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Snacks & Small Plates — 100 recipes for mid-afternoon and a table full of friends
Savory bites, toasts, cookies and quick breads, from the oven and the air fryer.
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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

Avocado with lemon and sea salt
Good fats that keep you going until your next meal.

Tuna rice balls
A simple snack of tuna, rice and egg, pan-fried.

Purple sweet potato balls
Naturally lilac, with just three main ingredients.

Carrot and chickpea cheese bites
Air-fried bites, creamy inside and golden outside.

Air fryer tuna and oat patties
High in protein, crispy outside, soft inside — great for packed lunches.

Air fryer chicken samosas
Crispy wrap cones filled with spiced shredded chicken.
Full contents all 100 recipes, one by one
Savory
- Avocado with lemon and sea salt
- Tuna rice balls
- Purple sweet potato balls
- Carrot and chickpea cheese bites
- Air fryer tuna and oat patties
- Air fryer chicken samosas
- Rosemary sweet potato chips
- Zucchini chips with hummus
- Kale chips
- Feta-stuffed mushrooms
- Stuffed pizza cones
- Ham and cheese croissant
- Sweet potato and quinoa croquettes
- Carrot and chicken croquettes
- Chicken dumplings
- Edamame with sea salt
- Crispy garlic lemon edamame
- Crispy paprika chickpeas
- Tuna burgers
- Nut and seed mix
- Chickpea nachos with salsa verde
- Scrambled eggs with mushrooms and spinach
- Guacamole eggs with smoked salmon
- Boiled quail eggs with herb salt
- Crispy carrot fries
- Cucumber sticks with chickpea hummus
- Pumpkin turnovers with chicken filling
- Baked pastéis de bacalhau (salt cod fritters)
- Chicken and mushroom turnovers
- Air fryer pataniscas de bacalhau (salt cod fritters)
- Quick plate of egg, cherry tomatoes and olives
- Chicken and oat rolls
- Fresh cheese (queijo fresco) with tomato and basil
- Spiced toasted seeds
- Roasted vegetable board with yogurt
Sweets
- Banana with cinnamon and sliced almonds
- Protein banana split
- Frozen Greek yogurt, honey and walnut bars
- Sweet potato with cinnamon and honey
- Banana and peanut butter smoothie
- Almond flour butter cookies
- Oat and banana cookies
- Ginger turmeric cookies
- Ginger spice cookies
- Cookie dough cookies
- Date, cocoa and hazelnut balls
- Baked tapioca and coconut balls
- Banana and chocolate mini cake
- Protein chocolate-filled bun (Bollycao-style)
- Creamy chocolate tofu cake
- Pineapple chunk cake
- Sweet potato coconut cake
- Coffee-flavored cake with chocolate topping
- Banana mug cake
- Apple chocolate microwave cake
- Pé-de-moleque peanut cake (Brazilian spiced peanut cake)
- Microwave protein brownie
- Cottage cheese cheesecake with mixed berries
- Oat and dark chocolate cookies
- Baked mini chocolate donuts
- Sweet potato chocolate donuts
- Plant-based yogurt with poppy seeds and berries
- Lemon madeleines
- Yogurt raspberry mochi
- Banana cookie pancake
- Pear with cashew butter
- Lemon coconut muffins
- Protein chocolate salami
- Crunchy no-added-sugar meringues
- Cottage cheese and date tacos
- Almond and dark chocolate stuffed dates
- Frozen grapes with toasted almonds
Breads, toasts and wraps
- Protein oat bagel
- Soft coconut milk bisnaguinhas (Brazilian mini rolls)
- Buckwheat blini
- Gluten-free Portuguese cornbread (broa)
- Crispy rice and almond grissini
- Pita with hummus and roasted vegetables
- Arracacha rolls, pão de queijo-style
- Air fryer garlic herb bread
- Hazelnut cocoa bread
- Buttery cashew bread
- High-fiber chia bread
- Turmeric and ginger bread
- Herb bread
- High-fiber oat and golden flaxseed bread
- Fig and walnut bread
- Chickpea bread
- Low-carb macadamia bread
- Peanut butter bread
- Gluten-free cloud bread
- Dairy-free mug pão de queijo (cheese bread)
- Tahini bread
- Gluten-free French rolls with a crackly crust
- Savory herb scones with a cheesy flavor
- Rye toast with presunto, fig and goat cheese
- Sweet potato pizza toast
- Rice cakes with smoked salmon and avocado
- Corn cakes with smashed avocado
- Corn cakes with banana and chocolate
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.