Time:

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

Meal type:

Bread

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each to 2 loaves...
1 cup Tahini (sesame...
1 each clove garlic,...
1 teaspoon salt
1 can (15 oz.) great...
2 tablespoons Sumac, (small...
1 stick margarine
0.25 teaspoon cayenne or paprika

Directions:

Place bread cubes in a 9"x13" baking pan (preferably glass).
Broil bread until golden brown.
Mix the tahini with crushed garlic, salt, and lemon juice.
Add enough water to this paste to bring the consistency of pancake batter.
Drain the beans, wash well.
Stir the beans into the tahini mixture.
Spread the beans mixture over the toasted bread cubes.
Sprinkle with the spices starting with black pepper and ending with sumac.
Melt m...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dessert

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each kilogram flour
1 cup and a half of oil
3 cups of sugar
1 each and a half tbsp...
1 tablespoon of cocoa
2 each glasses of water
1 each small glass of...
2 teaspoon of baking soda
3 cups of raisins, a...
1 each glass and a half...

Directions:

Start mixing the oil with the sugar and then add all the other ingredients one by one (except for the cognac), working the mixture as you go along.

Bake in a moderate oven.

When you take the cake out of the oven, pour the cognac over it and let it stand for 12 hours, covered.
Finally, turn it around, cut it in three parts and keep it well wrapped up in tin foil.

To be served in thin slices.

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:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.5 cup green olives,...
0.5 cup black olives,...
1 each clove garlic,...
1 each large can plum...

Directions:

Heat olive oil (I use about 2 Tablespoon) in saute pan (note that good olive oil is really crucial for flavor here).
Add garlic, cook about 2 minute, or until just turning color.
Add tomatoes, cook for about 5 minute
Add olives, cook another 3 minute or so.
Saute briefly after combining with cooked (al dente, please!) pasta.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

4 each or 5 vine ripened...
0.25 cup extra virgin...
5 each large cloves of...
1 each very large...
2 tablespoons of capers
12 each large Sicilian...

Directions:

Mix all ingredients and let marinate for at least two to three hours.
Toss with hot pasta.
Traditionally, this dish is best without the addition of cheese.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 tablespoon olive oil, almond...
0.75 cup vegetable soup stock
2 tablespoon brown rice vinegar
2 each to 3 cloves...
0.5 teaspoon salt or 1...
2 cup fresh basil...
0.5 cup crushed rye or...

Directions:

1. In a food processor or blender, combine all ingredients except water chestnuts.
Add more water as needed to make a smooth, creamy mixture.
Put in a medium bowl.

2. With a wooden spoon, stir in minced water chestnuts.
Adjust seasoning to taste. Makes 1 Cup.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each large can tomato...
1 each large can tomato...
1 each large yellow or...
2 each handfuls of...
1 each zucchini, sliced...
2 each baby carrots,...
1 each handful of parsley
4 each to 5 cloves...
0.5 each handful oregano
2 each to 4 pinches of...

Directions:

Mix all this together & set on low all day.
If you're home, stir once an hour & drain water condensing on lid.
Open the lid a crack for the last hour (this may be a wholly psychological effect that this makes the sauce taste better, but your housewill smell fantastic ;)
At 6:30ish, the sauce is ready.
Dig out the carrots & toss (they absorb the acid).
When I make the lasagne, I sometimes use fresh spinach to augment, but this sauce is chunky...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 can diced tomatoes --...
0.5 each onion -- chopped
2 each cloves garlic --...
0.25 cup capers
0.5 cup kalamata olives
2 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoon red wine, salt --...

Directions:

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
Saute onions and garlic until onion is translucent.
Add a can of organic diced tomatoes (Muir is really good), the capers, olives, and red wine.
Add salt and black pepper, as copiously as your taste can tolerate.
Simmer for about 10 minutes. Serve over a pasta large enough to handle it -- spaghetti or linguine are tasty.
Top with vegan parmesan substitute.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.5 pounds ripe tomatoes,...
2 teaspoons Minced garlic
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
0.333333 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar,...
12 ounces capellini

Directions:

Cook the capellini according to package directions.

In the meantime, in a large bowl, combine the chopped tomatoes, tomato juice, garlic, basil, olive oil, vinegar, and salt & pepper.
Toss well to mix and set aside.

