Sunday, August 3, 2008

Mango Salad & Herring Appetizer

Mango, avocado and cucumber saladLast week was Daniel’s mom birthday. She cooked a lot of yummy stuff which included old time favorites like funchoza. ) I humbly participated by adding mango salad and herring appetizer to the table.

I found the mango salad recipe on Sweetlady’s blog. My salad looks a bit different than hers, but it still was pretty good and refreshing. )

Ingredients:

  • 2 medium cucumbers
  • 1 mango
  • 1 avocado
  • 2-3 tablespoons of oil
  • Juice from 1/2 lime
  • Red pepper flakes
  • Salt

Kiwi and herring appetizerI found the herring appetizer recipe on kuking.net a while ago. Basically, you spread some mayo on slightly toasted rye bred, then put a piece of marinated herring on it, and top it with a slice of kiwi fruit. Simple, but quite nice if you like herring.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Samsa

SamsaDanya and I really like samsa, and I used to buy it in Russian stores. But samsa that is sold in the store near us is not very good (has too much fat in the filling), and I can’t eat it. So yesterday, since I have a lot of free time on my hands, I went through the trouble of cooking it at home. I think it came out pretty decent! ) The only thing that I didn’t like is that the dough came out a bit hard at the bottom, so I think that next time I’ll bake it at lower temperature. It probably makes sense to just buy a pastry dough in a supermarket.

I found the recipe on Kuking.net forums. Here is my free-style translation. Read more…

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Golubtsy

Golubtsy — Russian Cabbage RollsI want to post here a perfect recipe for Golubtsy, which was posted by Isha on Kuking.net forums. I was always afraid of this meal, because boiling a whole cabbage and then pulling it apart leaf by leaf seemed like a very daunting task to me. In this recipe, however, the old-fashioned boiling is substituted with microwaving — and this simple change made the recipe work for me.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Грибной Супчик

Mushroom soup.Пару дней назад Даня выразил желание поесть грибного супа. Ну, если муж хочет — значит, надо варить. razz

Вчера в русском магазине я долго выбирала между 3-мя разными банками сушёных грибов, а в результате купила 2 упаковки грибного супа, которые включали в себя сушёные лесные грибы, перловку, растительные жиры, гидролизированные картофель и морковку, сушёный укроп, соль и чёрный перец. Read more…

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Вариантик

French Meat with CheeseХочу поделиться вариантом мяса по-французски, который пару лет назад подкинула мне сестра. Может, кому пригодится.

Нарезать картошку соломкой, обжарить до полуготовности (не солить!) = слой первый
Маринованные огурчики тоже соломкой, только, естественно, помельче = слой второй
Марковка по-корейски = слой третий
Ну, а дальше как обычно: отбитое мясо, лук колечками, сыр и майонез. Всё в духовку на 45 минут при 375 F (190 C).

Мне очень понравилось это блюдо с “пастушьим” салатиком (помидоры, огурцы, лук — мелкими кубиками, несолёная брынза — на свекольную тёрку, немного укропа, красного острого перца (специя), соли, растительного масла и лимонного сока).

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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Чебуреки

Chebureki -- ЧебурекиЯ тут Кузе на днях обещала рецептик чебуреков выслать. Так лучше я на блог поставлю — может, еще кому пригодится. Вообще-то этот рецепт я заметила на кукинге, но потом еще видела его на парочке сайтов. Копирую с кукинга, ибо смысла переписывать не вижу. Единственное изменение - я добавила в тесто только 1 столовую ложку масла. Жарила всё на оливковом масле первого отжима, и потом дала полежать на бумажных полотенцах, чтобы они впитали немного жира. Мне результат понравился. Дане и его родителям, вроде, тоже. )

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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Lazy Tuna Pie

Lazy Tuna PieHere is another very simple recipe, which produced pretty good results for the amount of effort invested.

For the dough you’ll need 2 eggs, 200 gr of sour cream, 150 gr of mayo, 5-6 tablespoons of flour, a pinch of sugar and 0.5 teaspoon of baking soda (mixed with a drop of white vinegar).

For the filling mix 1 can of solid white tuna (or any other canned fish), 1.5 chopped fried onions, 3 chopped pickles, 4 boiled and chopped eggs.

Pour half of the dough in the baking form, add the filling, pour the second half of the dough on top of the filling. Put the baking form in the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes at 350F.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Chicken Kiev

Chicken KievThis recipe was also provided by one of the very talented housewives of kuking.net - Иша. I tried a couple of her other recipes, but this one is probably my favorite from her repertoire.

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Alena’s Kitchen

Over the past years Alena has cooked so many different and delicious things for me that no restaurant can compare or compete.

All this time I have been taking pictures, and Alena posted some of them, but a lot of them were collecting virtual dust in the depth of our hard drive folder structures. O.o I decided to put them all together in a separate gallery and make it public.

I’m sure Alena will be glad to share a recipe in case somebody likes how something looks like. Just ask. teeth

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Meat “Sushi”

Meat "Sushi"Кто собственно о чём, а я снова о готовке. Хочу поделиться идеей для вечера, когда долго стоять на кухне нет сил, а кушать всё же хоцца. Данька это “блюдо” называет мясными суши. O.o
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