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Lunch Recipes

Make midday meals brighter with Portuguese and Mediterranean lunch recipes, from fresh salads and crisp seafood to grilled meats, sandwiches, rice dishes, and hearty soups.

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Portuguese Bitoque Steak with fried egg on a green plate

Portuguese Steak with Fried Egg – Bife com Ovo a Cavalo

Helena is holding a plate with juicy turkey cutlet with pumpkin salad on white plate

Turkey Cutlets

Pumpkin and Feta Cheese Salad in a big bowl

Pumpkin and Feta Cheese Salad

Helena is cutting croissant with truffles and hollandaise sauce

Truffle Mushroom Eggs Benedict

Helena is trying a creamy steak on a fork

Creamy Steak – Bife à Marrare

Helena is holding octopus burger in two hands

Octopus Burger

A big red beef stuffed pepper with a hat of pepper on a plate

Beef Stuffed Peppers

Helena is holding a blue plate with juicy Portuguese beef steak

Portuguese Beef Steak

Helena is holding one piece of tart in the right hand

Tomato Tart with Ricotta

A closeup of beautiful sea bream with sauce and peas

Pan-Fried Sea Bream

Helena is holding one duck breast sandwich with fig jam and other sandwiches on a plate

Duck Breast Sandwich with Fig Jam

Pan Fried Duck Recipe with fig jam on top of one piece on a plate with fresh cilantro

Pan-Fried Duck Breast

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