When pasta is done, drain and immediately pour into the bowl with the tomato mixture.
Toss to mix and coat all the pasta.
Serve at once.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each lb. tofu
1 cup water
0.25 cup light miso
0.25 cup olive oil
2 teaspoon basil
2 teaspoon oregano
1 each bay leaf
1 each onion, minced fine
0.5 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Puree the water, tofu and miso in a blender.
Saute the herbs, salt and onion in the oil and add the tofu mixture.
Bring to a boil and simmer 3-4 minutes.
Remove the bay leaf.
Serve over spinach linguine.

This summer I plan to use fresh herbs with it.
Another variation could be to substitue your frozen pesto for the dry basil.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.5 cup packaged dried...
1 each large onion,...
0.25 cup thinly sliced or...
1 each clove garlic, minced
2 each tablespoon. olive...
1 each 1/2 ounce can...
1 each small zucchini,...
0.5 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
0.125 each to 1/4 teaspoon...

Directions:

Cook the pasta according to directions on pckg. drain.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook onion, carrot, and garlic in hot oil for 5 minutes or till tender.
Add tomatoes, zucchini, fennel seed, and crushed red pepper.
Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
Simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes.
Stir in pasta.
Heat through.
Makes 4 side dish servings.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

15 each sun-dried...
0.5 cup very hot water,...
2 each medium onions,...
4 each medium tomatoes
6 each garlic cloves,...
3 tablespoon capers, rinsed...
0.5 teaspoon minced fresh...
1 tablespoon minced fresh...
1 cup fresh or frozen...
1 pound penne pasta
0.5 cup chopped fresh...

Directions:

If you prefer, substitute 1/2 cup fresh chopped basil for the thyme and tarragon.

Bring a large covered pot of water to a rapid boil.
Place the minced sun-dried tomatoes in a small bowl and cover them with the 1/2 cup of very hot water.
Set aside.

In a nonreactive skillet or heavy saucepan, heat the broth and saute the onions on medium heat, covered, for 3 minutes.
Chop the fresh tomatoes and set aside.
Drain the sun-dried tomatoes, re...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

6 each tomatoes, lots of...
2 OZ packs sliced...
0.75 cup white cooking wine
2 each garlic cloves,...

Directions:

Cook pasta (the right way - add when water and lots of salt is 100% boiling).
Heat oil.
Add garlic and mushrooms.
Cook five minutes.

Add white wine.
Boil.
Add tomatoes and herbs.
Boil again.
Coat pasta.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.5 pound spaghetti
0.5 cup chopped onion
0.5 cup green pepper --...
1 tablespoon oil
0.5 cup warm water
4 tablespoons peanut butter
2 each diced tomatoes
0.5 cups Tomato juice
0.5 teaspoon oregano, peanuts...

Directions:

Cook spaghetti. Drain.

While spaghetti cooks, saute onion and pepper in oil for about 5 minutes until wilted.
Stir water gradually into peanut butter until smooth and add to pan with tomatoes, tomato juice, and oregano.
Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally to make a smooth sauce.

Spoon hot sauce over pasta and top with chopped peanuts.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 cup of TVP (mixed...
2 each medium onions,...
1 each clove garlic,...
2 each medium carrots
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon of chopped parsley
1 teaspoon of cumin powder
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons tomato paste
250 each gram commercial...

Directions:

Fry onions in the oil until soft but not brown.
Cut the carrots small-diced carrots, and add to the onions.
Add the curry, spices and parsley.
Add garlic.
Stir in tomato paste, then TVP mixed with 3 cups water.
Add salt and sugar.
Fry, stirring occasionally until TVP is cooked.
Add the tomatoes sauce
Serve on pasta with vegan 'Parmesan cheese'.

This recipe of Bolognese sauce, can be used as if you are using Bolog...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 pound spaghetti
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) soy...
1 each small yellow...
1 each small sweet green...
2 each stalks celery,...
0.5 pound mushrooms, chopped
1 cup soy milk
1 cup cubed tempeh,...
0.25 teaspoon salt
0.25 teaspoon black pepper

Directions:

If using tempeh, saute lightly in skillet with your favorite oil, then remove to plate and set aside.

Cook the spaghetti according to package directions.

Meanwhile, melt the margarine in a heavy 12-inch skillet over moderate heat.
Add the onion, green pepper, and celery, and cook, uncovered, for 3 minutes.
Add the mushrooms, and cook 2 or 3 minutes longer, or until they are just tender.

