Category Archive for "Life" | International Menu

07Nov

Fried chicken with tomato, tomatillos salsa (also garlic, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, lime juice). Fry on dry pan 3-4 tomatoes, 4 tomatillos, a half onion, 3-4 garlic, 1 jalapeno. Beat it in a blender with a little bit of water or bouillon and some lime juice. Add salt, coriander powder, cilantro and cumin. I cleaned the seeds from jalapeno. Frie...

Pelmeni making day

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02Nov

When it’s a rainy day and also kids don’t have school, beach plans with friends get changed for making dumplings / pelmeni — 2 big bags are stored in the freezer. My favorite dough for pelmeni now. I did a double portion of it too. I used my pelmeni mold and from leftover pieces of the...

Instant Pot White Rice with Vegetables (my favorite recipe) and Ginger Soy Garlic Chicken

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02Nov

Made for dinner tonight Instant Pot White Rice with Vegetables and Ginger Soy Garlic Chicken. The rice I always make this way: 1 cup of rice, 1 cup chicken bouillon (or water with salt), butter, chopped carrots, onions, garlic. Also I have spices for the rice, love to use them all the time. First in mode sauté: ...

Fig jam

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24Oct

Fig jam, one of my favorite recipe! Only what you need: 600g of figs, 300g of sugar, lemon zest and juice 2 tbsp. Each fig cut on 2-4 pc. Add the in a pot with sugar, lemon juice and zest. Boil it on a med. around 20-25 min. mixing it often. Blend it with hand mixer and move it...

A new recipe of baked zucchini chips and mackerel

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23Oct

Grilled chicken, chorizo, smoked mackerel, potatoes with rosemary, garlic and bacon, baked zucchini chips There is a photo of zucchini recipe and for the mackerel you can leave the fish for 8 (smoke after)-15 hr in the marinade and eat it after or smoke it. 2 mackerels, 1l of water, 3 tbsp salt, 1 1 /2tbsp sugar, 10 black peppercorns, 3...

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21Oct

Strawberry and balsamic-spiced cake with mascarpone whipped cream, I used this recipe, just added mascarpone to the cream (more…)...

Baked beets with feta, mint, orange, pine nuts and lemon yogurt dressing

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20Oct

Baked beets with feta, mint, orange, pine nuts and lemon yogurt dressing For the dressing : 1/4 cup Olive oil, half lemon (juice), half orange (juice), 1 tbsp Greek yogurt, mint, salt, and add pine nuts and feta to the baked beets (more…)...