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Grandma Hulda’s Strogonoff

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strogonoff

Ingredients

  • 2 diced chicken breasts
  • Juice from one lime
  • Salt and pepper as needed
  • 2 tablespoon of butter
  • 3 cloves of garlic sliced in small pieces
  • 1 diced large onion
  • 1 diced large tomato
  • 3/4 of a large box of mushrooms, in slices
  • 2 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon of mustard powder
  • 1 box of heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon of flour

Directions

  1. Smash the lime juice on the chicken. Add salt and pepper as needed, and save it for later.
  2. In a large pan add the butter and braise the garlic and onion until it is transparent
  3. Now add the tomatoes and mushrooms, braising at low heat
  4. In another pan put the olive oil and mustard, and add the chicken to fry until it is golden
  5. Then move the chicken to the large pan with the braise
  6. Take it at medium heat for about 15 minutes until the broth is thicker, then add the heavy cream
  7. When the mixture is boiling reduce to low heat and take 3 tablespoon of the broth, add the flour and mix until well blended
  8. Put the mixture back to the large pan (which now has a thicker broth)
  9. Serve with white rice. Voila!

 

Pasta

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italian-food

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces of elbow macaroni
  • 3 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 orange pepper
  • 2 cups of sliced broccoli
  • 1/2 cup of water
  • 8 ounces of cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup of basil
  • Salt and black pepper as needed
  • Pine nuts

Directions

  1. Cook the macaroni al dente and leave it reserved for later
  2. Heat olive oil in a pan, and then add onion and garlic
  3. When the onion looks transparent you can add the tomatoes
  4. Let cook slowly until the tomato is soft, and add salt and black pepper
  5. Add slices of peppers and broccoli, and the water
  6. Cook at low heat until the broccoli is soft
  7. Add the cream cheese and mix until it is well blended
  8. Add the macaroni and basil
  9. Assemble the dish and add pine nuts and basil leaves on top
  10. Voila!

 

Savory Quinoa Cake

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savory-quinoa-cake

Ingredients

Part 1:

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 cups of quinoa
  • 2 cups of milk
  • 1/2 cup of olive oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup of parmesan
  • 2 table spoon of butter
  • 1 tea spoon of salt

Part 2:

  • Any meat or vegetable you want

Part 3:

  • 1 cup of fresh mozzarella
  • 1 table spoon of baking powder

Directions

  1. Put all ingredients from Part 1 in a mixer
  2. When it’s all mixed you can add the ingredients of Part 2 (meat or vegetable). Sometimes you need to add another egg to make the dough smoother
  3. Now add the ingredients from Part 3 (mozzarella and the baking powder), and mix by hand
  4. Put the dough in a baking dish glass
  5. Take it to a pre-heated oven at 370 F for about 40 minutes
  6. To make sure the cake is ready, stick a toothpick in the middle of it. If it’s coming out clean, the cake is done. Otherwise, wait a little bit more.