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Simple, meat-first recipes.

No plant oils, no fillers, no fuss. Cooking that respects the ingredient — and the time you have.

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Egg-bound beef pancake

Mince and eggs cooked together as one large pancake. Cut into wedges. Reheats well for a week of breakfasts. Dairy-free version of the carnivore "chaffle".

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Steak and eggs

The carnivore "one big meal a day" pattern, eaten in the morning. A small ribeye and three eggs cooked in the rendered fat. Works as breakfast, lunch or dinner.

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Slow-cooked pulled pork shoulder

A 2 kg pork shoulder turns into six days of meals. Eight hours unattended, costs AUD 15-20, freezes well. The backbone of a strict-carnivore batch cook.

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Roasted chicken thighs

Bone-in, skin-on thighs in a hot oven for thirty minutes. The cheapest protein-per-dollar that still satisfies. The carnivore weeknight default.

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Pork belly cracklings

Pork belly slow-cooked then high-heat blasted. The skin becomes a sheet of crisp crackling and the meat shreds with a fork. The single most satisfying carnivore dish.

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Pan-seared salmon

Fish gets neglected on carnivore. A salmon fillet a week brings omega-3 back into balance and breaks the beef-and-pork monotony. Six minutes from raw to plate.

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Pan-fried beef liver

A weekly 100 g portion of liver covers most of your micronutrient gaps. The trick to making it palatable is short cook time and lots of bacon fat.

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Salt-and-pepper chicken wings (no pepper)

Bone-in chicken wings, just salt, hot oven. The hand-held carnivore food. The cheapest fancy-feeling protein at AUD 8 per kg.

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Bacon-wrapped meatballs

Beef mince formed into balls, each wrapped in bacon, oven-roasted. Hand food. Lunchbox-friendly. The carnivore equivalent of a snack you actually want.

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Bacon and eggs

The default carnivore breakfast. Bacon renders the cooking fat for the eggs. Two ingredients, six minutes, no thinking.

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