Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

3 each large potatoes
3 each to 4 teaspoons...
0.5 cup Lemon juice
2 cups vegan mayo

Directions:

Peel and boil potatoes.
Drain (save some of the cooking water), cool, mash with garlic.
Mix in lemon juice, then mayo.
Mix until well incorporated.
Add potato-cooking water as need to thin slightly.
Chill before using.
Makes just under 3 cups.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Notes:

I substituted...

Ingredients:

1 cup fresh basil leaves
0.25 cup raw cashews
3 each to 4 teaspoons...
10.5 ounce pkg lite silken tofu
1 each to 2 tablespoons...

Directions:

Place the basil, cashews, and garlic in a food processor.
Process until smooth.
Add the tofu and cheese, if desired, and process until smooth and creamy.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 cups of Basil ( or 1...
0.25 cup pine nuts
0.25 cup firm tofu (keep...
2 tablespoon Tahini, olive...

Directions:

Compive basil, pine nuts, tofu, garlic, lemon juice and Tahini in blender. Blend untill smooth. You will probably need to add more lemon juice untill it starts to process. Add salt and Olive Oil too if you like. Toss in small chunks of tofu while blending if you want to thicken sauce. Pour over some freshly cooked angel hair, toss arround and serve hot.

You may toast the pine nuts to bring out the flavor of the pine nuts. You may also replace pine nuts with walnuts. Omit oil an...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

6 each tomatoes --...
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
1 tablespoon Grated lemon rind
0.75 teaspoon salt
0.5 teaspoon freshly ground...

Directions:

Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt, and drain.

Cook tomatoes in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring gently, 2 minutes.
Add pasta, dill, and remaining ingredients.
Cook, stirring often, just until thoroughly heated.

Serve immediately.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.333333 cup olive oil (extra...
2 each to 3 cloves...
12 OZ (300 g) spaghetti
2 tablespoon finely chopped...

Directions:

Cook the spaghetti according to package directions.
While spaghetti is cooking heat the oil in a pot large enough to hold the spaghetti when it is cooked.
Add the garlic and cook over low heat, stirring frequently, until the garlic is golden (do not brown).
Add the cooked, drained spaghetti to the oil and garlic.
Add the salt, pepper, and parsley and toss to thoroughly coat the spaghetti.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each yellow zucchini...
1 each to 2 tomatoes -...

Directions:

1. Bring water to a boil, add pasta, cook until al dente.
2. Add broccoli to boiling water 2 minutes before draining, add zucchini, 1 minute before draining.
3. Heat sauce in separate sauce pan, medium heat.
4. Gently toss sauce, pasta, vegetables and tomatoes into a shallow baking dish.
5. Serve immediately.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 cup semolina flour
0.75 cup a purpose flour
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.333333 cup warm water
0.25 cup cooked spinach,...
1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions:

I would then follow your machine's directions for further preparation.

Time:

11 min (5 min to prepare, 6 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

500 each gram/ 1 lbs....
100 each mililiter/ 3 fl...
5 each cloves Garlic,...
12 each fresh basil...

Directions:

Fill sauce pan boil tomatoes for 1 minute drain and peel tomatoes

At the same time in a small sauce pan warm olive oil, don't let smoke.
Add garlic and cayenne pepper

Reduce heat to very low and cook very slowly stir for about 5 minutes

Serve pasta; add tomatoes and basil, toss; pour oil mixture over mixture and toss again; Eat at once.

I have quadrupled the above recipe and found it great

Time:

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

Meal type:

Bread

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.5 teaspoon of paprika...
0.5 teaspoon black ground pepper
1 teaspoon cumin
1 each large onion, cut...
1 cup of green lentils
1 cup of whole rice...
0.333333 cup olive oil
0.5 cup of choped parsly,...

Directions:

1. Cook rice (watch that it does not dry from over cooking)

2. Cook lentils with a lot of water until soft to bite (not mushy) and drain.

3. Fry the onions slowly with some of the oil until brown (soak the oil with a kichen towel)

4. In a large pan:
stirfry the rice, lentils in olive oil for 2-3 min.
add the cumin, pepperand salt
take off the heat add the parsly and mix.

