One day before:
First you need to cook the rice, about 1 1/3 cup of long grain rice. I do the rice in a rice cooker, but of course you can make it in a saucepan with a heavy bottom, the rice should be crumbly ( loose, able to be fried) and not mushy.
So with the rice rinse it in...
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Mediterranean Couscous Salad with Lemon Herb Dressing, Feta Cheese and Vegetables
This bright, colorful, delicious, freshening salad will be perfect for the summer, a picnic, or in the winter to remind you about the nice, warm, and sunny summer days. A light, healthy, and quick side salad.
You can add bell pepper to the salad, mushrooms or change it a little bit and add cooked shrimp. You can use water as...
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Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Thyme, Garlic, Oregano and Olive Oil
A very simple and easy recipe for an original and super tasty tomato side dish. It goes great with grilled steak or other meats, roasted chicken, fried fish or add in with pasta. I suggest to pierce each tomato with a toothpick before cooking them. A flavorful and tasty side dish, healthy for your daily portion of vegetables.
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Mashed Potatoes with Baked Garlic and Rosemary
Warm, creamy, flavorful mashed potatoes with the addition of baked garlic and rosemary, an excellent dish for Thanksgiving or a side dish for any dinner. Garlic mashed potatoes can be prepared beforehand, just cook them, then put in an airtight container with a little olive oil on top, and they can keep in the fridge for about 5 days.
One of...
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Hasselback Butternut Squash with a Sweet and Spicy-Glaze, Thyme and Nuts
A wonderful recipe for Thanksgiving, Christmas, other holidays, or just for a simple dinner.
Hasselback is the way to cut the product (ingredient). In this recipe, it's squash, into thin slices, adding between the cuts some things, in this case, the bay leaf, which gives the flavor and aroma to the dish...
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Potato Latkes
Potato latkes are a traditional Jewish dish for Hanukkah but they can be made on any other day as an appetizer or side dish for dinner. Latkes are usually made from potatoes and onions, but you can also add zucchini, apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, parsnips and more.
If you want your latkes to be golden crispy on the outside and...
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Pampushki with Garlic
Pampushki are small buns which are traditionally served with borsch in Ukraine but you can serve with any other hot soup or Harcho. Usually they are cooked with garlic and baked in the oven. By the way, pampushki got their name in Odessa Ukraine, the city where I'm from.
You can use any...
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Vegetables, Baked in a Pumpkin
Buy a medium sized pumpkin, it will allow 2 servings. You can add into the pumpkin fried chicken or pork. It's better to add salt and pepper when you roast the vegetables in a pan. Aromatic, flavorful and satisfying dish.
More dishes with pumpkin.
Pumpkin with Rice and Fruits...
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Chicken and Vegetable Salad with Bell Peppers
Thai Pork Burgers
The most delicious burgers I ever ate! Very tasty meat and the spices matched perfectly. Best to cook on the grill but can be fried also....
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