, so it's mostly hands-off once the pork is in the oven.

• Cheddar and Wholegrain Crackers

  Australian / modern · Snack

  Sharp cheddar cut properly thick on wholegrain crackers, with cracked pepper. There is no technique here at all — only the observation that cheese sliced thin is a disappointment.

• Cheddar and Apple Crispbread with Pumpkin Seeds

  Australian / modern · Breakfast

  Sharp cheddar and crisp apple on rye crispbread — the ploughman's lunch shrunk to a breakfast. No cooking, five minutes, and a genuinely satisfying twenty-two grams of protein.

• Cheddar, Apple and Walnuts

  Australian / modern · Snack

  Cheese, fruit and nuts on a plate — the end of a meal in France and a perfectly good snack here. Sharp cheddar, a tart apple and toasted walnuts.

• Cheesy Grits with Bacon & Fried Egg

  American / BBQ · Breakfast

  Slow-stirred cornmeal beaten with cheddar until it's loose and glossy, bacon crisped on top and a fried egg broken over the lot so the yolk runs down into it.

• Cheesy vegetable and bean quesadilla stack

  Mexican · Main

  A tall stack of tortillas layered with melty cheese, spiced beans and colourful veg, then cut into wedges. Fun, cheesy and satisfying.

• Chicken and Ginger Congee

  Chinese · Breakfast

  A soothing Chinese rice porridge simmered until silky, loaded with tender poached chicken and plenty of fresh ginger. A warming, protein-packed breakfast finished with spring onion, soy and a drizzle of sesame oil.

• Chicken Cacciatore

  Italian · Main

  Hunter's chicken: thighs braised in tomato with mushrooms, capsicum and olives until the sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon. One pan, almost no knife work, and better the next day.

• Chicken Carnitas

  Mexican · Main

  A lighter take on traditional pork carnitas — juicy, tender shredded chicken with crispy grilled edges, packed with citrus and Mexican seasonings. Made easily in the slow cooker or Instant Pot.

• Chicken Egg Roll Bowl

  Asian · Main

  All the savoury filling of an egg roll, spooned over rice instead of wrapped: chicken mince and shredded cabbage stir-fried with garlic, ginger and soy until the vegetables soften but keep their bite.