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Choose Your Protein

Sometimes I have no idea what I want to eat, but I do know if I’m craving a certain protein for the base of the meal! Take advantage of my protein archives and sort all of these recipes to choose your protein and narrow down your cravings.

Whether you’re looking for something flavorful like this Bang Bang Chicken Bowl, a shareable dish like my Cheeseburger Pasta Salad, or even a vegetarian option like this Shawarma Tofu Salad, there’s something here for all diets and tastes!

Trim your choices:

Chicken cucumber salad in a serving bowl with a wooden spoon.

Chicken Cucumber Salad

A chicken parmesan burger on a toasted bun with fresh basil on a plate next to fresh greens.

Chicken Parmesan Burgers

Crab fries on a baking sheet with melted cheese and scallions.

Crab Fries

Square image featuring sheet pan shrimp in a shell-pattern green serving dish.

Sheet Pan Shrimp

A bowl of mushroom and wild rice soup with ingredients on the table around it.

Mushroom And Wild Rice Soup

Turkey tacos garnished with cilantro and red onion with lime wedges.

Leftover Turkey Recipes

leftover turkey quesadillas with salsa and guacamole on top and a few dollops of sour cream.

Leftover Turkey Quesadillas

A skillet of perfectly browned ground beef.

How To Brown Ground Beef

Overhead view of crack chicken casserole in a white baking pan.

Crack Chicken Casserole

baked chicken and peppers close up.

One Pan Chicken And Peppers

chicken poutine in a serving dish topped with green onions

Chicken Poutine With Fries

Close up of two halves of turkey sandwich on a plate.

Turkey pesto Sandwich

crack chicken dip with ritz crackers

Crack Chicken Dip

grilled pesto shrimp on wooden skewers close up photo.

Grilled Pesto Shrimp

A close up of a bowl of dill pickle soup.

Dill Pickle Soup

close up photo of sheet pan chicken thighs with corn and sauce drizzled on top.

Trader Joe’s Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs

close up photo of pretzel crusted chicken with honey mustard dipping sauce.

Pretzel Crusted Chicken Tenders

Close up of BLT pasta salad.

BLT Pasta Salad

close up of a lobster salad with avocado, egg, and cheese.

Lobster Salad

Close up of pasta salad with meat in a bowl.

Cheeseburger Pasta Salad with Meat

Linguine With Clam sauce in a white bowl topped with scallops

Linguine with Clam Sauce

Closeup overhead shot of a bowl of pesto prosciutto pasta.

Pesto Prosciutto Pasta

chicken piccata meatballs

Chicken Piccata Meatballs

Close up of chili lime slow cooker shredded chicken.

Chili Lime Pulled Chicken