Pickled eggplants with carrots, garlic and herbs

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This recipe is cooked by my Grandma for decades. It’s delicious, astonishingly simple and mainly reveals new flavors of eggplant. I couldn’t master this recipe for quite some time. (Well, at first I don’t use as much salt in my recipes as the other cooks do. Salt is important part of this recipe. Second, you...

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Quick and delish omelet with squash, tomato and onion (and with lemon basil, of course).

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So this is my favorite Saturday morning breakfast/brunch meal. It’s very fast to cook and you can add pretty much any vegetable you like and it will be gorgeous. For this one I added: 3-4 slices of snow white squash you can use zucchini); ½ of white onion; 4 eggs; ½ tomato; Lemon basil leaves;...

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Simple and fast pie with braised cabbage, eggs, tomato and lemon basil..

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This pie was invented some time ago it’s fast and simple to cook, and filling can be pretty much anything: mushrooms, braised cabbage, spinach, eggs and herbs, meat… you name it. For the batter: 1 cup of cultured buttermilk; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1, 5 cups of self-rising flour; 1 egg; Pinch of salt. Filling:...

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Deep fried beef steak

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Deep fried sirloin beef steak In Ukraine we don’t have steaks, no seriously! Ukrainians just don’t have this dish; we eat braised meat and meatballs. So I had to learn how to cook steak, my own way. For this deep fried steak you have to choose meat correctly, it should have some fat (not a...

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Lazy homemade pasta with minced pork and beef meat

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This recipe is as simple as 1-2-3! You can make it with pasta from a store but it’s more tender and delish if you cook it yourself. The detailed recipe for the homemade pasta may be found here. The alternative brief recipe is here: 2-3 eggs; 1/3 melted butter; 1 cup of flour; 1/3 cup...

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Zucchini crème-soup

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This is a very simple crème soup. It takes 40 minutes to cook and your family will enjoy this meal. It’s a great summer soup for your to enjoy! Simple and flavorful! For this recipe you will need: 2 mid-sized zucchini 1 mid-sized white onion 1 big carrot 1 green bell pepper 4 oz. crème...

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Tomato, Onion and Lemon basil vinaigrette

Tomato and onion marinated salad helen's cooking

Fast salad for dinner or lunch. Minimum ingredients and maximum delight:-) Will taste best with mashed potato and meat, or rice and fish. Something not s picy and not sour. Preparation time: 0h:10m Ingredients: 2 tomatoes 1/2 white onion 1/3 cup of herbs (dill, parsley, basil: any) 1 pinch salt 1 pinch black fresh ground pepper 2...

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Simple fast salad with romaine, tomato and pickles

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This is simple and fast dinner salad. The key to it are pickles, which make it sour and not bland. You’ll need: 1-2 lettuce romaine hearts 5-6 cornichons ¼ white onion 1-2 tomatoes 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp. basil, lemon basil pinch of salt pinch of fresh ground black pepper; Peel the...

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Chicken wings in BBQ sauce with roasted potato.

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I bet you love chicken wings and roasted potato. The recipe is inspired by necessity to cook something fast and easy. Roasted potato is a recipe of my Italian friend and wings’ recipe is borrowed from one diner. It’s literally more efforts to eat than to cook. (Just remember if you want them even more delicious...

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Warm apple salad with chicken breast, tomato and romaine.

warm apple salad with chicken breasts, tomato and romaine

This recipe was adapted from one of the restaurants I loved to have lunch back in Kyiv. It’s really simple, warm in colors and flavors, but mainly fast to cook! Your family will love it and there are different variations of how it can be cooked. You can use chicken breasts, chicken liver and today...

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