Homemade Recipes

Spaghetti Bolognese

Svetlana — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:18:56 +0000

Spaghetti Bolognese

Spaghetti Bolognese is one of the most popular type of pasta in Italy.

It’s very nourishing, budget-priced, you don’t need to spend much time to prepare it and you can find all ingredients you need in any supermarket.

Preparation time: 5 min

Cooking time: 30 min

Serves: 2

Spaghetti Bolognese Ingredients

200g Spaghetti
300g mince
500g chopped tomatoes in a tin
1 small onion, finely chopped
100 gcheese, grated
Salt, black pepper, herbs,
1 clove garlic, chopped (optionally)

Cooking Instructions for Spaghetti Bolognese

Boil1 litre of water.

Add some salt and then the spaghetti. Leave it for 15-20 minutes until ready.

Meanwhile, preheat your frying pan over a medium heat and add a bit of olive oil into it.

Add the onion and fry until it has a light gold colour. Then add the mince and a bit of salt and mix everything very well. Leave it for 10 minutes.

Add the chopped tomatoes, pepper, herbs and the garlic into the frying pan. Mix everything very well and leave it over a low heat for 5-7 minutes.

When your spaghetti is ready, use a colander to drain it.

Add the spaghetti to the frying pan and mix everything very well and leave for it more a few more minutes.

Serve hot with grated cheese on the top. Enjoy!!

Spaghetti Bolognese

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Steak with Potato Wedges and Spinach

Svetlana — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:14:02 +0000

Steak with Potato Wedges and Spinach

This is a very easy and quick beef steak recipe which you can make in under 5 minutes.

This rump steak we will cook on butter! This is really tasty, but just to let you know, it will make smoke while you fry it. So be careful if you don’t want to disturb anybody around! And the most important in cooking the steak, move it all the time! Never stop, until is ready! Only like this it will be juicy.

Preparation time: 15 min

Cooking time: 40 min

Serves: 2

Ingredients

500g pack of frozen wedges potatoes
300 gfrozen spinach
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
4 slices of rump steak
4 tbsp of butter
Salt, sugar, olive oil

Method

Preheat your oven (250C). Put your frozen wedges in a pan and leave it there for 15-20 min.

Unfreeze your spinach using colander and hot water. Dry it properly.

Heat your frying pan over a medium heat, put there some olive oil and add the spinach, garlic and a bit of salt. Mix well and fry for a 10-15 minutes.

Meanwhile, put another frying pan over a high heat. Take your 4 slices of rump steak and spread a bit of salt on the both sides of each steak.

Put 1 tbsp of butter in the frying pan and add a tea spoon of sugar on the top of the butter which should be already melted.

Put one of the rump steaks in the frying pan and move it in the frying pan. Don’t stop moving until it will have a nice brown colour. Turn it upside down, move it around… And don’t stop until it looks like is ready to be served!

Steak with Potato Wedges and Spinach

Do the same with the other 3 steaks, adding the butter and the sugar each time.

When you finish with the steaks, the spinach and potatoes should be ready! Enjoy!

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Spinach Mashed Potato Recipe

Svetlana — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:21:08 +0000

Spinach Mashed Potato with Mince Beef

To prepare this dish it’s better to buy floury potatoes.

The best ones are Nadine, Rooster, Saxon and Wilja sorts.If you will use them, you can be sure you will get the smoothest and the tastiest mashed potatoes.

Tips: Drain the spinach very well and it’s necessary to have a Potato Masher!

Preparation time: 10 min

Cooking time: 40 min

Serves: 3

Spinach Mashed Potato with mince beef Ingredients

1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
300g mince beef
400g pack chopped tomatoes
6 medium potatoes, cleaned
100ml milk
50g butter, melted
500g frozen spinach; defrosted and drained.
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
Black pepper, salt, olive oil

How to cook Spinach Mashed Potato with mince beef

Boil 500ml of water, then add the potatoes and some salt. Leave until cooked.

Take a frying pan, add 1 tbsp of olive oil and ½ of the onion. Fry over a medium heat.

Fry Mince Beef

Add mince beef, a bit of salt. Mix and leave for 10 minutes.

Then add the chopped tomatoes, mix and leave for 10-15 minutes over a low heat.

Add some black pepper and mix.

Meanwhile, take another frying pan, add 1 tbsp of olive oil, ½ of the onion and the garlic and heat it over a medium heat.

Fry Spinach

After a few minutes add the spinach and heat over a medium heat for 10-15 minutes.

When potatoes are ready, add the butter and the milk. Then mash potato with the Potato Masher until smooth.

Spinach Mashed Potato with Mince Beef

Put Mashed potato on a plate, put mince beef on top of mashed potato. Spinach goes besides the mashed potato. Alternatively you can decorate the plate as per your choice.

Yummy Spinach Mashed Potato with mince beef is ready, serve it hot.

