Description:

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Time:

6 hr (3 hr to prepare, 3 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Kids

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

180  180

Directions:

Description:

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Time:

6 hr (3 hr to prepare, 3 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Lunch

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

180  180

Directions:

Description:

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Time:

6 hr (3 hr to prepare, 3 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Dessert

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Notes:

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Ingredients:

180  180

Directions:

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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:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 each cloves crushed...
1 each chopped onion
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 each (28 oz.) can...
1 each (28 oz.) can...
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon Sweet basil
1 teaspoon oregano

Directions:

Saute onions and garlic in olive oil.
Pour into your crock pot.
Add remaining ingredients to crock pot.
Cook on low for 6 - 8 hours.
Serve over your favorite macaroni and sprinkle with "non dairy parmesean cheese".
Can be used in a pasta casserole instead of bottled spaghetti sauce.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

5 cup Trader Joe's...
0.5 cup Great northern beans
1 cup wheat berries
6 each small potatoes --...
1 each large onion --...
4 each clove garlic --...
5 teaspoon cumin -- ground
3 teaspoon Tumeric
0.5 teaspoon black pepper --...
2 each Green peppers

Directions:

Mix together all ingredients in crockpot.

Cook at high 8 to 10 hours.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

250 each gram oyster...
500 each gram potatoes
2 each cloves garlic,...
1 each chopped onion
1 each bay leaf

Directions:

1. Wash each potato and cut into four pieces, brush with olive oil, paint with salt and mixed herbs and bake on the top shelf of a hot oven (mark 6) for 13 hours.

2. Fry onions in olive oil with garlic and bay leaf. When onions change colour, add mushrooms. Shallow fry and cover with stock. Simmer 15 to 20 minutes. Add potatoes and flambé with Cuban rum.

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:

4 hr 20 min (5 min to prepare, 4 hr 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 each cloves crushed...
1 each chopped onion
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 each (28 oz.) can...
1 each (28 oz.) can...
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon Sweet basil
1 teaspoon oregano

Directions:

Saute onions and garlic in olive oil.
Pour into your crock pot.
Add remaining ingredients to crock pot.
Cook on low for 6 - 8 hours.
Serve over your favorite macaroni and sprinkle with "non dairy parmesean cheese".
Can be used in a pasta casserole instead of bottled spaghetti sauce.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

4 ounces (about 1 cup)...
1 each jar (6 ounce)...
0.25 pound mushrooms, quartered
1 cup cherry tomatoes,...
1 cup medium-size...
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
0.5 teaspoon dry basil leaves,...

Directions:

Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain well, rinse with cold water, and drain again.
Turn into a large bowl.
Add artichokes and their liquid, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, olives, parsley, and basil; toss gently.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or until next day.
Before serving, season with salt and pepper to taste.

Time:

3 hr 30 min (1 hr 30 min to prepare, 2 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each 4 cups dried...
1 each 4 cans chick peas...
1 each Water -- about 4...
1 each 2 tablespoons...
1 each 2 onions --...
1 each 1 cup olive oil
1 each Salt and pepper...
1 each Lemon slices

Directions:

* Soak the beans overnight in warm water.
* Strain and dust with baking soda.
* Let stand for 15 minutes.
* Rinse with hot water and rub a few at a time between your fingers to remove the skins (discard the skins).
* Place in strainer and rinse thoroughly for several minutes.
* Put into a large pot along with enough water to cover and bring to a boil, skimming off the foam as it rises.
* Add the onions, oil, salt and pepper and simmer covered until ...

Time:

3 hr 15 min (15 min to prepare, 3 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 ounce Can tomato paste
3 ounce Cans Tomato Sauce
1.5 cups water
2 each cloves garlic,...
0.5 teaspoon basil
0.5 teaspoon oregano
0.25 teaspoon rosemary
2 each Bay Leaves or 1/2...
2 cups Fresh Parley or 1...
2 tablespoon Honey-style...
2 each to 4 Cups...

Directions:

Put ingrediants, except whole Bay Leaves and Tofu, in large Soup Pan. Mix well with hand mixer.

Add Bay Leaves and Crumbled Tofu. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and cook on low for 3 hours.

Bring 3 quarts of water to boil, in large pan. Add spaghetti to boiled water and cook according to directions on the package. Serve spaghetti either mixed with the sauce before hand, or separate, allowing diners to pour their own sauce on the spaghetti.

Can use the ...

Time:

3 hr 10 min (10 min to prepare, 3 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 pound very ripe...
6 each large cloves...
0.25 cup fresh basil --...
2 tablespoons extra virgin...
12 ounces linguine or...

Directions:

Place tomatoes in a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients except pasta.
Mix well and set aside for about 3 hours at room temperature.

Cook pasta per package directions.
Drain and add to tomato mixture.
Toss well and serve immediately.

Time:

2 hr 25 min (15 min to prepare, 2 hr 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons pine nuts -- toasted
2 tablespoons drained chopped...
0.25 cup golden raisins
1 each clove garlic --...
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.5 teaspoon Ground black pepper
0.5 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
0.25 cup Chopped fresh...
0.25 cup rice-wine vinegar
1 each one-pound...

Directions:

Several hours or day before serving, prepare eggplant:
In large deep skillet or 5-quart saucepot heat 1 inch water to boiling.
Add eggplant, cover, and simmer 5 minutes.
Drain eggplant in colander.

