Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

50 each gram (2oz) brown...
1 each small Onion
1 each small sweet green...
2 each small tomatoes
25 each gram (1oz) mushrooms
3 tablespoon sweetcorn, thawed...
0.5 teaspoon dried thyme or...
1 teaspoon lemon juice, or...
12.5 each gram (1/2 oz)...

Directions:

1. Put the rice into a pan with 250ml (8fl oz, 1 cup) boiling water.
Bring back to the boil, then cover, reduce heat, and leave to simmer.

2. Meanwhile, chop the onion, pepper and tomatoes.
Slice the mushrooms, halving them first if large.
Add these vegetables to the rice; stir, re-cover and continue to simmer until the rice is almost tender
(about 25 minutes from start of cooking).

3. Meanwhile, if using peanuts, place them in a bowl ...

Time:

55 min (10 min to prepare, 45 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each Medium-size red...
2 each cloves garlic --...
1 cup Rice -- uncooked
1 each (14 oz) can tomatoes
1 cup vegetable stock
0.5 teaspoon turmeric
0.5 each (9 oz) pkg frozen...
1 each Red bell pepper...
0.5 cup Frozen small peas
0.25 pound Small whole baby...
6 each Corn Cobs (cut...

Directions:

Spray the bottom of a large, heavy-lidded pot with nonstick spray.
Heat to medium heat and saute onion rings and garlic.
Add rice and stir to brown lightly.
Add vegetable stock and tomatoes.
Stir in turmeric, carrots, and artichoke hearts.
Cover and reduce heat to simmer for 10 minutes.
Add remaining ingredients, cover, and continue to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes more until rice is done.
If using brown rice, ad dcarrots and artichoke hearts wh...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each green zucchini
1 each yellow zucchini
1 each tomato, a big...
1 each green pepper
1 each yellow pepper
1 each green pepper
0.25 pound pine nuts (or a...
1 each small onion or a...
0.333333 cup olive oil,...

Directions:

1. First, I'd suggest chopping up the peppers into long 1 inch strips, and place in a large bowl.
Add snow peas(or other pods) too.

2. Next, chop up mushrooms(if needing chopping), calliflower, & broccoli into bite size pieces. Place in bowl.

3. Cut a little onion up for flavor into very tiny pieces. Add onion to bowl.

4. Cut the Green zucchini in about 1/2 inch slices, then cut them in half.
For yellow zucchini, leave slices...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

16 ounces dried garbanzo beans
3 quarts water
3 tablespoons garlic -- minced...
1 each bay leaf
0.25 cup butter or margarine
8 ounces fresh mushrooms
0.5 teaspoon dried thyme
0.25 teaspoon dried rosemary --...
0.5 teaspoon dried oregano
1 cup dry white wine
3 tablespoons tomato paste
6 each turnips, peeled...
4 each large red...
1 each rutabaga, peeled...
2 each onions -- cut...
6 each carrots -- cut...
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.5 teaspoon freshly ground...
0.25 cup oliveoil
2 each x 14.5 oz cans...
0.5 cup fine dry breadcrumbs

Directions:

Sort and wash the garbanzo beans; place in a 6-quart Dutch oven.
Cover with water 2 inches above the beans; let stand 8 hours or overnight.
Drain.
Add 3 quarts of water, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, and bay leaf.
Cook over medium high heat for 2 hours or until beans are tender.
Remove and discard bay leaf.
Set beans aside.

Melt butter or margarine in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add 1 tablespoon of garlic, mushrooms, and...

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:

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:

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

Meal type:

Snack

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each large round...
1 each eggplant, about 1...
1 each sweet red pepper,...
1 each sweet yellow...
1 each bunch fresh...
0.333333 cup pesto sauce

Directions:

Cut top off of bread and scoop out some of the insides (save for croutons or bread crumbs).
Layer ingredients thinly, starting with hommus on the bottom, ending with pesto sauce on the top.
Add top of bread and wrap tightly.
Let sit 2 hours or more.
Cut into wedges & serve.

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

3 OZ cans vegetable...
1 OZ pkg frozen mixed...
1 OZ can Italian...
1 OZ can whole kernel...
2 tablespoons Dried onion flakes
0.25 teaspoon pepper
2 each cloves garlic --...
0.5 cup elbow macaroni --...

Directions:

Combine first 7 ingredients in a Dutch oven.
Cover and bring to a boil.
Stir in pasta, reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes or until pasta is tender.

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:

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:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each medium onion --...
2 each carrots -- sliced
2 each celery ribs --...
1 each zucchini -- chopped
2 each cloves garlic --...
6 cups vegetable broth
3 cups water
1 cup red wine
1 each x 28 ounce can...
2 teaspoons basil
1 teaspoon marjoram
1 each x 16-ounce can...
2 cups Shredded cabbage
0.5 cup pasta

Directions:

In a large pot, combine onion, carrots, celery, zucchini, garlic, stock, tomatoes, water, red wine, and basil and marjoram.
Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, partially covered, for 1 hour.
Add beans and cabbage and cook 10 minutes.
Stir in pasta and cook uncovered 10 minutes.
Serve.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Side Dish

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon fresh lemon...
0.25 cup extra-virgin...
1 tablespoon chopped fresh...
2 each cloves garlic,...
3 each lbs. fresh young...

Directions:

Bring large pot of water to a boil over high heat.
Add fava beans, reduce heat and simmer 1 minute.
Drain, rinse under cold running water and drain again.
Pierce outer skin with thumbnail and squeeze each bean out of its skin with thumb and forefinger.

In large skillet, heat oil over medium heat.
Add beans, garlic and rosemary.
Cover and cook until beans are tender, about 5 minutes.
Stir in lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.

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:

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:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.333333 each white onion...
1 each clove garlic...
1 each red bell pepper...
1 each yellow bell...
1 each green bell pepper...
2 each cans tomato...

Directions:

Saute the garlic and onion till the onion is soft.

Add bell peppers, cook till soft.

Add spices.

Add mushrooms. Cook till soft. (I was able to leave this alone for a while.)

Add tomato sauce. I add a little bit more spice here because sometimes the flavor cooks off.

Turn the burner down low and let it simmer while you cook the pasta. It will thicken a little, but it distributes the flavor.

You can prett...

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:

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

Meal type:

Snack

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1.5 each kilogram zucchini
6 each pickling onions
6 each fresh sweet basil...
6 each cloves of garlic
12 each tufts of fresh...
2 tablespoon salt
3 cups olive oil
3 cups white wine vinegar

Directions:

Wash and cut the zucchini into 5cm rounds, then cut lenghtwise into quarters, you should end up with long triangular sticks.
Either crush the garlic or chop finely.
At this point add all the ingredients into pot and bring to the boil, stirring once in a while.
Once it starts boiling, let it boil for exactly 5 minutes and then remove from heat.
Pack the zucchini into jars and distribute the onions evenly between the jars.
Pour over the hot juices (with the he...