Serve with the fried onion on top.
...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 pound broccoli rabe --...
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 each cloves garlic --...
2 cups cooked chick peas
0.25 teaspoon red-pepper...

Directions:

1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
Add the broccoli rabe and cook until almost tender, about 5 minutes.
Drain well.

2. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-low heat.
Add garlic and stir until pale golden, about 1 minute.
Stir in chickpeas, red-pepper flakes and 1/2 cup water.
Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Stir in the broccoli rabe and cook until tender, about 3 minutes.
Season with salt and pe...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup warm water
2 tablespoon spoons oil
0.5 each spoon oregano,...
0.5 cup finely chopped...

Directions:

Mix ingredients; knead for about 2-3 minutes; adding flour to until it doesn't stick to the hands - separate into 3 equal parts the filling

Mix ingredients

the assembly :

Roll out the 3 dough balls - so that each one is a bit bigger than your baking pan (i use 8x12 in.) - the amount of dough, for that size will give you the right thickness

Place the first layer on the greased pan, with ends hanging over the pan rim - add half th...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Sauces & Seasonings

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

3 each medium size round...
1 each clove garlic -or-...
1 pinch oregano

Directions:

Slice tomatoes (if you want them peeled boil some water,
plunge them in for 3 minutes, take them out and peel).

In a microvawe bowl, pour a teaspoonful of olive oil, 1 layer tomatoes, chopped garlic , oregano salt and pepper,
then another layer with the same procedure.

Nuke 6 minutes at maximum heat (no grill)

Pour on pasta or couscous.

In Italy we use either garlic/oregano or onion/basil tomato sauces.
Pepper ca...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

3 each tomatoes --...
2 each cloves garlic --...
2 tablespoons chopped fresh...
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
0.5 teaspoon sugar
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.25 teaspoon pepper
0.25 each olive oil
8 ounces angel hair pasta...

Directions:

Saute first 8 ingredients in hot oil in a large skillet over low heat, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until thoroughly heated.
Spoon over hot cooked pasta.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each packet,...
2 each yellow capsicums...
1 each tin of mock...
2 each table spoons of...
1 teaspoon of brown sugar
2 each table spoons of...
2 each table spoons of...
5 each big red tomatoes,...
2 each table spoons of...
5 each table spoon of...

Directions:

1. Boil the pasta shapes as directed on the packet and keep aside.

2. Mix the peanut butter, brown sugar, oyster sauce and the pounded ingredients into a paste.

3. Fry the above paste in the sesame oil and then add in the tomatoes, the yellow capsicums, tomato ketchup, mock chicken, black pepper, oregano and salt.
MIX WELL!

4. Then stir in the boiled pasta, stir well with the above ingredients and then serve.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1.5 cups frozen corn kernals
1.5 cups regular soy milk
2 tablespoon Tahini...
1 tablespoon onion granules
1 teaspoon salt, spices of...
1 each lb Fettucini

Directions:

Thaw corn kernels. Place corn, soy milk, tahini, cashews, spices and salt into a blender and process untill smooth. This will take about 3 to 4 minutes. Oh yeah, cook up some pasta while doing this. Place sauce into a sauce pan and warm over medium low. Stir, stir, stir. I like to add chopped mushrooms to the sauce while it heats up. When the pasta is done, pour the Alfmurder sauce over the pasta and add some pepper. Serve HOT.

I really recommend the cashews, it gives it a nice...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Notes:

Serves 4 -- One for...

Ingredients:

0.25 pint olive oil
3 each dried chilies --...
4 each garlic cloves --...
12 OZ fettucine --...
2 OZ pine nuts --...
3 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

Directions:

Heat the oil in a pan, add the chilies and gently infuse for 5 minutes.
Set aside to cool, then remove the chiles.
Return the pan to a low heat, add the garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes to soften.
Pour the flavored oil over the hot, drained fettucine.
Toss with the pine nuts and chopped basil until well done.
Serve immediately.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each to 2 cloves Garlic

Directions:

