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Once, cooking dinner for next day( that was Saturday) I was thinking about food, my relation to it, my skills in cooking and one question came to my mind. Why do we always have very simple food on our table? Very special, unusual dishes are for our guests only. We can have parties just for somebody who comes to visit us and my family has a right to taste yummy with guests only. I got upset. A moment later I put aside everything I prepared for cooking and went to explore our fridge. There were not so many products, but enough to use my imagination and let my family have a party without guests.In the fridge I found vegetables and meat. Isn’t it enough? Of course! But I couldn’t find any interesting ideas in my head. [/su_column] [/su_row] I could roast some beef and make a salad, but what is special in it? Then I remembered our family weekend hike to mountains. There was a small café were cuisine of some European country was served. We were delighted with cabbage rolls. They were so juicy with meat and rice inside. My guys asked me to cook them at home, but I absolutely forgot about it after returning home. Thanks God, the rolls came to my mind that evening. So, I took my laptop and found a recipe of these amazing rolls on this blog. How joyful I was, having cooked cabbage rolls, following that recipe. I got the very taste I remember from the mountain café! What about members of my family? They said,” You are a wizard!”. I am happy and inspired to cook festive dishes for them even every day!

Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

2015-09-15 12:44:34

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Prep Time

30 min

Cook Time

2 hr

Total Time

2 hr 30 min

Prep Time

30 min

Cook Time

2 hr

Total Time

2 hr 30 min

Ingredients

1. Green cabbage - 1 large head (about 2 to 2¼ pounds)
2. Ground beef – 2 pounds
3. 1 onion(medium size), minced(best) or grated
4. 1-2 eggs
5. 2 cloves of minced garlic
6. Salt – 2 tsp.
7. Black pepper – 1 tsp.
8. Raw long-grain white rice - 1\2 cup

Instructions

1. butter or vegetable oil – 2tbsp.
2. 1 clove of finely chopped garlic
3. 1 chopped onion of medium size
4. 2 cans (15-ounce) tomato sauce
5. juice of a lemon or apple cider vinegar – 2,5 tbsp.
6. ¼ to ¾ cup light brown sugar (white is also possible)
7. golden raisins – 1\2 cup (if you want)
8. some chopped parsley for garnish

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vintagekitchennotes.com

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Making the tastiest steak ever has never been easier with this wonderful recipe for rosemary garlic butter steak! A super juicy and tender steak full of incredible flavors is the sign of a masterful chef! Become the envy of your friends without breaking a sweat with this simple to make but incredibly flavorful meal. Pair this with one of the side dishes listed on yumexpert for a complete full course dinner. This recipe is sure to become part of your regular rotation. [/su_column] [/su_row] 

Rosemary Garlic Butter Steak

2015-08-29 09:23:02

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Ingredients

1. 4 rump steaks approximately 1-1.5″ thick, at room temperature
2. 2 garlic cloves
3. 2 tbsp fresh rosemary leaves
4. 3 tbsp butter
5. 1 tbsp olive oil
6. salt and pepper, to taste
7. a splash of white or red wine

Instructions

1. Mince garlic and rosemary. Add 1 tsp salt or more, to taste, and mince again. This can also be done with a mortar and pestle. Rub the garlic paste on both sides of each steak and season with freshly ground pepper.
2. Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add steaks, and cook for 2-3 minutes per side. Then add wine and extra garlic and rosemary, if desired. Cook for another 2-3 minutes until medium rare. Remove from the skillet and let cool for 5 minutes.
3. While the steaks are cooling, make the sauce with wine. To the same skillet add a splash of wine and cook until it forms a sauce.
4. Serve steaks sliced and topped with the sauce.

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Make something completely new and unexpected for the future holiday party or just for a delish entrée. Stuffed flank steak works perfectly for such cases, so why not to give it a try? Your dinner guests will have a real pleasure to enjoy such a gourmet dish if you serve this! The stuffed flank steak is a really great recipe for special occasions, as it makes a refined dish that is absolutely easy to make. The perfectly roasted flank steak is stuffed with a tasty mixture of spinach, blue cheese and bell peppers and you’re going to love this marvelous combo! Here you can find more interesting recipes of this amazing blogger.
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Stuffed Flank Steak

