Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.25 cup vegetable broth
0.5 cup onion -- chopped
2 each cloves garlic --...
20 ounces tomatoes -- low...
1 cup navy beans -- cooked
10 ounces ziti pasta
0.5 cup parsley -- chopped
0.25 teaspoon pepper
0.5 teaspoon thyme -- ground
0.5 teaspoon basil

Directions:

Cook ziti al dente and drain.
Heat stock add onions and garlic, saute until clear.
Add tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes.
Add beans and seasonings, simmer 10 more minutes.
Serve over ziti and sprinkle with parsley.

Time:

4 hr 30 min (15 min to prepare, 4 hr 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Notes:

Corned beef brisket is...

Ingredients:

0.5 each lbs. Corned beef...
0.5 cups juice from fresh...
1 cup Chicken broth
8 each Sunkist® fresh...
12 each oz. Red potatoes...
6 each oz. Carrots --...
1 each medium Onion--...
1 each small Cabbage --...
2 tablespoon Sweet hot mustard
2 teaspoon Sunkist® lemon...

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place corned beef brisket in roasting pan, with the fat side up. (Use a roasting pan large enough to hold the brisket and the vegetables, which are added later.)
Combine Sunkist fresh-squeezed lemon juice and 3/4 cup of the chicken broth and pour over brisket into the roasting pan. The liquid should come halfway up the side of the brisket. Add water if necessary to make enough liquid.
Sprinkle the brisket with cracked black pepper as desired.<...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 cup raw short-grain...
2 each cloves garlic,...
1 each medium tomato, diced
1 each onion, diced
0.5 each red pepper, diced
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoon dried oregano,...
3 tablespoon olive oil
0.25 cup Lemon juice
2 each to 4 more cloves...

Directions:

Unroll one bunch of leaves, and give them a quick rince in a colander.
Pick out very small or broken leaves and use these to line the bottom of a heavy, mimimum 2 litre pot.

Mix rice, garlic, tomato, onion, red pepper, cinnamon and oregano in mixing bowl.
Take one leaf spread on palm of hand, stem end towards wrist (snip off any remaining stem).
Place about a teaspoon of filling in middle, closer to stem end.
Fold bottom up just to cover filling, the...

Time:

2 hr 10 min (10 min to prepare, 2 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each large Can crushed...
1 each oz. can tomato paste
1 each medium can tomato...
1 each medium onion,...
5 each cloves garlic,...
1 each heaping tsp....
3 each whole prunes

Directions:

Put everything together in large pot and simmer at least 2 hours.

Remove prunes (what's left of them, anyway) and pour over favourite pasta.

Alternately, you can put all ingredients into a crockpot and simmer all day!

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

1 each Yucca Root (diced...
1 each small Eggplant...
1 each Medium Onion...
2 each tomilitos (cut up)
1 each Jalapano pepper...
1 each clove garlic (or...

Directions:

Fry in olive oil the Yucca root until just starting to brown, add Eggplant and Onions, Jalapano,Garlic fry until onions just start to brown add

Tomilitos cook for approx. 2 mintes more.
Spoon into Tortilla and add soy cheese, fold and enjoy.
Also you can add Black olives, tomato slices, avocado or whatever.

Time:

1 hr 35 min (10 min to prepare, 1 hr 25 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

2 cups vegetable broth
0.5 cup brown rice, uncooked
0.5 cup wild rice, uncooked
2 tablespoon Vegetable oil
3 each medium onions,...
2 teaspoon brown sugar
1 cup dried cranberries
0.5 teaspoon finely grated...

Directions:

Combine broth and brown and wild rice in a medium saucepan.
Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 45 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat oil in medium skillet over medium high heat.
Add onions and brown sugar.
Cook until liquid is absorbed and onions are soft and translucent, about 6 minutes.
Reduce heat to low.
Slowly cook onions, stirring often, until they are a car...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

2 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup white flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon baking powder
3 each packages sweet...
0.5 cup canola oil
0.5 cup water approximate

Directions:

Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl first.
Then add oil and water.
Stir with a big spoon at first and then knead until a large mass of dough feels like biscuit dough.
You can add a small amount of water if mass feels dry or add small amount of flour if it fees damp and sticky.

