Top 3 Fall Soups

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 These three soups are the best comfort meal for the lunch in fall: it enegrizes, keeps you warm and boosts your taste buds. You can add lots of flavors to these soups by experimenting with herbs: basil, dill, parsley and others.   Vegetarian Pea Soup  Vegetarian pea soup is good those days when you want a...

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National Sandwich day and my favorite sandwich!

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This is one of my favorite things to eat for breakfast! because it is fast and nutritinal.   You will need :   1 egg 2-3 slices of cheese 2-3 slices of ham or Canadian bacon pinch of salt pinch of pepper 1 bagel 2-3 slices of tomato pickles (optional) 1 teaspoon of cooking oil...

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Olivier salad: simple salad recipe you will love

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This is a traditional recipe for the parties and holidays in Slavic countries. No one knows where it came to former Soviet countries from,(we were a huge country with closed borders for decades), but this was the main salad of every celebration in almost every family for decades. I cook this salad very rarely and mainly...

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Beef Cutlets Easy

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This recipe is very popular in European countries: in Austria it’s called schnitzel,  in the US it’s called a cutlet. We cook cutlets with beef and pork, even with fish and chicken. The main thing the fillet/ or loin has to be thin. It’s a great dish for a weekday dinner, 5-10 minutes to cook...

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Eggs and bacon breakfast

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There’s really no tricks about cooking this… eggs and bacon or eggs and sausage are awesome for Sunday breakfast/ brunch, to add a twist to this dish add some herbs: basil, lemon basil or parsley and dill. Anyways it can’t be spoiled:-) Enjoy! Have a Happy Sunday!  

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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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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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Fish and Potato salad “Mimosa”

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Fish and Potato salad “Mimosa” This salad is more winter salad than summer, but sometimes,my family loves to eat it for lunch because it’s nutritious, delicious and healthy. (You may use light mayo for less calories) So for this salad you will need: ¼ of medium onion; 1 egg; 1 medium potato; 1-2 medium carrots;...

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Fast apple and apricot pie. (Vanishes in 30 minutes.Why? Delicious!)

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Fast apple and apricot pie. This pie disappears in your family members’ mouths as fast, as you cooked it. Preparation of the dough for this pie takes 5-10 minutes, baking: 20 more minutes. Simple, fast and delicious.  The main problem is that in another 30 minutes it may vanish completely out of the plate.:-)) So...

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