Add the soy milk to the skillet, raise the heat ...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 each cloves garlic,...
1 each onion, diced
375 each gram mushrooms,...
0.5 each red capsicum, diced
0.25 cup plain wholemeal...
1 cup of soy milk
2 tablespoon of tomato paste
0.5 cup fresh parsely (or...
1 each tomato, diced
500 each grams spiral...

Directions:

Heat oil in wok (or large saucepan) & saute garlic, onion, mushrooms & capsicum for five minutes.

Stir in flour & cook for a further 2 minutes.

Add soy milk all at once and stir until mixture thickens slightly.
Add tomato, stir throughly.

Add tomato paste & parsley until well combined.
Add pasta to wok (or add sauce to paste if using a saucepan) and stir through until heated throughly.

Now that I think a...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each onion (finely...

Directions:

Cook pasta in the usual way (al dente) and cool it off with cold water. Then toss it in a bowl. Microwave serving; about 2 minutes per serving. Generously pour olive oil on pasta. Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix. Most ingredients come in spice-&-herb bottles. Go easy on the red pepper sauce; it is only to enhance flavor.

This recipe does not add to your waistline and will increase your good cholesterol level. And for those of you less worried about your health,...

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:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

3 cups fresh basil leaves
0.5 cup fresh parsley sprigs
0.25 cup fresh oregano leaves
2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
0.25 teaspoon salt
4 each cloves garlic
2 tablespoons to 4 tbsp. olive oil
8 cups mixed hot cooked...

Directions:

Place first 6 ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth.
With processor on, slowly pour oil through food chute; process until well blended.
Toss with pasta.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

6 each to 8 cloves...
1 each onion, sliced
1 ounce package low-fat...
1 each heaping...
1 each heaping...

Directions:

Saute' the garlic and onion in a small amount of water for 3 to 5 minutes. in another pot, mix the soy milk, cornstarch, and yeast.
Add the garlic, onion and any water remaining in the saute' pan.
Bring to a boil and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
For a stronger garlic flavor add garlic powder.

serve over pasta

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

8 each oz. mushrooms,...
4 tablespoon olive oil
4 each garlic cloves
2 cups mixed chopped...
2 cups cooked and...
2 cups cooked gemelli...
3 tablespoon pesto (I freeze...
0.333333 cup wine or liquid if...

Directions:

Saute mushrooms in oil & slivered garlic cloves, add the greens & cook until wilted, add pasta, chickpeas and pesto.
Moisten with liquid and heat through.
Season with salt & pepper.
Serve in pasta bowls with vegan grated cheese replacer.

You could use other beans like Great Northern, add some sun-dried tomatoes, and/or pitted olives if desired also.
Use all one kind of greens or whatever you find in your garden this summer or at the marke...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 pound pasta
4 each stalks broccoli,...
2 cups soy milk
0.5 cup nutritional yeast
0.5 teaspoon basil
0.5 teaspoon onion powder
0.25 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon soy margarine,...

Directions:

Cook pasta in water.
Steam chopped broccoli in separate pot.
Mix soy milk, yeast, spices, and margarine together in a small pot.
Heat over medium heat until mixture begins to bubble.
Drain pasta and mix with broccoli.
Pour heated sauce over pasta and proccoli.
Serve.

Adele's notes: I usually use 3 cloves of fresh garlic, pressed, instead of the onion powder.
I think it makes a big difference in the taste.
Also, I like...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Notes:

Vary the amount of...

Ingredients:

1 C ombine eggplant...
1 C ool pepper, seed...
1 C ool eggplant and...
1 each Bake or roast Red...
1 each Bake eggplant...
1 each Add 3 Tablespoons...

Directions:

Time:

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

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each 3 pita breads
1 each 1 lb. romaine...
1 each 3 green onions,...
1 each l cucumber,...
1 each 4 Roma tomatoes,...
1 each 3/4 cup fresh...
1 each 2 cloves garlic,...
1 each l tablespoon...
1 each 1/4 cup olive oil
1 each juice from 1/2 of...
1 each l tablespoon...
1 each salt to taste

Directions:

* Toast the pita breads and with a scissors, cut into bite sized pieces.
* Set aside.
* Toss lettuce, green onion, cucumber, tomatoes, parsley, garlic and mint in a large mixing bowl.
* Add lemon juice, olive oil and sumac.
* Toss.
* Add bread and then salt to taste.
* Best if allowed to chill for a few hours before serving.
* Sumac is a maroonish colored middle eastern spice that can be found almost anywhere.
* It adds a nice color and ...