2015-08-29 09:30:35

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Ingredients

1. 1 1/2 to 2 pounds flank steak
2. 1 package frozen chopped spinach, thawed
3. 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
4. 7 ounces roasted red peppers, drained and chopped
5. 2 tbsp seasoned bread crumbs
6. 1 egg yolk
7. 3/4 tsp garlic salt
8. 3/4 tsp ground black pepper
9. 1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425 F.
2. Place steak on work surface. With a sharp knife slice the flank steak parallel to the work surface in half lengthwise, without cutting all the way through. Open up the steak like like you would open a book and flatten slightly, so that it’s evenly thick.
3. Remove liquid from spinach. Combine it with cheese, peppers, bread crumbs, egg yolk, 1/4 tsp of each garlic salt and pepper in a medium-size bowl.
4. Sprinkle both sides of steak with an additional 1/4 tsp of each garlic salt and pepper. Spread the filling, leaving about 1″ border on all sides. Lightly press filling onto the steak. Roll the steak very tightly, beginning from the short side.
5. Once rolled, tie steak at 2″ intervals with a kitchen twine. Rub with oil, then season with the remaining garlic salt and pepper.
6. Place into the oven and roast at 425 F for 35 minutes, then turn on the broiler and broil for 10 minutes, turning once. Allow to rest for 15 minutes.
7. Remove the kitchen twine, slice and serve.

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cincyshopper.com

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What is cooking in your life? Do you get nervous because of spending your time by the stove as my friend does? Is it true that you cook just to eat something? Neither is about me. Making delicious dishes, I feel like a wizard and I want to see my charmed family or guests, eating something that was supposed to be a masterpiece of cooking.
How often does your kid ask you to cook soup? Mine do it quite often, because they know it won’t be just boiled meat and vegetables in broth. I will do my best and they will have a fantastic soup. Yes, I love cooking; it is the hobby, which involves my soul.
It was a week ago, when my husband wanted to have simple pasta. It is impossible to imagine me cooking Simple pasta. No, it is about some other person. I decided to find a new recipe and prepare everything in a new way. I did it. The recipe was here .
[/su_column] [/su_row] I read the list of ingredients, the directions and felt the taste of incredible pasta in my mouth. I never hesitate when I have such a feeling. Time of magic was started.
My family felt the smell of pasta when it was in the oven and they were ready to have a fantastic dish for dinner.
That pasta was really magic – just imagine the mixture of spicy, cheesy and meat flavor. Everyone was satisfied with such an amazing dish. After the dinner, we decided to make a party for our family friends and treat this pasta that is a reason for pride.

Chili Pasta Bake

2015-10-16 08:31:41

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Ingredients

1. Canola or Vegetable Oil – 1\2 Tbsp.
2. Ground Beef – 1 lb.
3. Onion (chopped) – 1 piece
4. Salt – 1 dash
5. Black Pepper – 1 dash
6. Cooked Pasta – 1\2 lb.
7. fluid Tomato Sauce – 15 oz.
8. 14-½ ounces, Diced tomatoes and green chilies – 14-1\2 oz.
9. Kidney (or black) beans – 15 oz.
10. Chili Powder – 1 1\2 tbsp.
11. Cumin – 2 tsp.
12. Cayenne powder – 3 dashes
13. Water – 1\4 cup
14. Cheddar cheese (shredded) – 2 cups
15. Sour cream (for topping) – 1\2 cup
16. Green onions (chopped) – 4 Tbsp.

Instructions

1. Have the oven preheated to 350 degrees.
2. A large skillet is on medium high heat, drizzle oil in it. Put the onions and fry for about 3 minutes. Now add the beef, season it with salt and pepper. Cook to change the pink color.
3. During the beef ground cooking, cook the pasta to firm al dente. Having done it, drain and put aside for a while.
4. When the beef is cooked, add the following ingredients: tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, beans chili powder, green chilies, cayenne, cumin, water. Stir it and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
5. 5 minutes later, stir in the pasta. Mix to combine.
6. Add the chili pasta mixture in a pan (9×13). Smooth with a spatula and strew with cheese. Put in the preheated oven for 30 minutes – until the edges are bubbling and the cheese has fully melted.
7. Serve with sour cream and green onions on the top.

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diaryofarecipecollector.com

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There is an endless variety of dishes where vegetables and meat are combined to make one main course. I prefer to cook such dinners because a side dish is not necessary and I don’t have to spend any more time in the kitchen. Such combinations are very nutritious too.
A week or two ago I got home late from work and had little time to cook dinner. I checked my fridge to find I only had a few things on hand. Fortunately I remembered coming across this blog recently and since I had ever thing I needed, I decided to make it.
[/su_column] [/su_row] It came out tasting amazingly great! I can’t wait to make it again.