Break up large mass of dough into 2" balls.
Roll out balls into a large round flat shape.
Bake on a medium hot grill for 15 seconds on both sides.
There will b...

Time:

2 hr 45 min (15 min to prepare, 2 hr 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

0.5 pound Tomatillos --...
2 each bay leaves
7 cups "chicken-like" or...
1 OZ can salsa verde...
2 each to 4 oz cans...
1 teaspoon Poultry seasoning
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 tablespoons ground cumin
2 each large Onions --...
1 pound White beans (like...
1 cup Fresh cilantro --...
1 each each Salt and...
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 cup chopped green onions

Directions:

Soak beans overnight or use quick soak method (bring beans and water to cover by 1" to a boil for 5 min.
Turn off heat and cover.

Let sit 1 hour, then proceed).
Pour off soaking water and cover beans with fresh water and bring to full boil.
Lower heat and simmer.
While beans simmer, in a large soup kettle or dutch oven, saute onions using your favorite ff method (I use a little stock), when translucent, add cumin, chili pd, poultry seasoning, gr...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

8 ounces vermicelli --...
2 each cloves garlic --...
1 each medium onion --...
5 cups tomatoes (about 5...
0.25 cup fresh basil --...
0.25 teaspoon salt or to taste
0.125 teaspoon freshly ground...
1 each oz. can no salt...

Directions:

Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain.

While pasta is cooking, coat a Dutch oven with cooking spray; place over medium heat until hot.
Add garlic and onion and cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
Stir in tomato and next 4 ingredients.
Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add cooked pasta to tomato mixture.
Cook, uncovered, until mixture ...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

16 ounces vermicelli pasta
1 each red bell pepper...
1 each medium onion --...
2 each stalks celery --...
2 each small zucchini --...
4 each cloves garlic --...
4 cups diced tomatoes
1 OZ can tomato paste,...
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
0.25 cup fresh basil or 2...
2 tablespoons fresh oregano or...

Directions:

Cook pasta per package directions.
Drain and pour into a wide serving bowl.

In a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, stir red peppers, onion, and celery until tender, about 5 minutes.
Add zucchini and garlic; cook until zucchini is tender.
Add tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, sugar and lemon juice.
Stir until tomato mixture comes to a boil, about 5 minutes.
Add basil and oregano and cook an additional minute.

Serve Chunky Veget...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

250 each to 350 gram of pasta
3 each to 4 cloves of...
1 each red pepper
1 each green pepper
1 each orange/yellow pepper
3 each to 4 zuchini
7 each to 8 mushrooms,...
1 each to 2 can(s) of...

Directions:

Chop garlic, and saute in a litte olive oil, next add your peppers , let them soften for one to two minutes, next stir in your zuchini and mushroom.

PRE HEAT OVEN TO 190 fahrenheit. place pasta in a saucepan and cook in boiling water for 5-7 minutes .

Once the veg is ready, drain your pasta and stir half of the quantity in with the veg and chives and oregeno to season,place in a lasange dish cover with the remaining pasta sprinkle with a good helping of cheese nu...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
1 each onion -- chopped
1 each green pepper --...
1 each zucchini -- sliced
1 cup broccoli florets
2 each carrots -- sliced
1 each oz. can chopped...
0.5 teaspoon garlic salt
0.125 teaspoon ground cumin
0.25 teaspoon oregano
6 each 12-inch flour...
0.5 each head lettuce --...
1 each tomato –...

