Time:

15 min (5 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 each potatoes, Lasagne...

Directions:

While you have peeled potatoes boiling, sautee a whole ton of onions in olive oil until golden and soft.

Mash the potatoes with either a hand thingie or a beater until relatively lump free (relative being an important term here...
we don't go too far in the mashing thing and warn all of our non formal guests that anyone who minds is more than welcome to finish the job!).
Layer lots of the onions (first to oil the bottom) and cooked lasagne noodles and potatoe...

Time:

1 hr 5 min (15 min to prepare, 50 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

10 each medium green or...
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 each large leeks,...
2 tablespoons Minced Shallots
2 each cloves garlic,...
4 cups cooked corn...
0.25 cup fine bread crumbs
0.25 cup Minced fresh parsley
1 teaspoon dried summer savory
1 teaspoon ground coriander,...

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Carefully cut away the top stems of the peppers and remove the seeds.
Cut a very thin slice from the bottoms so that the peppers can stand.
Arrange, standing snugly against one another for support, in 1 or 2 very deep casserole dishes or a roasting pan.

Heat the oil with 2 tablespoons of water in a large skillet.
Add the leeks, shallots, and garlic.
Saute over medium heat, covered, lifting the lid to st...

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each lb/500 gram beef
1 each bunch leeks
1 tablespoon tomato paste
0.5 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons lard, salt

Directions:

the meat pieces until brown. Cover with water, add a little salt and let boil until the meat is tender. During this time, clean the leeks, slice them and blanch. Arrange the drained leeks on top of the meat, add the tomato paste and sugar and let boil for 10-15 minutes on top of the range. Then place in the oven and leave it until the sauce is thickened.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each lb/500 gram beef
1 each bunch leeks
1 tablespoon tomato paste
0.5 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons lard, salt

Directions:

Fry the meat pieces until brown. Cover with water, add a little salt and let boil until the meat is tender. During this time, clean the leeks, slice them and blanch. Arrange the drained leeks on top of the meat, add the tomato paste and sugar and let boil for 10-15 minutes on top of the range. Then place in the oven and leave it until the sauce is thickened.

Time:

1 hr 40 min (20 min to prepare, 1 hr 20 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

1 each 3-lbs whole...
1 each Sunkist® lemon...
0.5 each Sunkist®...
1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
10 each soft flour...

Directions:

Remove neck , giblets and any excess fat from body cavity of chicken; discard. Rinse chicken well and drain.
Turn wing tips under back of chicken. It is not necessary to close body cavity with skewers or tie legs together with string.
Place chicken, breast side up, on rack in aluminum foil-lined roasting pan. In small bowl, combine lemon peel, juice and oil.
Spoon lemon mixture over chicken and inside body cavity. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 20 to 30 minutes, o...

Time:

30 min (15 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

2 tablespoon chopped green...
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
0.5 cups ketchup
0.25 cups Soy sauce
1 each Sunkist® lemon...
2 tablespoon light brown sugar
2 tablespoon Chablis or other...
6 each pork chops cut...

Directions:

In small saucepan, sauté the green onion in the butter. Stir in all the remaining ingredients except the pork chops and oil.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for a few minutes to blend flavors.

TO BARBEQUE PORK CHOPS:
Lightly brush both sides of chops with oil. Barbecue on a grill 6 inches above glowing coals for 10 minutes.
Turn and cook 10 minutes longer. Brush with the sauce. Continue cooking for 10 minutes, or until pork is tender, turning ...

Time:

15 min (10 min to prepare, 5 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

12 ounces vermicelli
1 cup scallions -- chopped
1 cup lemon basil --...
0.5 teaspoon Freshly ground...
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons Soy sauce
5 each drops hot chile oil
2 teaspoons Corn Oil
2 teaspoons Sesame oil

Directions:

Cook pasta per package directions. Drain.

Toss vermicelli with scallions, lemon basil, pepper, lemon juice, soy sauce, and hot chile oil.
In a wok or large frying pan, heat the corn oil with the sesame oil over medium heat.
Stir-fry vermicelli mixture in the hot oil for about 5 minutes, tossing often to prevent sticking.

Time:

30 min (15 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Notes:

After assembly,...

Ingredients:

0.5 tablespoon olive oil
0.5 tablespoon Sunkist® lemon...
1 loaf french or...
1 cup bottled roasted...
4 each oz. Feta cheese,...
0.25 cups finely sliced...
1 each medium to large...

Directions:

In bowl, combine red peppers, feta cheese, green onions, olive oil, lemon peel, lemon juice and garlic
Set aside
Lightly brush slices of bread on both sides with olive oil, and place on cookie sheet
Lightly toast on both sides in broiler
Remove from broiler and top each slice with about 1 heaping tablespoonful of the red pepper mixture
Sprinkle tops with thyme leaves

Time:

45 min (20 min to prepare, 25 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

1 each broiler-fryer...
2 tablespoon Vegetable oil
0.75 cups water
1 each medium onion, sliced
1 each chicken bouillon...
0.5 teaspoon dried basil...
2 each unpeeled medium...
2 tablespoon Cornstarch
0.5 each Sunkist®...
0.5 each Sunkist®...

