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Baked Potatoes with Bacon and Garlic

Tasty and flavorful potatoes, infused with the flavor of smoked bacon and garlic. A simple and easy recipe for a picnic or camping. The cooking time of potatoes depends on its size and on the heat of the grill. Cooked potatoes can be serve with a sauce by mixing sour cream, mayonnaise, salt, garlic and dill. When it's time to...
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Pirozhki with Cherries

Pirozhki are a Russian-Ukrainian dish of dough with filling that is baked or fried.  There are many recipes for making dough for pirozhki and a variety of toppings as well. It can be meat, fish, eggs, mushrooms, cheese, jam, vegetable or fruit toppings. Savory pirozhki make great accompaniments to soups, borscht and stews, and sweet fillings...
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Cucumber-Tomato Salad

I look for easy ways to use fresh veggies during this laid-back time of year, so here is another simple recipe for when you have extra cucumbers and tomatoes. This is a light tasty salad from my childhood. Usually we use sunflower oil, but it can be replaced with olive or vegetable oil, or alternatively mix the vegetables with sour...
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Easy-Cheesy Quesadilla!

Hi! This is Nikita again. Today I made quesadillas! A quesadilla is basically a Mexican grilled cheese with queso which means 'cheese' in Spanish. The quesadillas I made needed one tomato, some Canadian bacon, and some green onion. The cheese I used was mozzarella. I first cut all my ingredients into small pieces ( with the mozzarella you can...
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Crab Rangoon

An easy recipe for crab rangoon. Crab rangoon is an appetizer in American Chinese cuisine of North America. For the filling you can add a little grated ginger and also replace the garlic powder with fresh garlic. Serve with sweet and sour sauce, plum sauce or soy sauce. I usually serve with a thai sweet chili sauce. Read more

Summer picnic

The long-awaited summer is finally here, time for camping and picnics, fishing, or just being outdoors. And with that grilling naturally goes hand in hand. Whether you like shish kebab or chicken skewers, chicken wings, fish or meat steaks, burgers or even just grilled vegetables, the main thing is to prepare in advance and marinate. Vegetables are great for grilling...
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Grilled Rainbow Trout

A great way to prepare rainbow trout. The main thing is to use cider, it adds great flavor to the grilled trout. The grill doesn’t need to be very hot but the cedar plank will help protect the trout from flames and even out the heat. You can use this preparation for not only fish, but also chicken or...
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Asparagus and Shiitake Risotto

Creamy, tender risotto with crispy asparagus and mushrooms. Shiitake mushrooms can be replaced white mushrooms if you like. Do not use highly concentrated broth, rice absorbs a lot of liquid and additional flavors. Add the broth gradually until it evaporates the previous portion. The finished risotto can be decorated with lemon zest, chives, thyme or parsley leaves. Use vegetable,...
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