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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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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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