Borcsh

Borcsh is a Ukrainian National Vegetable Soup. It's delicious seasonal soup or can say main course, because it's vitamin rich food. This Recipe has been modified and added extra ingredients for better taste and freshness.


Ingredients:

1. White cabbage - 1 mid size
2. Carrot - 5 mid size
3. Beetroot - 3 small or 2 big
4. Yellow Onion - 2
5. Garlic - 6 cloves 
6. Dried Lime - 4 
7. Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 1 cup or 250 ml
8. Tomato Paste or Tomato Puree - 400 gr
9. Kosher Salt - 3Tbs
10. Crushed or Whole Black Pepper - 1/2 ts
11. Bay Leave - 4
12. Spring Water - 1lt or as much it needs
13. Potato - 2 mid size Idaho potatoes preferably
14. Parsley - 1/2 bunch

Beef (200 gr cubed) for Meat Lovers can be added (it's optional as this original soup is a vegetarian food)


Cabbage, carrot, beetroot, onion, garlic need to cut into small sizes and add it to pot and add its water, salt, pepper, bay leave, dried lime, tomato paste or puree and oil. Let it cook in mid temperature for 30-40 minutes, then add cubed potatoes, and let it cook for additional 20 minutes,  when it's done set aside and add chopped parsley. 


If you'd like food  with beef so you've to add meat from beginning with cut vegetables.


Enjoy your healthy meal!!!

Stir Fry Spinach with Steamed Rice

For Stir Fry:

• Organic Baby Spinach (500 gr/2 bunches)
• Leek (1 bunch)
• Yellow Onion (1 bulb)
• Garlic (5 cloves)
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Turmeric (1/2 ts)
• Kosher or Iodized salt (1 ts)
• Crushed Pepper (1/2 ts)
• Balsamic Vinegar (2 tbs)
• Soy Sauce (1.5 tbs)

For Steamed Rice:

• Basmati Rice (4 cups)
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil (2 tbs)
• Kosher Salt (2 ts)
• Butter (1 tbs)
• Water

Cut leek and onion into tiny slices, add oil and stir fry about 7-10 minutes, then cut garlic into small pieces add to fry and add washed spinach, turmeric, salt, soy sauce, pepper and vinegar. Let it cook about 15 minutes.
Bring water to boil in stock pot and add salt. While water boiling add washed rice and let it cook "al dente" which means "firm to the bite" from Italian, then drain it into colander. Return pot to stove top and add drained rice, add oil and butter and cover with lid. Let it steam for 15-20 minutes.

Hand Decorated Mirror

• Silk Ribbon (polyester) white colour or the colour you like and any width, because it's up to size of your mirror  (2 rolls)
• White Colour Thread 
• Scotch Tape
• CONAIR Plastic Mirror
• White Faux Pearl
• Glue

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Turkey Loaf

For Dough

• "King Arthur" Unbleached Bread Flour (1.14kg)
• Organic Cane Sugar (2Tbs)
• Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast (2 packs)
• Spring Water (never use tap water)
• "Publix" Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Kosher Salt (2ts)

For Loaf

• "Boar's Head" All Natural Roasted Turkey Ham (500gr)
• "Organic" Valley Italian Blend Shredded Cheese (170gr)
• Yellow Onion (1 bulb)
• Powder/Crushed Pepper (1/2 ts)

For Garnishing of Loaf

• Organic Green Wise Butter (14gr)
• Turmeric
• Cardamon
• Saffron
• Shredded Cheese

Mix in bowl salt, yeast, sugar with water then add flour and make a bread dough. Cut ham and onion small cubes then mix it with pepper and cheese in separate dish. Put dough on oiled board and flatten it so you can put ingredients in it. After you put ingredients make dough oval shape. Take your deep dish and spread olive oil in it then put loaf in it and press dough until it takes dish shapes, then add on top small cut of butter, spread shredded cheese, saffron, turmeric and cardamon. Cook 30 minutes on the lowest degree of your oven, then 30 minutes in 300 F/150 C, then 8 - 10 minutes on 400 F/200 C. Keep it in oven until it cools down, then transfer it to the board and slice it. This recipe serves 10. Enjoy your meal! 

Celery Soup

- Water (as much needed for the ingredients to be cooked )

- Celery (3 bunches)

- Milk (2 cups)

- Rice (1 cup)

- Flour (if you've rice flour it's better) (1/2 cup)

- Sea salt (1 tbs)

- Onion (1 head)

- Garlic (4 cloves)

- Sherry Cooking Wine or Fresh Lemon Juice for taste.

Cut all veggies and celery and add water and salt and cook it in medium temperature. When there're cooked and looks as broth make temperature low and add milk and flour stirring occasionally until it creates thick broth if necessary add water or flour during cooking, then set it aside. If you've soup mixer you can add cooked ingredients and make smooth broth. You can also prepare broth any time you want and keep it in refrigerator.

Chicken Alfredo Pasta

Ingredients:

• 500 gr of uncooked pasta
• 8 oz. pkg. of cream cheese
• 1 cup of chicken broth
• Half cooked vegetables (green peppers, green peas)
• 1/2 bunch of  diced parsley
• Boiled and diced chicken chest 

Cooking Instruction:


Cook pasta. While pasta cooks combine the cream cheese and chicken broth in pan, and heat until cream cheese is melted-stirring frequently. Drain pasta. Pour sauce over pasta. Add the cooked vegetables and diced chicken immediately. Add diced parsley, toss and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

Double recipe if needed! Enjoy your meal!

Simple Pasta

Ingredients:

Penne/Macaroni (200/250gr)
Potatoes (2pcs.)
Yellow Onion (1pcs.)
Portabella Mushrooms (400gr)
Pure Olive Oil
Salt
Red Powder Pepper

For Sauce:

Plain Yogurt
Vegenaise
Fennel
Salt