My lunch recipes
May 12th, 2012 in Main Dish Recipes, No-meat by Julia Volhina Kefir based crepes have more tender than milk based ones, but they are also harder to do.
Amount of flour to use will depend on thickness of the kefir you have (an that will vary based on brand), somewhere between 2 cups and 2 and half that is what I usually use. If you have choice – use more runny kefir.
There are couple of things you can do if crepes tear when you try to flip them: one of them is to add more flour – but that will not work good if kefir you are using is too thick, then you can put more eggs, and the last resort it to use smaller skillet – then flipping will be easier.
Tags: breakfast, egg, flour, kefir, lunch, pancake, russian, sugar
April 28th, 2012 in Main Dish Recipes, No-meat by Julia Volhina These are zucchini based vegetable pancakes with a bit of fresh sheep cheese, which can be optional if you don’t like sheep cheese, but to my opinion it benefits a lot to the taste.
You can use zucchini or other kind of summer squash; remove seeds they already formed before cooking.
Vegetable pancakes are good choice for breakfast, brunch or lunch. Serve them warm with sour cream or sour cream and garlic dip how I did.
Tags: breakfast, dill, flour, fresh cheese, lunch, pancake, parsley, squash, yeast
April 14th, 2012 in Fish, Main Dish Recipes by Julia Volhina Salmon fried this way turns out juicy. All you need is salmon, eggs and flour to make batter. Amount of flour may vary – just add flour until batter gets desired thickness.
Fried battered salmon if good choice for lunch or dinner; tastes good with potato as a side dish: fried or boiled.
Serve fried salmon as soon as it is cooked – it tastes better straight from the frying pan.
Tags: dinner, egg, fish, flour, lunch, salmon
March 24th, 2012 in Chicken, Main Dish Recipes by Julia Volhina This is another recipe from “Modern homemade cuisine” book which I mastered. This dish goes great for dinner and leftovers can be warmed up for lunch.
Chicken is served with cauliflower so there is no need to cook separate side dish unless you want to.
Important note: when cooking chicken with sauce make sure it simmers slow, because sauce has flour and it will burn on high heat.
Tags: cauliflower, chicken, dinner, lunch, onion, romantic, russian, stew, tomato
February 25th, 2012 in Eggs, Main Dish Recipes by Julia Volhina This is a nice breakfast or lunch recipe for two: tender omelette stuffed with mushrooms and onions braised with a spoon of sour cream and seasoned with shredded cheese.
Amount of ingredients listed here is yields exactly 2 omelettes, if you want to cook more – just increase amounts of ingredients accordingly.
And if you fry omelettes one after another, use warm plates to make sure first one is still warm when the last one is cooked.
Tags: breakfast, egg, lunch, mushroom, no meat, onion, romantic, stuffed
February 18th, 2012 in Beef, Main Dish Recipes by Julia Volhina Taste of this dish reminds me of lasagna, with the difference of that it doesn’t include neither noodles nor cheese. It also requires much less time to cook than classic lasagna.
Meat sauce prepared of ground beef or veal (or mix of these) with onions, tomatoes and fresh parsley is juicy and very tasty. Bechamel souffle gives it nice hint in both taste and presentation.
Did I mention that this recipe is great for some special occasion?..
Tags: casserole, dinner, egg whites, egg yolks, ground beef, lunch, milk, onion, potato, romantic, russian, tomato
February 11th, 2012 in Fish, Main Dish Recipes by Julia Volhina This not complicated recipe is my first attempt to cook mussels. They turned out juicy and light. Thanks to Hans-Peter and his cooking lessons 
Vegetables cooked this way, with wine and mussels juices, taste great as well as mussels themselves, serve them all together!
By the way, 1lb-1.5lb of mussels per serving sounds about right, this way amount of ingredients listed in this recipe is enough to feed 2-3 people.
Tags: celery, garlic, leek, lunch, onion, shellfish, snack, tomato, vegetables, wine
