10 High-Protein Game Day Recipes

Whoever you're supporting, you can get fully behind the game-day food.
We’ve put together some of our absolute favourite high-protein recipes for you to enjoy during all the game day excitement. From sticky wings, to doughy pizza rolls — we’ve got plenty of treats to get you in the mood.
1. Sticky Buffalo Wings
We all know that a plate of wings and a few pints makes the perfect match-day meal.
These homemade sticky wings make for ideal finger food, even if things do get a bit messy.
2. Airfyer Pizza
Crispy, tasty and ready in under half an hour, this airfryer pizza is the perfect treat to bite into on game day. Forget the cutlery, this is the ideal sofa snack.

Air Fryer Pizza 3 Ways
Three ingredients, five minutes, and no oven needed.
3. Healthy Baked Donuts With Protein Spread
You’ll be daydreaming about these donuts. They look and taste like the real deal, but they’re baked instead of deep-fried, making them much more compatible with your fitness goals and training progress. Winning.

Healthy Baked Donuts With Protein Spread
Donut get us started on how good these are.
4. BBQ Pulled Chicken Mac N Cheese
There’s nothing quite like a steaming hot bowl of super-cheesy macaroni. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, we levelled things up with the addition of succulent & tangy BBQ pulled chicken.

BBQ Pulled Chicken Mac N Cheese
Macaroni cheese lovers, listen up. This one’s for you.
5. Vegan “Meatball” Sub
This sub is deliciously rich and meaty — just without any actual meat. Yep, it’s completely vegan-friendly, packed with nearly 30g of protein, and still every bit as indulgent-tasting as the real deal. Thank us later.
6. Fajita Pasta Bake
Every now and again, you stumble across a recipe that makes you stop in your tracks and immediately write a shopping list for the ingredients. This is one of those recipes.
With tender chicken, sizzling peppers, and oozing cheese, this one speaks for itself.

Fajita Pasta Bake
Fajita chicken in a cheesy pasta bake is a crossover we’re all here for.
7. Vegan Mac ‘N’ Cheese
It’s hard to believe this creamy, ‘cheesy’ pasta is totally plant-based — but it is. Whether you’re fully committed to a vegan diet or you’re just trying to cut down on the dairy, this is the perfect recipe for everyone’s favourite comfort food.

Vegan Mac 'N’ Cheese
It’ll take one forkful for you to be converted, trust us.
8. NYC Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Taking some inspiration from across the pond, these ‘NYC’ style cookies are an incredible high-protein treat. Made with only a handful of ingredients and cooked in under 15 minutes, these will definitely help with any pre-match nerves...

NYC Style Choc Chip Cookies
Come on, we know you like your cookies chunky.
9. High-Protein Sharing Cookie Dough
This has ‘sharing’ in the title as a loose suggestion only. We’d totally understand if it was only your spoon making its way into this dish of pure deliciousness.
10. Chicken Burrito Bowl Meal Prep
Already got dinner plans? Drop them. We’re sure these burrito bowls are better.
They’re great to feed the whole family — or if you live alone, they’ll keep in the fridge so you have meal prep sorted for a few days. Result.

Naked Chicken Burrito Bowl Meal Prep
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Lauren is an English Literature graduate originally from the South. She’s always loved swimming, has discovered the power of weight training over the past few years, and has lots of room for improvement in her weekly hot yoga class.
On the weekends she’s usually cooking or eating some kind of brunch, and she enjoys trying out new recipes with her housemates – especially since shaking off student habits, like mainly surviving off pasta. Above all, she’s a firm believer in keeping a balance between the gym and gin.
Find out more about Lauren’s experience here.