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Snacks & Sweets — 120 recipes for afternoon cravings
For the afternoon “I need something sweet” moment, without wrecking the rest of your day.
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- 120 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

Olives marinated in olive oil, garlic and thyme
They marinate in 15 minutes but are even better the next day.

Homemade granola bars
An on-the-go energy snack, made in the air fryer.

Sweet potato brownie cookies
Soft and fudgy, with the sweetness of sweet potato instead of sugar.

Unleavened almond crackers
Crisp, with no leavening, ready in minutes in the oven.

Protein cookie dough balls
The taste of raw cookie dough, egg-free and ready in ten minutes.

Almond and date balls
An energy snack of almond, date and coconut, ready in 15 minutes.
Full contents all 120 recipes, one by one
Snacks
- Olives marinated in olive oil, garlic and thyme
- Homemade granola bars
- Sweet potato brownie cookies
- Unleavened almond crackers
- Protein cookie dough balls
- Almond and date balls
- Taro pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread) balls
- Salmon rice balls
- Chocolate hazelnut mug cake
- Spinach and ricotta bites
- Creamy chocolate tofu cake
- Cheese-flavored cornmeal cake
- Savory olive and rosemary loaf
- Date and coconut bites
- Açaí bowl with banana and granola
- Roasted tomato bruschetta
- Sautéed shrimp with garlic, lemon and parsley
- Boiled snails with garlic and cilantro
- Oven-roasted chestnuts with coarse salt
- Grated carrot with raisins, lemon and cinnamon
- Classic chocolate chip cookies
- Sesame and flaxseed crackers
- Tuna and sweet potato croquettes
- Roasted pumpkin cubes with cinnamon
- Microwave chocolate donuts
- Asparagus wrapped in cured ham
- Almond financiers
- Kiwi with almond yogurt and crunchy granola
- Green apple with almond butter
- Cottage cheese mini crepes
- Crispy chicken nuggets
- Crispy cheese-flavored breadsticks
- Avocado spread with lemon and cilantro
- Sardine pâté with lemon and parsley
- Matcha raspberry chia pudding
- Green spinach rolls
- Vegan potato pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread)
- Goat cheese with walnuts and a drizzle of honey
- Flourless egg and spinach muffins
- Radishes with hummus and olive oil
- Baked asparagus and cured ham rolls
- Chicken and red cabbage rolls
- Turkey rolls with mustard and cucumber
- Tuna salad with avocado and arugula
- Octopus salad with chickpeas and bell pepper
- Canned sardines with roasted pepper
- Açaí smoothie bowl with banana and granola
- Chocolate banana smoothie bowl
- Berry and beet smoothie bowl with seeds
- Green spinach, pineapple and banana smoothie bowl
- Crunchy no-added-sugar meringues
- Yogurt bowl with granola and nuts
- Greek yogurt bowl with kiwi, strawberry and chia
- Sweet potato toast
- Alentejo bread toasts with olive oil and garlic
- Carrot and cheese tortillas
- Serra cheese board with walnuts and figs
- Almond and dark chocolate stuffed dates
- Pão de queijo waffles (Brazilian cheese bread)
- Lettuce, tuna and carrot wraps
Sweets
- Banana and cocoa "nice cream"
- Chia rice pudding with dates
- Spoonable beijinhos (Brazilian coconut sweets)
- Tiramisù-style coffee mug cake
- Almond cardamom cake
- Pineapple upside-down cake
- Hazelnut and coffee cake
- Rice flour vanilla cake
- Carrot cake with almond flour
- Coconut flour chocolate cake
- Chocolate cake with peanut filling
- Chocolate red wine cake
- Cranberry orange cake
- Orange cake with coconut flour
- Passion fruit cake
- Walnut cake with ovos moles topping (sweet egg-yolk cream)
- Date and walnut cake
- Gluten-free bolo-rei (Portuguese king cake) with no added sugar
- Date and cocoa bonbons
- Black bean brownie
- Squash and orange jam with dates
- Banana cups with yogurt and cocoa filling
- Vanilla almond cream with dates
- Roasted figs with cinnamon and almond
- Banana peanut butter ice cream
- Banana cinnamon protein ice cream
- Coffee protein ice cream
- Chocolate mint protein ice cream
- Coconut lime protein ice cream
- Cookies & cream protein ice cream with oat cookies
- Strawberry and fresh cheese protein ice cream
- Pistachio protein ice cream
- Mocha protein ice cream
- Pomegranate agar-agar jelly
- Yogurt with quick blueberry compote
- Chocolate avocado mousse
- Mango chia mousse
- Sweet potato chocolate muffins
- Protein carrot muffins
- Chocolate banana muffins
- Cottage cheese muffins
- Coconut ovos moles with dates (Aveiro sweet egg cream)
- Lemon chia pudding
- Flourless coconut queijadinhas (mini coconut custard cakes)
- Corn muffins with guava paste
- Guava roll cake (rocambole) with no added sugar
- Peach sorbet
- Egg white meringues
- Coconut cups with berries
- Almond cocoa truffles
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.