1. Bring water to a boil, add pasta, cook until al dente.
2. This pasta cooks fast - 2 minutes.
3. Rinse the chosen herb. Roll in paper towels or clean dish cloth to dry. Chop.
4. Chop the garlic.
5. Heat the oil and garlic over medium heat.
6. After 2-3 minutes (careful to not burn the garlic) add the herb.
7. Combine toss pasta with oil.
8. Serve with a salad on side.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each head of Broccoli
1 pound of spaghetti
2 tablespoon olive oil (more...
5 each to 6 cloves garlic

Directions:

Boil water (easy so far).
Add chopped up broccoli.
Cook until al dente. remove broccoli but dont get rid of water.
add spaghetti to the broccoli water and cook until al dente.
drain but save some of the water.
Put olive oil in a pan add garlic and cook until just soft, don't color the garlic. Mix the spaghetti, broccoli, and garlic oil.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
This is great. My kids love it, mu hubby loves it.
Me too.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 can chick peas,...
100 each gram spaghetti...

Directions:

Cook the spaghetti according to the instructions on the packet (they know best). Meanwhile, gently heat the oil and cook the crushed garlic through, then stir in the chickpeas and keep it all hot. When the spaghetti is done, drain it and toss everything together, with olives if liked. Season and serve.

Thinly sliced mushrooms fried with the garlic are a good variation.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

0.25 cup extra virgin...
4 each cloves garlic
0.25 pound curly escarole or...
1 OZ can pasta ready...
1 OZ can cannellini...
0.666667 cup dry white wine
0.25 cup basil leaves --...
12 ounces spaghetti, salt &...

Directions:

Cook pasta according to package directions.
Drain, keep warm, set aside.

To make sauce, heat oil in a large skillet, add garlic and cook over medium-low heat for 1 minute.
Add escarole or arugula, stir occasionally until wilted, about 2 minutes (1 min. for arugula).
Add undrained tomatoes, beans, and wine.
Simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, then stir in basil and simmer 1 minute.

Toss sauce with hot spaghetti, season with salt &a...

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:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each packet of 350gms...
2 each yellow capsicum...
1 each small tin of...
2 tablespoons of chunky peanut...
2 tablespoons of mushroom...
2 tablespoons of pounded mixed...
5 each big red tomatoes,...
2 teaspoons of tomato ketchup
1 teaspoon of brown sugar
3 tablespoons of sesame oil

Directions:

Boil the pasta according to the instructions on packet and keep aside.

Mix the peanut butter with mushroom oyster sauce, brown sugar and the pounded ingredients.

Heat the sesame oil and fry the above indgredients, add diced capsicums, corn and then add in the diced tomatoes, a pinch of salt, black pepper, oregano, tomato ketchup and keep stirring.

Mix in the boiled pasta, stir and serve.

Time:

16 min (10 min to prepare, 6 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

6 each cloves garlic --...
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 each large yellow bell...
8 each plum tomatoes,...
1 cup loosely packed...
0.25 cup fresh parsley --...
8 ounces penne -- cooked

Directions:

Saute garlic in hot oil in a large skillet 1 minute.
Add bell pepper and saute 2 minutes.
Add tomato, basil, and parsley, and saute 1 minute.
Stir in hot cooked pasta; cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Serve immediately.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Snack

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

1 each 3/4 cup cooked...
1 each 1/4 cup tahini
1 each 1/4 cup finely...
1 each Flour
1 each Oil for cooking

Directions:

* Mash the chick peas, tahini and onion together and form into one inch balls.
* Dredge these in flour and deep fry at 350 degrees.
* They can also be made into patties and sauteed if desired, a patty makes a good pita bread filling.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Bread

Ethnicity:

Eastern European

Ingredients:

2 each medium-size green...
4 each 3/4-inch-thick...
3 tablespoons finely chopped...
0.5 cup bottled Italian...
8 each green onions, all...
2 each to...

Directions:

Prepare barbecue (medium heat).
Whisk dressing and mint in small bowl to blend.
Arrange tofu, bell peppers and green onions on small platter;
brush with some of dressing mixture.

Wrap pita bread in foil; place at edge of grill to warm through.
Grill vegetables and tofu until lightly charred and heated through, occasionally turning and brushing with some dressing mixture,
about 8 minutes for vegetables and 5 minutes for tofu.

Cut...