The word “kasha” can be a confusing one. In Russian, “kasha” (каша) stands for porridge or hot cereal. Russian kasha can be made of rice,
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What can be better than cream puffs?
Only cream puffs filled with the chocolate mousse…And not just a regular chocolate mousse, the Ina Garten’s Icebox Chocolate cake mousse. Here is how I
The best tuna salad
The best about this salad – it takes no time to make, and you can mix and match the ingredients – replace pickles with capers
The best tuna salad
Ingredients:
- Canned tuna – 1 can
- Celery 2-3 stalks
- Pickled cucumbers – 2- 3 (can be substituted with capers or olives)
- Sweet pepper – 3-4 small ones
- Green onions – 3
Optional:
- Corn (canned or grilled)
- Hard boiled eggs – 2
- Cooked white rice 2 tbsp
- Parsley
Dressing:
- Extra virgin Olive oil – 1/4 cut
- Lemon juice – 1tbsp
- Grained dijon mustard – 1 tsp
Directions:
- Mash tuna with a folk
- Finely chop all the ingredients
- Add dressing
- Mix to combine
Serve cold or room temperature
Beetslaw
Another super easy, refreshing and unusual salad. With minimum ingredients and effort you can have a nice side dish or healthy lunch. It will look great on your dinner table or party buffet.
Ingredients:
- Boiled or baked beets – 2 medium or 3 small
- Granny Smith apple, pealed – less than a whole one, about 3/4
- Shallot or small red onion – 1
- Roasted pine nuts – 2 tbsp
Dressing:
- freshly squeezed lemon juice – 1/2 of a lemon
- olive oil2 tbsp
- salt
- pepper
Directions:
- Finely slice cooked beets, apple and onion
- Add roasted pine nuts
- Pour the dressing over the salad and stir to combine
Rustic but not boring
Nothing more comforting than meatballs. In the cast iron skillet alternated them with slightly roasted eggplant slices. And stuffed a couple of sweet peppers, just
Roasted Mushrooms and Egg Salad
This salad is a meal in itself – very rich, creamy and satisfying. Easy to pack, delicious to eat.
Ingredients:
- Yellow onion – 1 medium
- Shitake mushrooms – 8 ounces
- Hard boiled eggs – 2
- Manchego cheese 3/4 cup
Dressing:
You can use regular Mayonnaise or whisk together:
- Olive oil – 3 tbsp
- Mustard – 1 tsp o
Directions:
- Slice onion thinly
- Fry the onion in the light olive oil on medium heat for about 5-7 min or until golden brown, remove to a bowl
- In the same skillet fry mushrooms till golden brown, add to the bowl with the fried onions
- Using hand grinder grind hard boiled eggs and the cheese, add to fried mushrooms and onions.
- Add your dressing, season with salt and pepper, mix to combine.
The most famous Russian Salad
This salad is named for its creator – Olivier salad. The legend has it that it was not a Russian, but a Belgian chef, Lucien
Olivier salad
Ingredients:
- Chicken breasts 2 pieces
- Boiled (or baked) potatoes – 4 medium size
- Boiled (or baked) carrots – 4 small or medium
- Hard boiled eggs – 3 large
- Pickles – 5 medium size (the recipe is here, these are the best! )
- Canned sweet peas (1 can) or frozen (3/4 of a cup) peas (blanched and cooled), adds more color to the salad
- Some variations may include small apple and/or onion
- Salt 1 tsp
- Pepper 1/2 tsp
Dressing:
- Mayonnaise 3 tbsp
- Olive oil 3 tbsp
- Mustard 1 tsp
Directions:
- Finely(!) chop all the ingredients, it has to be really small cubes 1/4 inch, not exactly pea size, but close. It is important to have all the ingredients the same size, that’s part of what makes it so smooth. And probably the reason people did it on some occasions – chopping requires some time. But you can watch a movie or listen to a book chopping.
- If you use canned peas – remove the water.
- Season with salt and pepper, adjust to the taste
- Add the dressing so that each little cube is lightly coated.
- Taste and adjust salt and pepper if needed
Spring is sprung
Beautiful and tasty- just simple pork spare ribs, rubbed in salt, pepper, coriander, paprika, garlic mixture. Wrapped it with the cooking twine to keep crown
