Every KalaPlate recipe

503 recipes · page 7 of 11

• Lemon-herb roast chicken with crispy potatoes and greens

  Australian / modern · Main

  Golden roast chicken thighs with lemon and garlic, crunchy oven potatoes and a big tray of broccoli and green beans. Comforting and low-fuss.

• Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

  Italian-American · Breakfast

  Ricotta folded through the batter makes these pancakes almost soufflé-light and quietly high in protein. Lemon zest cuts the richness; a squeeze of honey finishes them.

• Lemon Ricotta Protein Pancakes

  American · Breakfast

  Ricotta folded through the batter keeps these pancakes light and moist, with lemon zest through them and more protein than a plain stack.

• Lentil and Oat Burgers

  World · Main

  A vegan burger that holds together without a binder from a packet: lentils cooked down dry, blitzed with oats, and baked rather than fried so nobody stands over a pan. They freeze raw, which is the whole point of making a batch.

• Linseed and Oat Crusted Fish

  World · Main

  White fish fillets dipped in seasoned yoghurt and pressed into a crust of ground linseed and oats, then baked. All the crunch of crumbed fish with none of the frying, and it is on the table in half an hour.

• Loaded American smash burger night with sweet potato fries

  American / BBQ · Main

  Crispy-edged smash patties stacked with melty cheese and burger sauce, served with golden sweet potato fries — proper burger-joint energy at home.

• Loaded BBQ chicken souvlaki bowls with lemon potatoes

  Greek / Mediterranean · Main

  A proper Greek feast night: char-grilled lemon-oregano chicken skewers, golden lemon potatoes, cool tzatziki, warm pita and a crunchy salad, all loaded into one generous bowl.

• Loaded beef and haloumi burgers with oven chips

  Australian / modern · Main

  The week's treat: juicy beef patties stacked with grilled haloumi, bacon, cheese and pickles in a toasted bun, with a pile of crunchy oven chips. Proper burger-night energy.

• Loaded Beef Nacho Night

  Mexican · Main

  A big sizzling tray of crunchy tortilla chips piled with spiced beef, melted cheese and all the fresh toppings. Proper build-your-own party energy for the whole table.

• Loaded chicken and cheese quesadilla night with charred corn salsa

  Mexican · Main

  Spiced chicken and molten cheddar folded into golden tortillas, piled with a smoky charred corn salsa, avocado and lime. A proper build-your-own treat night at the table.

• Lomo Saltado

  Peruvian · Main

  The classic Peruvian stir-fry of soy-marinated beef strips seared hard in a hot pan with red onion, tomato and aji amarillo, splashed with vinegar and finished with coriander. Served the traditional way with both crispy chips and steamed rice.

• Chicken, Green Apple Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

  American · Salad

  A deli-counter classic: baby greens, tart green apple sliced thin, avocado, toasted almonds, dried fruit and fetta, under a creamy poppy seed dressing. Ten minutes if the chicken is already cooked.

• Mango & Coconut Kulfi (Vegan)

  Indian · Dessert

  A creamy, no-churn Indian-style frozen dessert made with ripe mango, coconut cream and silken tofu for a genuine protein hit. Set in cups or moulds, it's rich, fragrant with cardamom and studded with toasted cashews.

• Maqluba (Upside-Down Chicken, Eggplant & Cauliflower Rice)

  Lebanese · Main

  A Lebanese showstopper: chicken and spiced rice layered with fried eggplant and cauliflower, then flipped out of the pot into an impressive golden dome. The name means 'upside-down', and the flip is half the fun. Built on generous bone-in chicken thighs, it gives a hearty 38 g of protein per serve while staying a proper one-pot dinner.

• Masala Semolina Upma with Peas, Cashews and Soy

  Indian · Breakfast

  A hearty South Indian breakfast of toasted semolina simmered with a spiced vegetable and soy-granule masala, finished with golden cashews and lemon. Soy granules and roasted cashews push the protein well past 15 g a serve while keeping it completely plant-based.

• Massaman Beef Curry with Potato and Peanuts

  Thai · Main

  A rich, slow-simmered Thai massaman curry with tender beef chuck, golden potatoes and roasted peanuts in a fragrant coconut sauce, served over fluffy jasmine rice.