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Potato Soup Recipe

Nikita — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:49:32 +0000

Potato Soup

The potato soup is probably one of the easiest soups to make, and it’s a healthy choice, with a full flavor.

The potato can be prepared in endless ways, baked, mashed or boiled. But one of the most comforting ways to enjoy the vegetable is with homemade soup. By adding different ingredients you can create a distinct flavor according to your taste. Some recipes call for ham or bacon, onions or heavy cream. This recipe has added cheese and onions to create a smooth, creamy, comforting soup.

Cooking Time: 20-25 minutes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Serves: 4-5

Potato Soup Ingredients

4-5 large potatoes
¼ celery, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
½ cup milk
Salt & pepper
Shredded cheese

Potato Soup Cooking Method

Peel potatoes and chop, along with the celery and onion.

Peel Potatoes

Put vegetables in a pan, and almost cover them with water.

Bring vegetables to boil, then cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes, or until vegetables are soft.

Mash vegetables with a potato masher.

Add milk to desired thickness.

Potato Soup Cooking

Salt and pepper to taste.

Potato Soup

Pour into serving bowls, and sprinkle with shredded cheese.

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Peanut Butter Brownies

Jennifer — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:08:12 +0000

Peanut Butter Brownies

Most all brownie recipes make a tasty dessert.

But by changing up the ingredients you can make your brownies stand out from the others. These brownies are flavored with chocolate chips, walnuts, and of course peanut butter.

You may frost them with a chocolate frosting, but my family loves them right out of the oven.

Another option, would be to serve along with a scoop of ice cream.

Just enjoy.

Cooking time: 30-35 minutes

Prep time: 10 minutes

Serves: 12

Peanut Butter Brownies Ingredients

½ cup peanut butter
1/3 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup chocolate chips
½ cup walnuts

Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray baking pan with non-stick baking spray.

Cream together the peanut butter and butter.

Add sugars, eggs, and vanilla, beat together.

Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt. Blend well.

Peanut Butter Brownies Mix Ingredients and Blend

Add chocolate chips and walnuts, stir well.

Mixture Ready to Bake

Pour batter into pan, and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out mostly clean.

Peanut Butter Brownies

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Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Clara — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:25:01 +0000

Pumpkin Pie

Baking a beautiful pumpkin pie doesn’t have to be a uncertain chore any more.

Hats off to the bakers that have the time and fortitude to prepare the pumpkin, cook it, mash it, and then
start adding in the actual ingredients that go into the pie.

In order to have the right texture, flavor, sweetness you need to add just the right amount of evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, and spices. After that comes the crust, which can be a little tricky and time consuming.

This Pumpkin Pie recipe is for the bakers out their that don’t have the time to perform such a task. This crust is mixed right in the pie pan, and patted down to make a crust that never needs a rolling pin.

The pumpkin is made from Libby’s Easy Pumpkin. It contains everything you need but the eggs and evaporated milk. For a extra hint: If you like extra spicy pumpkin pies like I do, add 1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice. Yum!

Cooking time: 40-50 minutes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 8

Pumpkin Pie Ingredients

Crust

1 ½ cups flour
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup cooking oil
2 tablespoons milk

Pie Filling

1 can Libby’s Easy Pumpkin Pie
2/3 cup evaporated milk
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice

Method

1.Preheat oven at 425 degrees.

2. Place all crust ingredients in a 9 inch pie pan.

Pumpkin Pie - Prepare Crust

3. Form into a dough, and press down in the pie pan.

4. In a large bowl combine all filling ingredients, beat well.

5. Pour filling into crust.

Pour fillings into Crust

6. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes.

7. Turn oven down to 350, and continue baking for 50-60 more minutes, or until knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Pumpkin Pie

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Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

Svetlana — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:22:29 +0000

Shepher's Pie

Shepherd’s pie, or Cottage pie, is a pie made with meat and has a crust of mashed potato. Shepherd’s pie is often taken in supper.

The recipe for Shepherd’s pie and Cottage pie is same. The only difference is that Shepherd’s pie is made with ground lamb and Cottage pie is made with ground beef.

This Shepherd pie recipe is easy and you can make it quickly at home. I learned it from my mum who made lip smacking Shepherd’s pie.

Preparation time: 30 min
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves: 4

Shepherd’s Pie Ingredients

800g minced lamb
400 g of potatoes, peeled
2 carrots, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp tomato puree
2tbsp plain flour
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2tbsp olive oil
150g butter
150g hot milk
150g Cheddar cheese, finely grated
Salt and pepper

How to cook Shepherd’s pie

1. Preheat the oven to 200C.

2. Add the olive oil to a frying pan and gently soften the onion, carrot and garlic. In the same pan, brown the mince. Put on a slow cooker. Cook for 15 min.