Directions:

In a 10-inch skillet, lightly brown the chicken in the oil; pour off the fat. Add 1/2 cup of the water, onion, bouillon cube, and basil.
Cover and cook over low heat for 30 minutes, add zucchini. Cover and cook 15 minutes longer, or until chicken and zucchini are tender.
Remove chicken to a serving platter and keep warm. To make the sauce, gradually blend the remaining 1/4 cup of water into the cornstarch; add to ingredients remaining in skillet.
Cook over medium heat,...

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

4 each chicken breasts,...
0.25 cups flour
0.125 teaspoon salt, to taste...
1 cup Mushrooms, Sliced
2 tablespoon green onions, sliced
4 tablespoon margarine or butter
1 each Sunkist® lemon...
1 cup Chicken broth
0.25 cups Marsala wine or...
0.5 teaspoon dried marjoram

Directions:

Cut chicken breasts into 1 inch wide strips. In shallow bowl, combine flour, salt and pepper. Toss strips in flour mixture.
Heat 1 tbs. margarine in large skillet, cook mushrooms and green onions till tender; remove from skillet. In same skillet, brown chicken pieces on all sides in remaining margarine, over medium-high heat for 4 minutes.
Lower heat, return mushroom mixture to skillet. Carefully add the broth, Marsala, lemon peel and juice, and marjoram.
Cook uncovered,...

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

6 each loin lamb chops
1 each Sunkist® lemon...
0.5 each Sunkist®...
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary,...
1 tablespoon dijon mustard, to...

Directions:

Trim excess fat from lamb, wipe surface with paper towel. Arrange chops on broiler pan. In small bowl, combine remaining ingredients; spread mixture evenly over lamb.
Broil chops 4 inches from heat source for 5 minutes. Turn chops over and cook an additional 5 to 6 minutes.

Time:

25 min (5 min to prepare, 20 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.5 cup white wine, olive...

Directions:

Optional Add-ins: basil, olives, zucchini

In one or two tablespoons of olive oil, saute a couple of cloves of minced garlic, a handful of chopped parsley, and a few shakes of the red pepper.

Saute until the parsley changes to a deep green color.
(add other optional veggies here -- saute for a few minutes longer)

Add about 1/2 cup of white wine (this is optional -- my mom doesn't like wine, so I don't use it when I make it for her.<...

Time:

25 min (15 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

4 ounces uncooked farfelle...
0.25 cup olive oil
1 each medium red bell...
1 pound asparagus -- cut...
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.5 teaspoon freshly ground...
3 tablespoons Lemon juice
1 each 15-16 oz can Navy...

Directions:

Cook and drain pasta per package directions.

While pasta is cooking, heat oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium high heat.
Cook bell pepper, asparagus, lemon peel, salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in oil, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender.
Add pasta; toss with vegetable mixture. Sprinkle with pepper.

Time:

1 hr 15 min (15 min to prepare, 1 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

0.5 cups light sour cream
0.5 cups Heavy Cream
1 each prepared and...
2 each Sunkist®...
2 tablespoon olive oil, to...
6 each oz. cold-smoked...
2 tablespoon capers, drained,...

Directions:

In small bowl, combine sour cream and heavy cream. Cover and leave at room temperature for 1 hour.
Place prepared pizza crust on pizza stone or baking sheet. Leaving 1 inch crust, cover remaining surface with single layer of lemon slices.
Drizzle olive oil over lemon slices; sprinkle with pepper. Bake at 450 degrees F for 10 minutes. Lemon slices should start to crisp but not char.
Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes. Spread cream mixture carefully over lemon s...

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each chicken
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon flour
0.5 each lemon, salt

Directions:

Boil the chicken pieces as for chicken pilaf. Fry the flour in butter until yellow, add a cup of the chicken broth, salt, chicken pieces and the peeled and sliced lemon. Simmer for 5-10 minutes. The sauce must be much thinner than for the chicken white sauce stew. Therefore, add some more chicken broth if necessary.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each chicken
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon flour
0.5 each lemon, salt

Directions:

Boil the chicken pieces as for chicken pilaf. Fry the flour in butter until yellow, add a cup of the chicken broth, salt, chicken pieces and the peeled and sliced lemon. Simmer for 5-10 minutes. The sauce must be much thinner than for the chicken white sauce stew. Therefore, add some more chicken broth if necessary.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

3 each oz....
1 cup boiling water
0.5 cups Cold water
14 each oz. tofu...
1 each Sunkist® lemon...
2 each egg whites
0.25 cups sugar

Directions:

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Pour into food processor bowl or blender jar; add cold water, tofu, lemon peel and juice. Blend until smooth.
Pour into large bowl. In a heavy 2- to 3-quart saucepan, stir together egg whites and sugar. Over very low heat, with electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peaks form (or beat in bowl or double boiler over simmering water).
Fold or gently stir beaten egg whites into tofu mixture. Pour into individual dessert dishes and chill unti...

