Meatballs Soup

This meatballs soup is one of the first soups I made right after I moved out from my parents house. I got this recipe from my mom over the phone. This meatball soup is very easy to make and will take no more than 30 minutes.

Meatballs Soup

Irina
I like to make meatballs and cut all the vegetables before boiling the water for soup.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 5 servings

Ingredients
  

Meatballs

  • 1/2 lbs ground turkey
  • 1/2 lbs ground beef
  • 1/2 onion finely diced
  • salt to taste

Soup

  • 10 cups water
  • 3 Tbsp chicken bouillon paste (optional)
  • 5 medium potatoes cubed
  • 1/2 medium onion finely diced
  • 3 Tbsp rice (any)
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large carrot shredded
  • 1/2 cup fresh dill and parsley chopped
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Place ground turkey and beef into a bowl. Add 1/2 chopped onion and salt. Mix well. Form a ball from the meat by rolling it in your hands.
  • Add 10 cups of water to a medium pot over high heat. Add chopped potatoes (and chicken bouillon paste) to the soup pot.
  • Bring to a boil. Toss the 1/2 onion and rice into the soup.
  • Add one by one meatballs into the pot. Cook for 15 minutes or until meatballs are floating at the top.
  • Meanwhile, heat a small skillet over medium heat. Add 2 Tbsp of olive oil and shredded carrot. Saute for about 2 minutes and add it to the pot.
  • Boil for 3 more minutes. Add fresh dill or parsley at the end.
  • Serve it with sour cream if desire.
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Delicious Tomato & Avocado Crostini

This Delicious Tomato & Avocado Crostini almost didn’t make it to the dinner table. I could eat them all day. Everyday.

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Delicious Tomato & Avocado Crostini

You can use french baguette or any brad that you like or have in your pantry.
Course Appetizers
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Author Irina

Ingredients

  • 8 large baguette slices diagonally cut
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 2 Tbsp cream cheese soft
  • 2 large avocados fully ripe
  • 1 avocado sliced
  • 8 Cherry tomatoes sliced
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • cilantro for garnish

Instructions

  • Position a rack in the upper third of an oven and preheat the broiler.
  • Arrange bread slices on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
  • Broil turning the slices over once, until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side.
  • Halve two avocados lengthwise and remove pit; scoop the flesh into a small bowl, add cream cheese, garlic, salt and pepper to taste.
  • Gently mash with a fork until spreadable.
  • Spread the avocado mixture on the crostini, dividing evenly.
  • Top each crostini with avocado slices and cherry tomatoes slices. Garnish with fresh cilantro.

Fried Cabbage With Sausage

Fried cabbage with sausage is so simple but tasty, and the leftovers are tastier than it was the first day. When it comes to sausage, you can’t go wrong with this one. You can use any sausage you like: it can be Italian sausage, Polska kielbasa, smoked sausage, turkey or chicken sausages. Any of them will give a great taste to cabbage. My favorite is Frankfurter sausage.

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Fried cabbage with sausage

Course Main Dish
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Author Natalija

Ingredients

  • 1/2 head cabbage
  • 2 carrots large
  • 1 onion large
  • 4 Tbsp olive oil
  • 5-6 sausages
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 bay leaf optional
  • 1/2 cup water

Instructions

  • Cut the cabbage into thick slices.
  • Dice onion into the small squares, shred the carrots.
  • Slice the sausages.
  • In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook until lightly brown.
  • Add shredded carrots and continue cooking for couple more minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Add cabbage and stir well.
  • In a few minutes add sausage. Bury the sausages under the cabbage, to get the brown color.
  • When the sausages are lightly brown, add salt and pepper, bay leaf, and some water (about 100 ml), mix well. Reduce heat to low, cover the skillet with lid and simmer for about 10 minutes. Mix every 2-3 minutes.
  • Once cooked, add fresh herbs and serve.

Baked Salmon with Leeks and Carrots

Carrots and leeks are the perfect combination of flavors for baked salmon. This is an easy recipe to prepare salmon and veggies in an aluminum foil.

Baked Salmon with Leeks and Carrots

Natalija
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 4 salmon fillets
  • 4 tsp mustard
  • 1-2 leeks
  • 2 carrots
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 4 Tbsp olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare 12×12 inch foil pieces for each fillet.
  • Place salmon on prepared foil and spread mustard over each fillet. (I use traditional mustard “a l’ancienne”, but you can use any type).
  • Wash the leeks and cut into thin slices.
  • Shred the carrots.
  • Top each salmon fillet with carrots and leeks, drizzle 4 Tbsp. of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
  • Bring the long sides of the foil up the middle and fold the edges together.
  • Bake for about 30 minutes or until salmon is cooked though.
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