Directions:

Heat oil in a large skillet and saute onion, green pepper, zucchini, broccoli, and carrots.
When vegetables are tender, add chiles and seasonings.
Stir and simmer for 6 minutes.
Spoon into warmed flour tortillas and roll burro-style.
Garnish with lettuce, tomato, salsa and guacamole.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

3 cup rice, soaked in...
0.5 cup olive oil, Juice...
1 each Bunch Green...
1 each bunch parsley,...
1 each large, firm...
1 teaspoon dried mint...

Directions:

Thoroughly rince rice and drain well.
Mix the rice and all the above ingredients in a bowl.
If you are using fresh grape leaves blanch in boiling water for a minute.
Stuff and cook.
You could use torn grape leaves or slices of tomato to line the bottom of the pan so that the bottom layer of stuffed grape leaves won't scorch.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Notes:

Place your grape leaf...

Ingredients:

1 cup uncooked white...
0.25 cup olive oil
0.5 each lb onion, minced
0.5 cup raisins
1 teaspoon coriander, which...

Directions:

Heat half the olive oil, fry onions until soft, add rice and stir to coat.
Pour on a glass of water, add raisans and cook until all water is absorbed.
Roll into grape leaves, place grape leaves, seam side down, in a baking dish (close together), add more water, oil and lemon juice and bake at 300F for 1 hour.

Now, my changes:
I use the bottled grape leaves, because I like the extra tang from the pickling juice.
I also used green onions (both white an...

Time:

1 hr 10 min (10 min to prepare, 1 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.5 cup veggie oil
4 each medium onions...
1 cup uncooked rice
1 cup parsley (minced)
0.5 cup raisins
0.5 cup tomato sauce
1 cup water
0.75 teaspoon allspice
0.5 teaspoon pepper, Grape leaves
2 teaspoon salt (or less/ to...

Directions:

Saute onions in the oil until browned.
Add rice and cook on a low heat for 20 minutes (covered), stirring occasionally.
Add all other ingredients (except grape leaves, of course) and cook for 5 minutes.
When it has cooled a little, use approx. 1 tsp. of filling per grape leaf and roll up, as for a burrito.
The filling should be totally enclosed.
To cook the "raw" dolmas, line a large pot with grape leaves and arrange the dolmas in the pot.
P...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 each oz. cans of diced...
1 can of tomato paste...
1 each onion
2 each to 3 cloves of...

Directions:

In a medium-to-big pot, cover the bottom of the pot with some olive oil. Chop up the onion finely and put it in the pot. Then crush the garlic cloves and put that in the pot as well. Turn on the heat to simmer, and if you don't have that, low. You'll want the onion to look almost transparent. Open up the can of tomato paste and put it into a big bowl. Then open up the cans of tomatos. Drain the juice into the bowl with the tomato paste. Then, using either a food chopper or a food pr...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

1 OZ can of kidney...
1 each large thinly...
4 each chopped garlic...
1 each coarsely chopped...
1 cup of coarsely...
0.5 cup of diced russet...
16 OZ can of tomatoes
1 tablespoon chili powder
0.5 teaspoon cumin
0.5 cup uncooked brown rice
4 cups of water or...

Directions:

In a large pot over medium high heat, heat 2 tablespoon of olive oil and sauté onion and garlic until the onion is soft. Add bell pepper, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, chili powder and cumin.
Continue cooking, stirring frequently for 3 minutes.
Add the rice, water or veggie broth, and beans.

Cover and cook on a low heat for two hours.
until stew is thick, and the rice and beans are tender. (if you used canned beans, cooking time will be less) Top with gra...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

2 cup brown rice
0.5 cup Red onion -- chop
3 each Garlic cloves --...
1 cup Carrots -- fine dice
0.5 cup Celery -- chop
1 each Jalapeno pepper...
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon coriander
2 teaspoon chili powder
2.25 cup vegetable stock
1 each bay leaf
0.5 cup Red beans -- cook
0.5 cup Tomatoes -- chop
0.5 cup corn kernels
0.5 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoon parsley
3 tablespoon Cilantro -- chop

Directions:

Place a medium-sized pot over medium heat.
Add the first 9 ingredients and heat for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring almost constantly, until lightly browned.
In another pot, bring the stock and bay leaf to a boil and add to the rice mixture.
Cover the pan, lower the heat, and simmer for 15 minutes.
Add the beans, tomatoes, corn, and salt.
Stir, cover, and simmer for 15 more minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed.
Remove from the heat and add the parsley an...