• Mediterranean Baked Feta

  Mediterranean · Snack

  A block of feta baked soft under green olives, sun-dried tomatoes and herbs, to be scooped straight from the dish with bread.

• Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

  Mediterranean · Salad

  A bright, fresh summer salad of chickpeas tossed with crisp cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, red onion, feta and parsley in a zesty lemon vinaigrette. Light enough for lunch yet hearty enough for a dinner side.

• Mediterranean Lentil Soup

  Mediterranean · Soup

  Carrot, celery and fire-roasted tomatoes simmered with lentils, then partly blended so the soup thickens without cream. Cumin, oregano and thyme carry it, with kale and lemon at the end.

• Mediterranean Salmon Kabobs

  Mediterranean · Main

  Flavour-packed grilled salmon kabobs coated in a garlicky, zesty Mediterranean marinade with zucchini and red onion. Allow 15–20 minutes to marinate — about 40 minutes all up — and easy to cook outdoors, on a grill pan or under the grill.

• Melanzane alla Parmigiana with Crusty Bread

  Italian · Main

  Layers of roasted eggplant baked in a rich tomato sauce with plenty of mozzarella and parmesan, served with warm crusty bread to make it a proper dinner. The cheese does the heavy lifting on protein.

• Middle Eastern loaded couscous with roasted veg and tahini

  Middle Eastern · Main

  Fluffy couscous piled with sticky roasted vegetables, chickpeas and a lemony tahini drizzle. Hearty, colourful and generous.

• Middle Eastern spiced lentil and couscous pilaf

  Middle Eastern · Main

  Warmly spiced lentils folded through fluffy couscous with herbs and a bright lemon lift. A cosy one-pot pilaf.

• Mini Meatballs with Teriyaki Sauce

  World · Main

  Juicy, bite-sized beef meatballs glazed in a glossy teriyaki sauce and finished with a scatter of toasted sesame. A five-step weeknight favourite.

• Misir Wot with Injera

  Ethiopian · Main

  A deeply spiced Ethiopian red lentil stew simmered with berbere and caramelised onion, served with tangy teff injera. Built on red lentils and teff for over 30 g of plant protein per serve — a proper vegan dinner.

• Miso Salmon

  Japanese · Main

  Salmon fillets marinated in a sweet and savoury miso sauce and broiled until the outside is beautifully crisp and the inside stays perfectly moist. Allow 1–2 hours to marinate (no longer than 3 — miso is salty). Lovely served with ginger rice.

• Misto Quente with Fried Egg

  Brazilian / South American · Breakfast

  Brazil's everyday hot sandwich — ham and cheese pressed in a buttered pan until the bread crackles and the cheese runs out the sides — with a fried egg laid inside to make it breakfast.

• Molletes with Pico de Gallo

  Mexican · Breakfast

  Toasty split bolillo rolls piled with warm refried beans and melted cheese, grilled until bubbling and topped with a bright, fresh pico de gallo. A classic Mexican breakfast that eats like comfort food but packs over 30 g of protein per serve from the beans, cheese and bread.

• Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon, Green Olives & Couscous

  Moroccan · Main

  A fragrant, slow-braised chicken tagine spiced with ginger, cumin and saffron, brightened by salty preserved lemon and green olives, served over fluffy couscous for a full and comforting dinner.

• Moroccan Chickpea & Apricot Tagine with Couscous

  Moroccan · Main

  A fragrant, spiced chickpea stew with sweet dried apricots and toasted almonds, served over fluffy couscous. Built on three cans of chickpeas plus almonds and couscous so it genuinely delivers over 20 g of plant protein per serve.

• Moroccan-Spiced Couscous Salad with Chicken

  Middle Eastern · Salad

  Couscous is the fastest carbohydrate there is — boiling water, a lid, five minutes. Here it goes into a spice blend heavy on cumin and cinnamon with apple, raisins, green olives and pistachios, which is the sweet-salty combination that makes the dish, plus chicken cooked in the same spices.

• Moroccan Harira (Vegan Lentil & Chickpea Soup)

  Moroccan · Soup

  A hearty, fragrant Moroccan soup of green lentils, chickpeas and tomatoes, spiced with ginger, turmeric and cinnamon, finished with vermicelli, fresh herbs and lemon. Built on legumes for a genuinely protein-rich vegan dinner, served with warm flatbread.