Mini Meatloaf Pepper Rings

2015-10-09 10:02:52

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Ingredients

1. bell peppers (any color) – 4 large pieces
2. Ground of lean beef– 2 pounds
3. Italian bread crumbs – 1\4 C.
4. creole seasoning – 1 teaspoon
5. egg – 1 piece
6. Parmesan (shredded) – 1\4 C.
7. red pepper flakes (crushed) – a pinch
8. garlic (finely chopped) – 3 cloves
9. olive oil – 1 Tablespoon
10. fresh parsley (chopped) – 1 Tablespoon
11. Italian cheeses blend (shredded0 – 1 C.
12. crushed tomatoes – 1 can (28 ounces)

Instructions

1. Slice a little the top and bottom of each pepper. Do not throw away the slices. Remove seeds and cut out the ribs. Cut into 3 thick rings and put on a sheet pan lined with parchment. Dice the rest parts of peppers for meat mixture.
2. For meatloaf mix: blend ground beef with seasoning, bread crumbs, egg, cheese, red pepper flakes, garlic, and remaining diced peppers.
3. Put meat mixture into each pepper, making a dome of the mixture on each pepper.
4. Heat a large oven-safe pot with olive oil over medium-high heat.
5. Cook each stuffed pepper ring for about 4 to 5 minutes on each side until it get browned.
6. After browned on each side, pour the tomatoes over the pepper rings.
7. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Add cheese on the top and bake for 5 more minutes. Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve.

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katrina-runs.com

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Every time I saw zucchini at a market or shop I couldn’t understand what this vegetable is for. Once I bought one piece of zucchini and made a salad… That was a big mistake to cook without any recipe, because the taste of the salad was awful and nobody continued eating it after the first and the last try.Some time past and I saw stuffed zucchini in a menu of a very good restaurant. I was rather surprised and risked – I ordered that dish. The taste simply charmed me. It was very nutritious and cheese in the stuffing made me fall in love with zucchini.Next day I was surfing the internet with one goal – to fine the recipe of stuffed zucchini and I managed to do that on this amazing blog.
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The same day I cooked the zucchini I had bought the day before. In the evening our family got together at home and we had a new dish for dinner. I realized what a good cook I am after my guys’ praising me with each next piece of stuffed zucchini.The piquant taste of this dish doesn’t resemble any other. Try and cook it once and you will have a random party at your family dinner table.

Stuffed Zucchini

2015-09-12 11:14:42

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Ingredients

1. zucchini – 3 large pieces
2. ground beef – 1\2 lb
3. chorizo sausage (chopped) – 1\4 cup
4. cheddar cheese (shredded) – 1\2 cup
5. feta cheese (chopped) – 1\4 cup
6. small tomatoes (chopped) – 2 pieces
7. pinch of cumin
8. salt \ pepper to taste
9. spaghetti sauce – 1\4 cup

Instructions

1. Your oven is preheated to 375 F degrees.
2. Put the ground beef in a skillet and cook until it's not pink. Add the cumin, salt and pepper to the skillet and stir all the ingredients well. Add the chorizo sausage and spaghetti sauce - cook over medium heat for another 5 minutes.
3. Wash zucchini and cut them lengthwise. Scoop out the flesh with a spoon
4. Stuff each half of zucchini with the meat mixture. Put shredded cheese and tomatoes on the top.
5. Bake the stuffed zucchini for 15 minutes.

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lecremedelacrumb.com

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Just a week ago I got a great idea for romantic dinner. I found a perfect recipe here. It’s a recipe of meatballs. You can say now, that there is no stardust in these words. I can object, because these balls are not very simple everyday food, they are full with mozzarella! Can you imagine this masterpiece of cooking? Add marinara to these rolls and you will feel Italy with your taste buds. You will not need garnish, though it’s up to your wish.My boyfriend, who I cooked them for, was charmed with these meatballs at our romantic dinner. He is fond of Italy very much and everything that reminds him about it makes him simply happy. So I was sure about the subject for dinner dishes. Pasta is so simple and daily, pizza is just fast food, even homemade one. I was sure I would cook unusual, Italian-like dish exactly for our event. I was as fascinated with the taste as my boyfriend was. I am very indifferent to meat, but these meatballs…they changed my mind. They are almost sweet, but good with hot sauce. What is it? Haute cuisine? Could be. [/su_column] [/su_row] If you love all the things, including food, that resembles Italy, you will appreciate this recipe. You will be proud of yourself, having cooked so tender and refined meat dish.Frankly speaking, it is easy to cook the mozzarella stuffed meatballs, but the result must be served on a special day, though I can have these when I want to. Just cook, taste, enjoy and decide yourself what time is best for having it.