Time:

4 hr 25 min (10 min to prepare, 4 hr 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each clove garlic,...
1 teaspoon extra virgin...
1 each or 2 lemons,...
3 each or 4 zucchini...

Directions:

Wash well the zucchini.
Thinly slice them (slices should be 2 millimeters thick, but no more).
Prepare a marinade with the juice and pulp of 1 or two lemons (depends on their dimensions), salt, black pepper, garlic, parsley and olive oil.
Put a layer of zucchini slices in a bowl and pour a little of the marinade at the top, do the same for all the layers of zucchini slices.
Keep the bowl in a cool place and let it rest for 6 to 8 hours, occasionaly puring some of t...

Time:

20 min (5 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
2 tsp chopped fresh thyme
1 medium lemon, zested
3 lb deli cooked...

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350. In small bowl, stir together mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, chopped fresh thyme and 2 tbs. lemon zest.
2. Using pastry brush, coat entire surface of chicken with lemon-thyme mixture. Place chicken on rack set in roasting pan.
3. Roast chicken 15 min., or until heated through and golden brown.

Time:

40 min (20 min to prepare, 20 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup couscous- or 10...
3 tablespoon butter
2 clove Garlic, chopped
1 pound medium shrimp,...
1 can cannelllini...
1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf...
2 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh)

Directions:

1. In a saucepan, bring 2 cups water to a boil. Stir in the couscous and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Cover and let sit off heat for 5 minutes; fluff with a fork before serving.
2. Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the shrimp and cook, stirring, until they begin to turn pink, about 3 minutes.
3. Stir in the beans, parsley, lemon juice, the remaining butter, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepp...

Time:

30 min (10 min to prepare, 20 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

1 cup uncooked and...
0.5 cup uncooked brown rice
3 cup sliced carrots
1 each lb swiss chard,...
1 each lb kale, cleaned...
3 cups water
1 each packet reduced...
1 teaspoon basil
1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions:

Place all ingredients in large pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and cook until rice is done, 20 to 30 minutes.

Time:

40 min (10 min to prepare, 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 can 540ml / 19oz...
2 each Onions chopped
1 each green pepper chopped
1 can 4ml / 10oz...
1 can 796ml / 28oz...
1 teaspoon of salt
0.5 teaspoon of chilipowder
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
0.5 cup (245 ml) red wine

Directions:

Put all the ingredients in a 2-3 litre pot and heat at medium low about 20 to 30 minutes and serve it with your favorite pasta.

Nb: this is a quick recipe of course, but more fresh chopped vegetables can be added if you got more time to cut them.
Also you can use more spices, it depends of your taste.
If you don't have wine, it can be skipped.
In fact the lentils take place of the ground beef, or other meat and for the rest you can use your imagination.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each medium onion,...
1 each clove garlic
1 each small green pepper
1 each red pepper,...
2 each cans diced tomatoes
1 cup lentils (uncooked)

Directions:

1. put lentils in small sauce pan with 1 1/2 cups water, bring to boil, cover, let boil about 5-10 minutes, reduce heat, let simmer until mostly cooked

2. in large sauce pan, dribble olive oil, add onion (chopped), garlic (chopped), pepper (chopped), mushrooms (sliced) and seasonings - sautee until pepper becomes soft

3. add tomatoes to vegetables - and let simmer

4. when lentils are ready, and them to sauce - cover and let simmer while preparing p...

Time:

45 min (5 min to prepare, 40 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

4 each medium yellow...
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup lentils
1.5 cups Cold water
1 cup long-grain rice
2 teaspoons salt

Directions:

Dice 3 of the onions.
Heat a large frying pan and saute onions in water or broth.
Saute until tender and set aside.
In a 4-quart covered pot place the lentils and water.
Bring to a boil, covered, and then turn down to a simmer.
Cook for 15 minutes.

Add the cooked onion to the lentils, along with the rice and salt.

Cover and simmer 20 minutes until rice and lentils are soft.
Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 5 minut...

Time:

40 min (10 min to prepare, 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons extra virgin...
2 each large garlic...
0.5 cup onion -- chopped
2 OZ cans crushed...
1 teaspoon salt
0.5 teaspoon black pepper
0.25 cup fresh basil --...

Directions:

Heat olive oil in a 3- to 4-quart saucepan.
Add garlic.
Cook and stir constantly over medium-low heat for about 2 minutes, making sure the garlic doesn't brown.
Add onion and, stirring frequently, continue cooking for about 8 minutes or until the onion is soft and golden.
Add tomatoes, salt, and pepper, and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to low and simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add fresh basil and simmer 5 minutes longer.
Thi...