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Muscle Gain — 100 recipes for people who train
Hearty meals for training weeks, with a Thermomix® or similar version where it makes sense.
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- 100 recipes
- Macros per serving for every recipe: calories, protein, carbs, fat and fiber
- Rico's note and Rico's tip in every recipe
- A Thermomix® or similar version where it makes sense
- Storage and reheating written with meal prep in mind
What's inside
Some of the recipes

Monkfish rice with cilantro
A loose, soupy rice with monkfish and tomato, fragrant with fresh cilantro.

Brown rice with sautéed vegetables and tuna
The classic meal-prep lunch for the week: rice, vegetables and protein.

Roasted salt cod with sweet potato
Thick salt cod steaks roasted in the oven with sweet potato wedges and onion.

Grilled beef steak with mushrooms and arugula
Ten minutes on the grill and a side that won't weigh you down.

Steak bowl with sweet potato and avocado
Grilled steak, roasted sweet potato and avocado in a complete post-workout bowl.

Shrimp bowl with avocado and quinoa
Simple layers, ready before you're truly hungry.
Full contents all 100 recipes, one by one
Lunches
- Monkfish rice with cilantro
- Brown rice with sautéed vegetables and tuna
- Roasted salt cod with sweet potato
- Grilled beef steak with mushrooms and arugula
- Steak bowl with sweet potato and avocado
- Shrimp bowl with avocado and quinoa
- Turkey bowl with roasted pumpkin and quinoa
- Smoked salmon bowl with poached eggs
- Protein burger bowl
- Salmon and avocado burrito
- Grilled horse mackerel with tomato salad
- Chicken and sweet potato curry
- Roast chicken thighs with pumpkin and thyme
- Roast chicken thighs with sweet potato and rosemary
- Chicken skewers with Mediterranean salad
- Braised chicken with portobello mushrooms and white wine
- Grilled chicken with sweet potato and spinach
- Grilled chicken with quinoa and broccoli
- Grilled turkey with roasted sweet potato and green salad
- Roasted octopus with sweet potato
- Creamy chicken quesadilla
- Oven-roasted sea bass with vegetables
- Whole roast sea bass with potatoes and rosemary
- Crispy stuffed chicken roll
- Seared tuna salad with avocado and quinoa
- Chickpea salad with tuna and black olives
- Chickpea salad with flaked salt cod
- Chickpea salad with grilled salmon
- Octopus salad with green beans and potato
- Octopus salad with chickpeas
- Quinoa salad with chicken and avocado
- Grilled salmon with quinoa and asparagus
- Baked salmon with sweet potato and broccoli
- Sheet-pan roasted sardines with vegetables
- Chicken, quinoa and fresh vegetable bowl
Dinners
- Flourless turkey meatballs
- Chicken and brown rice with vegetables
- Chicken-stuffed eggplant
- Grilled steak with roasted cauliflower
- Quinoa, chicken and avocado bowl
- Creamy mushroom carbonara
- Chicken carbonara with egg yolk
- Roasted mackerel with tomato and onion
- Grilled mackerel with Mediterranean salad
- Stuffed meat cups
- Garlic and herbes de Provence chicken thighs
- Mediterranean chicken thighs with olives
- Lighter chicken stroganoff
- Roasted chicken with lemon and garlic
- Burger on a sweet potato and carrot base
- Chicken Alfredo pasta
- Creamy shrimp pasta
- Cottage cheese protein pizza
- Chicken pizza wrap
- Chicken salad with green apple
- Sardine salad with black-eyed peas
- Air fryer walnut-crusted salmon
- Pistachio-crusted salmon
- Salmon with basil pesto
- Creamy Tuscan salmon
- Teriyaki salmon with broccoli
- Roasted sardines with Portuguese salad
- Stuffed sardines with tomato and oregano
- Tuna tataki with sweet potato mash
- Sweet potato wrap with chicken
Snacks
- Frozen Greek yogurt and strawberry bark
- Sautéed shrimp with garlic, lemon and parsley
- Tuna and potato croquettes
- Chicken and vegetable croquettes
- Cheese-stuffed chicken croquettes
- Iced coffee protein frappé
- Banana oat protein milkshake
- Cookie protein milkshake
- Chocolate protein milkshake
- Strawberry protein milkshake
- Tuna and olive pâté
- Chocolate protein chia pudding
- Matcha raspberry chia pudding
- Tuna salad with avocado and arugula
- Octopus salad with chickpeas and bell pepper
- Quick tuna and black-eyed pea salad
- Canned sardines with roasted pepper
- Yogurt bowl with granola and nuts
- Yogurt bowl with pear, cinnamon and walnuts
- Greek yogurt bowl with kiwi, strawberry and chia
Sweets
- Protein "carrot cake" ice cream
- Hazelnut cocoa protein ice cream
- Vanilla cookie protein ice cream
- Coffee protein ice cream
- Salted caramel protein ice cream with dates
- Chocolate mint protein ice cream
- Coconut lime protein ice cream
- Peanut butter protein ice cream
- Strawberry and fresh cheese protein ice cream
- Mocha protein ice cream
Drinks
No surprises: every recipe in the book is listed here. Click any of them to see, free, the full ingredient list, macros per serving, allergens and the start of the method.