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs (for Slow Cooker )

2015-09-10 10:50:14

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Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

3 hr

Total Time

3 hr 15 min

Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

3 hr

Total Time

3 hr 15 min

Ingredients

1. beef ground – 1 pound
2. bread crumbs (any to your taste) – 1 cup
3. Egg -1 piece plus 1 egg yolk
4. Garlic(minced) -1 tsp
5. Onion powder – 1 tsp
6. Italian seasoning – 1 Tbsp
7. Salt – 1 tsp
8. Black pepper – 1\2 tsp
9. mozzarella cheese – 3-4 sticks (string cheese)
10. marinara or other sauce for dipping

Instructions

1. Take cheese sticks and chop them into half inch pieces. Put the pieces on a plate and chill in the freezer until you are going to use.
2. Put all the ingredients into a bowl. Mush them together with your hands and make everything come together.
3. Get cheese from freezer. Take out about 4 tablespoons(with an ice-cream scoop) of meat mixture and make a ball. Push a piece of mozzarella into the middle of the meatball. Roll the ball in your hands to make it one-piece with the mozzarella cheese hidden inside. Place the ball inside a slow cooker and do the same with the
4. rest of meat and cheese.
5. When you have all the meatballs put in the slow cooker, cover and cook on high for 1-2 hours or on low 3-4 hours. If the cheese is melting out of the balls, don’t worry – it’s normal.
6. Serve with your favorite sauce or marinara and enjoy!

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Flank steaks are delish when simply cooked with seasonings, but adding other tasty ingredients and making something more fabulous with them will never turn a bad idea! This Italian stuffed flank steak will make any meal absolutely spectacular even if served with plain mashed potatoes or pasta. Full of gooey cheese and savory prosciutto, these flank steak rollups will make anyone go completely craze over them, as they are impossibly appetising! Make such tastiness for a holiday meal or just a family dinner with this recipe that I found here.
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Italian Stuffed Flank Steak

2015-09-05 05:25:16

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Prep Time

20 min

Cook Time

15 min

Total Time

35 min

Prep Time

20 min

Cook Time

15 min

Total Time

35 min

Ingredients

1. 3 garlic cloves, minced
2. 1 small shallot, minced
3. 2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely minced
4. 1 tsp sage leaves, finely minced
5. 1 tsp basil, minced
6. 2 tbsp olive oil
7. 1 flank steak (2-2.5 pounds)
8. 4 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto
9. 4 ounces thinly sliced provolone cheese
10. salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, combine olive oil with garlic, shallot, parsley, basil and sage.
2. Cut the steak across, then butterfly and pound the steak into 2 thin rectangles. Lay the steak so that the grain will be parallel to the edge of the work surface. Spread garlic mixture evenly over the steak.
3. Lay prosciutto, leaving 1″ border along the top edge. Then arrange cheese slices, leaving the same border.
4. Roll up the steak into a tight log, beginning from the bottom edge. Place on the cutting board seam-side down.
5. Secure the steak with a kitchen twine, placing the twines in even intervals.
6. With a sharp knife, cut the roll between each twine. Season with salt and pepper and thread with a toothpick.
7. Preheat oven to 350 F.
8. In a cast iron skillet over medium high heat, brown the rolls for 2-3 minutes on each side. Transfer the skillet into oven and bake for another 8-10 minutes or until cooked through.

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veryculinary.com

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Kielbasa seems to be one of those unusual ingredients that will simply make any of your casseroles, entrées, side dishes or even soups so much tastier and fuller of amazing flavours, why not try to make something delish with it? Savory Polish sausage will create the tastiest dish that is made so easily, the kielbasa and cabbage skillet. These two ingredients plus a couple more ones, and the most incredible, tasty and unusual dish is here to surprise your dinner guests. Serve this at regular family dinner or take it to the picnic or potluck, it’s great anyways!Original recipe here !
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Kielbasa and Cabbage Skillet

2015-09-03 05:38:27

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Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

15 min

Total Time

30 min

Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

15 min

Total Time

30 min

Ingredients

1. 2 pounds rkielbasa Polska, cooked, cut into 2″ pieces
2. 1 tbsp olive oil
3. 1 head cabbage, chopped
4. 1 large sweet onion, cut into large pieces
5. 3 cloves garlic, minced
6. 2 tsp sugar
7. 1/2 tsp salt
8. 1/2 tsp black pepper
9. 2 tsp rice wine vinegar
10. 1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a large nonstick saucepan over medium-high. Add kielbasa and cook for 1 minute, then cook stirring occasionally for 3 minutes more. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
2. In the same pan, combine cabbage, onion, garlic, sugar, salt, and pepper. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add vinegar and mustard, stir, then remove kielbasa back to the sauce pan and cook for another 2 minutes. Adjust more salt and pepper, if needed.
3. Serve immediately.

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