Recipe themes

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It seems to me that after trolling through infinite recipes and recipe ideas that it all comes down to recipe THEMES. As long as you can make a basic omelet, stir fry, sandwich, wrap, porridge, curry, pizza, etc. all you need is something to make ordinary meals interesting. Same goes for sweets like protein fluffs, cookies, cheesecake, cake, icecream combinations and so forth.

Aren't I a genius? :smokin:

So I have made lists of sweet and savory meal themes and hope you guys can add more (as it is my no means a complete list :laugh:). Low calorie meals are proportional to the amount of vegetables used and whether or not the dairy products are reduced fat or there is artificial sugar present, so I won't try and delve into that.

Base meals (savory)
Lasagna
Pasta
Omelet/scramble
Sandwich
Burger
Pizza
Curry
Salad
Roast meat with vegetables
Soup
Meat with vegetables
Quiche
Fritatta
Pie
Chips and salsa/chili/guacamole combinations
Julienne cut veg with dips
Enchiladas
Fried rice
Stir fry

Savory meal themes
Tomato and mozzarella
Spinach and ricotta
Beef and mushroom
Anti-pasto
Ham and onion
Ham and cheese
Satay
Sweet and sour
Caesar
Bacon and eggs
Cheese
Pepperoni and cheese
Turkey, cranberry and/or brie
Paprika (basis of Goulash)
Mushroom and sour cream with meat (basis of Stroganoff)
Beef and beetroot (basis of Borscht)
Gravy
Caramelised onion (basis of French Onion Soup)
Mediterranean/anti-pasto
Beef and potato
Avocado and sweet potato
Avocado and hummus
Garlic
Peanut
BBQ
Hoisin
Honey
Lamb and minted yogurt
Chicken cordon bleu
Tomato
Meaty
Miso
Oyster sauce
Beef and star anise
Hawaiian

Sweet themes (to add interest to things like yogurt and porridge)
Peanut butter and jam
Strawberries and cream
Brown sugar and cinnamon
Peanut butter and banana
Vanilla
Cream cheese and sour cream (basis of cheesecake)
Chocolate
Chocolate mint
Peanut butter
Apple cinnamon (basis of apple pie)
Lemon (basis of lemon tart)
Marshmallow
Dried fruit and cinnamon (basis of mince pies and fruit buns)
Dates
Coconut
Caramel
"Elvis"