3. Add tomato puree and the flour (this helps to thicken the juices) and stir. Mix well.

4. Meanwhile, boil potatoes in salted water until soft. Drain and leave to dry out for a few minutes.

5. Add the butter and the hot milk and mash.

6. Pour the meat into an appropriate sized-dish and spoon over the mashed potato. Grate the cheese on the top.

7. Put in an oven for about 30 minutes, until the topping is golden and crispy.

Shepher's Pie

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Borscht Recipe

Svetlana — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:48:10 +0000

Borscht

Borscht is a traditional and native Ukrainian soup which is also very popular in Russia and Eastern Europe. Borscht is one of the healthiest soups and some even consider it to be the secret of beautiful Ukrainian and Russian girls.

Borscht is primarily made with beetroot which is well known for it’s health benefit specially in purifying the blood. Beetroot gives you rejuvenating effect from inside.

So here is my secret beauty tips from Siberia- Instead of spending thousands of pounds on cosmetics eat Borscht once a week and you will get natural beauty.

Beetroot is cheap and Borscht is easy to cook.

Health, Taste and Beauty all so cheap! Isn’t it wonderful?

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 45 minutes

Serves: 2-3

Borscht Ingredients

2 beetroots, grated
5 medium potatoes, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 onion, chopped
¼ small cabbages, chopped
250g beef, chopped
1 tbsp of olive oil
Salt to taste
1 Black pepper
Herbs as per your taste
Sour cream
Dill or parley

Grated Beetroots

Chopped Potatoes

Chopped Carrot

Chopped Onions

Chopped Cabbage

Chopped Beef

How to cook Borscht

Add Chopped Beef and Stir

Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a a pan over a medium heat. It is very important to heat olive oil at low temperature otherwise you will vaporize the essential healthy elements of olive.

Once oil is hot, add the onion and stir it.

After a while add the chopped beef and stir.

Add salt and a pepper.

Cover the pan and leave it for 7 minutes.

Add Cabbage Carrot and Potatoes

Meanwhile boil 1.5 – 2 liters of water.

Add cabbage, carrot and potatoes in the pan.

Add Boiled Water

Then add the boiled water.

Cover the pan and leave it for 15 minutes.

Add Beetroot

Then add the beetroot in the pan and mix everything very well.

If you wish you can taste the soup to make sure that there is enough salt and pepper in it. You can add some herbs if you like.

Leave it for 5 minutes over a medium heat and then over a low heat for a few more. Keep it covered all the time.

Borscht

Serve Borscht with sour cream and dill or parley.

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Spinach Frittata Recipe

Clara — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:35:57 +0000

Spinach Frittata

Frittata is made with egg meat, cheese and vegetables. It is similar to omelette. You can choose the fillings as per your taste. I’ll use spinach, potatoes and tomatoes to make this tasty Frittata.

Frittata needs some careful cooking and it takes bit of time to cook it. Frittata is cooked in various stages and if you are not careful then you might spoil it.

I used to live with one Italian girl when I was studying in London and she made the best Frittata. I learned this recipe from her. Initially I couldn’t get it right and used to over cook it, after some practice I perfected it.

Frittata could be an ideal lunch meal with your friends. Make this Frittata dish and impress your friends.

Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 35 min
Serves: 4

Spinach Frittata Ingredients

1x1kg salad potatoes
2 red onions, peeled and chopped
9 eggs, beaten
500g frozen spinach, defrosted in microwave and squeezed dry
500g frozen broccoli florets
350g courgettes, cubed
3 tomatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 clove garlic, peeled and sliced
150g Cheddar cheese, finely grated

How to cook Spinach Frittata

Boil the potatoes for 10 minutes, then drain and slice thickly.

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a big frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onions and cook for 5-10 minutes, until soft, adding the garlic for the last minute.

In a large bowl, lightly whisk the eggs with half the cheese. Add the onion, garlic, potato and spinach, and stir gently to coat all the vegetables.

Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the frying pan. Pour in the tortilla mixture and top with the tomatoes. Sprinkle over the remaining cheese and cook over a low heat for 12 minutes, until the bottom has set.

Meanwhile, boil the broccoli and courgettes for 3-4 minutes, then drain.

Preheat the grill to hot.

Put under the grill

Spinach Frittata

Place the frittata pan under the grill for 5 minutes, until the egg is cooked through.

Spinach Frittata

Cut into 4 and serve the broccoli and courgettes.

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Pumpkin Raisin Cookies

Clara — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:29:11 +0000

Pumpkin Raisin Cookies

Fall is the time for special treats. Although these pumpkin raisin cookies are a great treat anytime of year. They are packed full of pumpkin, walnuts, raisins, and spice.

Pumpkin Raisin Cookies Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup raisins

Method

Make Mixture

Set oven at 350.

Spray cooking sheet with baking spray.

Beat butter, and sugars until fluffy.

Add in pumpkin, egg and vanilla, beat mixture.

Stir in the remaining ingredients until well blended.

Drop on cookie sheet

Drop on cookie sheet for 10-15 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown.

Pumpkin Raisin Cookies