In medium-size bowl, whisk together vinegar, basil, oregano, sugar, pepper, salt, and garlic.
Stir in eggplant; cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight, stirring occasionally.

About 1 hour before serving, add raisins, pimiento, p...

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:

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:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Notes:

Sauce can be prepared...

Ingredients:

3 cups peeled, finely...
4 tablespoon olive oil
2 each cloves garlic,...
0.75 each t salt (or to taste)
1 teaspoon minced fresh...
1 each lb. angel hair pasta

Directions:

Place tomatoes in a large bowl and mix with olive oil, garlic, salt, basil, oregano and pepper.
Allow to mainate at room temp for two hours.
Add lemon juice.
Serve over hot pasta.

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:

2 hr 5 min (5 min to prepare, 2 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.5 cup Extra-virgin...
1 pound ripe tomatoes
1 pound spaghetti
12 each Fresh basil...

Directions:

Wash and peel tomatoes (plunge them in boiling water for 2 minutes, take out and peel), eliminate seeds and cut in small stripes.
Put tomatoes in a bowl, dress with oil, salt, pepper and finely cut basil.
Stir well and cover.
Let it season for at least 2 hours.
Cook spaghetti (penne or other shapes could do as well), drain and add to tomatoes.
Stir well and serve quickly.

A variation of this recipe:
season with oregano instead of basil,...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.75 cup rotini noodles or...
1 cup broccoli flowerets
1 cup caulifower flowerets
1 each x 9 oz package...
0.5 cup thinly sliced carrot
0.25 cup sliced green onions
0.5 cup reduced-calorie...

Directions:

Cook pasta adding broccoli and cauliflower to boiling pasta for the last minute of cooking.
Drain.
Rinse with cold water; drain well.
Cut artichokes in half.
In a large mixing bowl combine pasta mixture, artichoke halves, carrot and green onions.
Add the Italian dressing; toss to coat.
Cover and chill for 2 to 24 hours.

Time:

1 hr 50 min (10 min to prepare, 1 hr 40 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

3 each lbs. firm...
2 each med yellow onions
0.5 each head garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.5 tablespoon tahine
3 tablespoon lemon juice, cayenne

Directions:

Prick eggplants with a fork and put on baking sheet and roast on 400 degrees until they are charred and collapse - at least an hour.
Allow them to cool, then split them lengthwise with a sharp knife and sccop out the flesh, first pulling out and discarding any pockets of dark seeds.

While the eggplants are roasting, chop the onions and peel and mince the garlic.
Heat the olive oil in a non stick pan and cook the onion and garlic in it with 1/2 tsp of salt, stirrin...

Time:

1 hr 45 min (15 min to prepare, 1 hr 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Bread

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

6 tablespoon extra virgin...
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.75 cup all-purpose flour
0.25 cup lukewarm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon (1 enveloppe)...
4 tablespoon zaatar ( = 2...

Directions:

Proof the yeast in a few tablespoons of the warm water, with the sugar mixed in.

Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl and make a well in the center.
Add the yeast mixture and remaining water and knead until you have a firm dough.
Transfer to a floured work surface and continue to knead for 10-15 minutes or until smooth and elastic.
During this time, knead in 1 tablespoon olive oil into the dough - this will make it softer.

Wash and dry t...

Time:

1 hr 40 min (15 min to prepare, 1 hr 25 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dessert

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

225 each gram / 8oz dried...
120 milliliter 8tbsp brandy
225 each gram / 8oz...
450 each gram / 1lb jar of...
225 each gram / 8oz...
50 each gram / 2oz plain...
50 each gram / 2oz ground...
50 each gram / 2oz vegan...
50 each gram / 2oz soft...

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6. Marinade the dried apricots in the brandy for at least 1 hour.

2. Roll out the pastry and use to line a 22cm/9 inch loose-bottomed flan ring.
Prick the base with a fork and rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Line with baking parchment and baking beans and bake blind for about 10~15 minutes in the pre-heated oven.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool a little.

3. Chop up the marinated apricots ...

Time:

1 hr 40 min (10 min to prepare, 1 hr 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 cup dried cannellini...
10 cups water
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups chopped leeks --...
1 cup Diced celery
8 each mushrooms -- sliced
4 each cloves garlic --...
2 each carrots -- peeled...
1 cup chopped white or...
3 cups shredded kale,...
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons dried sage
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.25 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons Dry red wine

Directions:

Place the beans and water in a large saucepan and cook for 1 hour, until the beans are tender.
Drain, reserving 6 cups of the cooking liquid, and set aside.

Heat the oil in another large saucepan and add the leeks, celery, mushrooms, and garlic.
Saute for about 7 minutes.
Add the beans, reserved cooking liquid, and remaining ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Ladle the soup into bowls and season with salt at the tab...

Time:

1 hr 40 min (10 min to prepare, 1 hr 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Notes:

Stuffed onions may be...

Ingredients:

4 each large Vidalia or...
3 each medium red...
1 tablespoon margarine
1 tablespoon soy milk
2 teaspoons dry white wine
2 teaspoons chopped fresh...

Directions:

In 9 X 13-inch foil pan place onions upright; brush with oil.

Place pan on center of cooking grate uncovered; cook onions 1 1/4 hours or until centers are tender.

Meanwhile, in 9 X 13-inch foil pan place potatoes; cover tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
Place pan on cooking grate next to onions; cook potatoes 30 minutes or until tender when pierced with a fork.

Remove onions to cool.
In foil pan used for onion, combine margarine,...