Category: Recipe Posts
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Egg Bake
If you are in food addiction recovery, rebuilding your relationship with food, or purely trying to simplify your mornings, this high-protein egg bake recipe may just become one of the most supportive tools in your kitchen. At Abstinent Kitchen, we believe food should support your life, not complicate it. That is exactly why this easy…
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Roasted Asparagus
A simple side dish like roasted asparagus can be a reminder that abstinent food can be comforting, enjoyable, and decadent.
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Air Fryer Steaks
Air fryer steak is one of the simplest, fastest, and most satisfying abstinent meals you can make. This recipe delivers rich flavor and nourishment without complicated prep, binge-triggering ingredients, or hours in the kitchen.
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Chili
This healthy, abstinent chili recipe is simple, hearty, grounding, and perfect for food addiction recovery. A cozy, protein-rich comfort meal you can trust.
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Gyro Salad with Tzatziki Sauce
This gyro salad is one of my favorites. It is one of those meals that fires all the synapses, yet is healthy and abstinent. That’s why this recipe lives on repeat in my kitchen. It has all the flavors you love from a traditional gyro: garlicky, herby, rich, and fresh, but without the pita, the…
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Instant Pot Quinoa
The instant pot makes quinoa consistent every time, it’s hands off and low stress, and it’s easy to batch cook. You can literally “set it and forget it”. Quinoa also cooks quickly, for those rushed weeknight evenings.
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Abstinent Meatballs
Our meatballs are one of the most reliable tools in an abstinent kitchen because they check all the recovery boxes: high quality protein, healthy fats for satiety, simple and whole ingredients, easy portioning, and no trigger foods or additives.
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Emergency Salad Dressing
Found yourself at a restaurant, or a friend’s house, with questionable dressing? Most restaurants have olive oil or sour cream, and lemons. Enjoy that salad, and stay in your abstinence.
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Appley Oats
These Appley Oats are a quick, grounding, whole meal designed to support abstinence and consistent nourishment. Especially on busy mornings or vulnerable days when you just want something warm and nourishing – and quick.
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Leftovers Fried Rice
This is a use-what-you-have meal that brings warmth, nourishment, and stability to your plate. This recipe comes together quickly, and is especially helpful when you need to use up the remaining bits of proteins and veggies left over in the fridge!
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Roasted Spaghetti Squash
Roasted spaghetti squash is one of those quiet heroes in food addiction recovery. Simple. Dependable. Deeply satisfying without lighting up old cravings. No Sugar. No Flour. No substitutes pretending to be pasta. Just real food, prepared with care.
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Ezekiel Tortilla Pizza
This is one of the easiest weeknight meals in the Abstinent Kitchen playbook. It’s balanced, fast, and built on a foundation designed to keep you spiritually centered, physically nourished, and emotionally steady. Especially for anyone in recovery from food addiction.