Time:

1 hr (10 min to prepare, 50 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ingredients:

0.5 tablespoon olive oil
1 each large onion, chopped
0.5 teaspoon paprika
0.5 cups long grain brown...
2.25 cups low-sodium...
0.75 cups dry white wine
14 OZ can tomatoes,...
1 tablespoon tomato paste
0.5 teaspoon tarragon
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon oregano
1 each red pepper,...
1 each green pepper,...
3 each stalks celery,...
3 cups mushrooms, washed...
0.5 cup snow pea pods
0.666667 cup frozen peas
0.333333 cup cashew nut...

Directions:

Heat oil in a large, deep skillet and sauté onions and garlic until soft. Add paprika and rice and continue to cook for 4 -5 minutes or until rice is transparent. Stir occasionally. Add stock, wine, tomatoes, tomato paste, and herbs and simmer for 10 - 15 minutes. Add peppers, celery, mushrooms, and pea pods and continue to cook for another 30 minutes or until rice is cooked. Add peas, cashews, salt and pepper to taste. Heat through and place on a large heated serving dish.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 each medium onions,...
0.25 cup unbleached flour
4 cup water
2 cup mushrooms,...
1 cup carrot or...
1 cup turnips or...
1 cup celery, diced
0.5 cup split red lentils
0.5 cup fresh parsley,...
0.25 cup soy sauce or...
3 each vegetarian or soy...
1 each bay leaf
2 teaspoon Marmite or other...
1 each teaspoon. sugar...
0.25 each teaspoon. EACH...
1 cup dry textured...

Directions:

In a large, lightly oiled, heavy pot, steam-fry the onion until it begins to soften.
Add the flour and stir around thoroughly.
Add the remaining ingredients, mix well, and bring to a boil.
Cover, turn down to low, and simmer for about 30 minutes, or until the vegetables are done.
Taste for seasoning.
Serve with Colcannon (see recipe below).

Time:

1 hr (10 min to prepare, 50 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 OZ rolled oats
2 OZ pinhead oatmeal
2 OZ mixed chopped nuts
2 OZ margarine
1 each large carrot
4 OZ Mushrooms
1 each large onion,...
2 OZ vegetarian suet
0.5 teaspoon yeast extract
1 tablespoon (or more!) whisky
1 teaspoon (at least)...
3 teaspoons of dried mixed herbs

Directions:

1. Melt half the margarine in an ovenproof saucepan / casserole.
Add oats, oatmeal and nuts and cook for 3 minutes.
Put in bowl.

2. Chop carrot, mushrooms onion and kidney beans finely (food processor very handy here!).
Melt rest of margarine, add chopped veg, and cook for another 2 minutes.
Add the rest of the ingredients, and the oat mixture.
Cook for 5 minutes.

3. Transfer to medium oven for 40 minutes.

Traditi...

Time:

1 hr 10 min (10 min to prepare, 1 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

3 each cans pinto beans
1 each large Can crushed...
1 each large onion --...
0.5 cup vegetable stock
1 tablespoon Garlic
1 tablespoon cumin
2 each Packets achiote...
1 tablespoon parsley
2 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons hot sauce

Directions:

Saute onions, cumin, parsley, garlic and paprika in vegetable stock in large stock pot.
Add pinto beans, tomato, and achiote and simmer for about 1 hour.
Add about 4 cups of cooked brown rice and let stand for about 1 hour.

I usually make this in a crock pot.
Just add sauted onions and spices to the rest of the ingredients in a crock pot and let it cook overnight.

I add the cooked rice the next morning and leave the pot on all day.