• Most Delicious Falafel (Fried or Baked)

  Middle Eastern · Main

  Soaked chickpeas blitzed with parsley, coriander and green chilli, shaped and cooked until crisp outside and soft within. Fried or baked, for wraps, pitas or salads.

• Mousse de Maracujá (Brazilian Passionfruit Mousse)

  Brazilian · Dessert

  Three ingredients, one blender, no gelatine and no cooking: condensed milk, cream and passionfruit set each other in the fridge into the most-made dessert in Brazil. The seeds go over the top at the end.

• Musakhan (Sumac Chicken with Caramelised Onion on Flatbread)

  Middle Eastern · Main

  A Palestinian classic: chicken thighs roasted with sumac and spices, piled onto flatbread that's been soaked in the deeply caramelised, sumac-stained onion and olive oil, then finished with toasted pine nuts. Rich, tangy and generous — built around chicken so it easily clears 34 g of protein per serve.

• Mushroom Stroganoff (Vegetarian)

  Brazilian · Main

  The vegetarian estrogonofe: shimeji and button mushrooms in a tomato base folded through a homemade white sauce, over white rice with batata palha on top.

• Nasi Lemak with Coconut Rice, Sambal & Fried Chicken

  Malaysian / Indonesian · Main

  A full Malaysian nasi lemak plate: fragrant coconut rice with pandan, a rich chilli sambal, crispy fried chicken, jammy boiled eggs, roasted peanuts, fried anchovies and cool cucumber. Built around chicken and eggs so it lands well over 24 g protein a serve.

• No-Bake Energy Balls

  American · Snack

  Chewy, nutty, and lightly sweet energy bites made with 8 pantry ingredients. Entirely no-bake and a delicious healthy snack.

• No Bake Keto Macaroons

  American · Dessert

  Little bites of chocolate coconut heaven, sweet, tender and just this side of chewy, with only 1.5g net carbs per serving. No oven required.

• Oat and Carrot Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

  Italian · Main

  Vegetarian meatballs from oats, grated carrot and cottage cheese, baked firm and then simmered in a basil tomato sauce so they drink it up. Nothing here is pretending to be meat; they are good on their own terms.

• Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

  American · Breakfast

  Soft, nutty, and lightly sweet oatmeal cookies packed with oats, nuts, and fresh blueberries. Vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free — a perfect grab-and-go breakfast.

• Okonomiyaki with Bacon, Prawns and Bonito

  Japanese · Main

  A hearty Japanese cabbage pancake bound with a savoury flour batter, loaded with prawns, crisp bacon and egg, then finished with okonomiyaki sauce, Kewpie mayo and dancing bonito flakes. The flour batter carries the carbs, and the prawns, bacon and eggs push each serve well past 26 g of protein.

• Osso Buco with Gremolata and Soft Polenta

  Italian · Main

  Veal shanks slowly braised in white wine, tomato and stock until the meat falls off the bone, finished with a bright lemon-garlic-parsley gremolata and served over creamy soft polenta. A classic Milanese Sunday dinner.

• Creamy Scrambled Eggs

  Brazilian / South American · Breakfast

  Brazilian scrambled eggs, taken off the heat while they still look wet and finished with cream cheese stirred through so they set soft and glossy rather than dry.

• Oyakodon (Chicken & Egg Rice Bowls)

  Japanese · Main

  A classic Japanese comfort dish where chicken thigh and softly-set egg are simmered together in a sweet-savoury dashi broth, then spooned over steaming rice. The name means 'parent and child' — a nod to the chicken and egg sharing the bowl. Quick, cheap and deeply satisfying.

• Pão de Queijo (Authentic Brazilian Cheese Bread)

  Brazilian · Snack

  Brazilian cheese bread made with tapioca flour — crisp and golden on the outside, soft, stretchy and cheesy inside. A beloved Brazilian snack that comes together in about 30 minutes.

• Pad See Ew with Chicken and Chinese Broccoli

  Thai · Main

  Smoky wide rice noodles stir-fried with chicken thigh, crisp Chinese broccoli and a dark, savoury-sweet soy sauce. A weeknight Thai favourite that comes together fast in a hot pan.

• Paleo Banana Bread (Super Moist)

  American · Breakfast

  A one-bowl banana bread sweetened mostly by ripe banana, gluten-free and grain-free.