
Cover shown: Portuguese edition.
Quick & Easy — 100 recipes in 30 minutes
Ready in 30 minutes or less, with supermarket ingredients.
Read Portuguese? This book is already available in Portuguese →
- 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

Banana and cottage cheese skillet cake
Creamy inside thanks to the cottage cheese, ready in 12 minutes with no oven.

Tapioca and cheese crepioca
A crispy tapioca and cheese crepe (a Brazilian favorite), ready to fill however you like.

Mushroom and tomato omelet with oregano
One skillet, twelve minutes, a proper breakfast.

Fresh herb omelet
Simple, green, and ready in ten minutes.

Portuguese-style scrambled eggs with vegetables
A hearty breakfast, ready in 15 minutes.

Creamy scrambled eggs with spinach
Ready in 8 minutes and still creamy.
Full contents all 100 recipes, one by one
Breakfasts
- Banana and cottage cheese skillet cake
- Tapioca and cheese crepioca
- Mushroom and tomato omelet with oregano
- Fresh herb omelet
- Portuguese-style scrambled eggs with vegetables
- Creamy scrambled eggs with spinach
- Flourless banana cinnamon pancakes
- Tofu cookie dough pancakes
- Cottage cheese pancakes
- Savory oat pancakes
- Chocolate oat rolls
- Yogurt bowl with granola and fresh fruit
- Coconut yogurt bowl with berries
- Avocado toast with egg
- Sweet potato toast with smashed avocado
- Sweet potato toast with almond butter and banana
- Sardine toast with tomato and cilantro
- Matcha French toast with raspberries
- Classic gluten-free waffles
- Smoked salmon wrap with arugula
Soups
Lunches
- Turkey bifana (Portuguese steak sandwich) with caramelized onion
- Grilled beef steak with mushrooms and arugula
- Shrimp bowl with avocado and quinoa
- Grilled mackerel with tomato and red onion salad
- Brussels sprouts with lemon garlic sauce
- Grilled chicken with gingery sautéed carrots
- Chicken stir-fry with almonds and broccoli
- Vegetable omelet with roasted sweet potato
- Grilled black scabbardfish with banana and passion fruit
- Turkey sauté with mushrooms and spinach
- Tuna salad with chickpeas and fresh vegetables
- Seared tuna salad with avocado and quinoa
- Lentil salad with smoked salmon
- Warm sweet potato and arugula salad
- Roasted cherry tomatoes with burrata
Dinners
- Flourless turkey meatballs
- Seared tuna with onion and leek
- Zucchini à Brás (Portuguese-style scrambled eggs with zucchini)
- Vegetable stew with poached egg
- Esparregado (creamy Portuguese spinach) with poached eggs
- Sautéed green beans with tuna and tomato
- Chickpeas with spinach
- Sautéed chickpeas with garlic and bell peppers
- Boiled vegetables with egg and olive oil
- Pasta with tuna and tomato
- Light migas (crushed potatoes and Portuguese kale) with egg
- Vegetable-filled omelet
- Scrambled eggs with spinach and cherry tomatoes
- Chicken breast with yogurt sauce in the Varoma
- Ground turkey with grilled vegetables
- Hake en papillote with fresh herbs
- Steamed hake with olive oil and parsley
- Sautéed quinoa with vegetables and garlic
- Lettuce, avocado and seed salad
- Rico-style salt cod salad
- Green bean salad with hard-boiled egg
- Sardine salad with black-eyed peas
- Black bean tacos
- Tofu à Brás
- Avocado toast with tomato and seeds
Snacks
- Roasted almonds with rosemary and sea salt
- Coconut lemon cookies
- Almond and date balls
- Watermelon bowl with feta and mint
- Papaya bowl with coconut yogurt
- Sautéed shrimp with garlic, lemon and parsley
- Grated carrot with raisins, lemon and cinnamon
- Broa slice with requeijão and tomato
- Almond financiers
- Coconut yogurt with berries and walnuts
- Apple slices with cinnamon and lemon
- Green apple with almond butter
- Zucchini mini pizzas with tomato and mozzarella
- Goat cheese with walnuts and a drizzle of honey
- Tuna salad with avocado and arugula
- Octopus salad with chickpeas and bell pepper
- Egg white omelet with bell pepper and spinach
- Lupini beans with lemon and olive oil
- Pão de queijo waffles (Brazilian cheese bread)
- Lettuce, tuna and carrot wraps
Sweets
- Bananas Foster with pecans
- Spoonable beijinhos (Brazilian coconut sweets)
- Quick apple cinnamon compote
- Roasted figs with honey, pecans and goat cheese
- Homemade fios de ovos (Portuguese egg threads)
- Baked apples with cinnamon and lemon
- Skillet-caramelized apples
- Baked apples with cinnamon and almonds
- Chocolate petit gâteau
- Honey ginger baked pears
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.