Easy cooking

I am a Russian woman and I live in America from November 2007. My husband likes Russian food very much. I like to cook every day. I like to cook simple, delicious and quick meals. In Russia, almost every woman knows how to cook well. I hope you enjoy my recipes. You must remember that cooking and sitting at the table you must be in a good mood. Then all the family will be happy and healthy.

Tomato-cucumber salad

Take head of lettuce, tomato, green onion and cucumber.
This recipe for salad serves 2.





Use about 1/3 of a large cucumber and peel.

Trim green onions.

Wash the green onions.

Cut the cucumber.

Chop 1/3 of the cucumber into small pieces

Chop the green onions.

Chop 1 medium or small tomato.

Wash 1/4 of a large head of lettuce.

Chop the lettuce.

Add the chopped green onions, cucumber, tomato and lettuce to medium mixing bowl.

Add about 2 table spoons of sunflower seeds.

Add mayonaise as you desire and mix.

Serve

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Beet salad

Easy to prepare Beet Salad.
Take 1 large or 2 beets.
This salad serves 2 people.



Take a knife and cut one or two holes in the beet before cooking in the microwave.


Wrap the beet in a wet papertowel. You should use a paperplate to help in clean up after
cooking. Cook in microwave on high until you can insert a knife into the beet easily.

When the beet is done let cool a little and cut the root and top off and peel.

Cut the beet into small pieces.

Add mayonaise and a little cut garlic, stir.

Serve

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Salmon, Beets and Salad

In 12" by 8" pan

Use aluminum foil to help in clean up later.

Line the pan with foil. Add 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil spread on the foil.

Wash and place one salmon filet in the skillet. Cut filet if necessary.

Pour about 1 cup of white wine over the fish. You can also add about 1/2 cup of lemon juice

or substitute lemon juice if you do not have wine.

Add salt to taste, cover the fish with Dijon mustard. Sprinkle parmesan cheese to cover the mustard.

Cut very thin slices of butter and place on the fish.

Put in oven. Bake at 400f for about 35 minutes.

Take 2 large beets.

Put 2 holes in the beets on opposite sides. Wrap in paper towels and cook in microwave until soft. Cooking time will vary, approximately 8 minutes, turning beets about every 2 or 3 minutes until soft. Consider using paperplate, as beets may be messy.

Chop tomato for salad while fish and beets are cooking.

Chop cucumber.

Sunflower seeds are good to add to salad.

Add lettuce, cucumber, tomato, mayonaise and sunflower seeds.

Beets are ready but very hot, let cool a little and peel.

Chop beets and add mayonaise.

Serve fish, beets and salad
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Potato with beef

Put pieces of meat and onion into the pan and fry a little time in a vegetable oil. Add 1/2 cup of water, put a lid on it and leave the pan on low fire for 40 minutes

Add chopped potatoes, salt and add 1/2 cup water again

Add 4-5 table spoons of sour cream

Put a lid and leave on a low fire for 30 minutes.


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