VEGETABLES
Parmesan Sauce for Vegetables
Melt in a small saucepan
Add and stir until smooth
Stir in
- 1 cup milk
- dash of nutmeg
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
Serve over steamed broccoli, cauliflower, noodles
Brussels Sprouts with Walnuts
- Heat 2 tbs salad oil in a small saucepan
- Add and heat 2 tbs walnuts, broken into small pieces
- Pour over steamed lightly salted brussels sprouts
Cabbage Rolls
- 1 Chinese cabbage with stak cut off, separated into leaves, blanched for 5 minutes.
Roll leaves around mixture of
- 1/2 lb chard, cooked and chopped
- 1 small can mushrooms chopped or 6 fresh chopped mushrooms
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan
- 1 cup cracker or bread crumbs
Braise for 30 minutes in chicken broth
Peas
Cook
- 1 large pkg frozen peas in
- 1 cup broth
- dash of allspice
Puree peas in blender. Return to heat and add
- 1 tbs butter
- 1 tbs flour
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 crushed macaroons
Heat through. Beat and fold into peas mixture
Put in casserole or souffle pan in a pan of hot water and cook for 30 min. at 350.
Mushroom Stew
In a saucepan melt:
- 2 tbs butter or margarine with
- 1 tbs. olive oil
Saute until onions are golden:
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 bay leaves
Stir in and cook for a few minutes:
Stir in slowly
- 1 cup broth
- 1 cup tomato juice
Add and bring to a boil:
- 1 can tomatoes, quartered
In a large heavy soup or stew pot, melt
- 3 tbs butter or margarine
Add and saute on high for several minutes, turning often:
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 lb mushrooms, washed and halved
Add the onion-tomato mixture. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
Add and cook about 5 minutes:
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 1 tps chopped parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup pitted green olives
Serve hot as a main course.
Jerusalem Artichokes, Turkish style
- 1 pound Jerusalem artichokes, peeled and cut in thirds, placed in
cold water
Saute in olive oil (about 4 tbs):
- 2 onions halved and sliced thin
Add and saute for a few minutes:
Drain artichokes and add with:
- 1-2 tbs rice
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 2 cups water
Simmer for 40 minutes or until artichokes are tender. Cool and sprinkle with:
- 2 tbs lemon juice
- pinch of mint leaves
Serve cold as a salad or appetizer.
Peperonata
Saute together in 3 tbs. olive oil for 15-20 minutes
- 1 lb peppers, preferably mixed green, red and yellow sliced thin
- 2 large onions, sliced thin
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Top with 1/2 cup cooked pureed tomatoes and cook for 10 min.
Serve cool with hunks of Italian bread.
Peppers baked with breadcrumbs
- 3 peppers, preferably mixed, red, yellow, and green, blistered under hot broiler or over
flame, peeled, cored and sliced
Lay pepper slices in a baking dish. Toss together:
- 3 cloves of garlic crushed
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1 tsp dried mint
- 1 tbs fresh chopped parsley
- 1 tbs olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbs lemon juice
Sprinkle over peppers
- Top with 6 black olives, sliced and 1 tbs olive oil
Bake at 400 for 10-12 minutes. Serve hot.
Mushrooms baked with bread crumbs
Mix togeether and let stand:
- 1 lb mushrooms, cleaned and sliced thin
- 3 tbs olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 fresh hot green chili peper, minced
- 2 tbs fresh chopped parsley
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
Butter a baking dish and spread with mushroom mixture.
Sprinkle with 1/2 cup breadcrumbs. Dot with butter. Bake at 375 for 20-30 min.
Stuffed Tomatoes
Slice off tops of
- 6 large ripe but firm tomatoes and scoop out insides. Puree tops and insides in the
blender.
Mix together
- tomato puree
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp each oregano and basil
- 1 tbs chopped parsley
- 4 tbs rice
Stuff the tomatoes with the mixture; dribble with oil and bake at 375 for 45 min.
The Imam Fainted Eggplant
- 3 eggplants, skin blistered under hot broiler or over charcoal grill. Scrape off outer
skin, lightly oil flesh, and bake at 400 for 20 min.
Cook together in olive oil about 20 min.
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 large onions sliced thin
Add and cook for 10 minutes:
Stir in the eggplant. Serve cool with pita.
The Iman Fainted Again
- Three Eggplants, peeled in stripes and sliced about 1/2 inch thick. Put under broiler or
on grill for a few minutes.
- Top with onion, garlic, tomato mixture and sprinkle with oil. Bake 3 minutes. Serve at
room temperature.
Ratatouille
Simmer for 30 minutes in a covered pot in 1/2 cup olive oil:
- 1 tbs oregano
- 2 large onions chopped
- 3 small eggplants, quartered and sliced, salted, washed and drained
- 2 green peppers, cored and chopped
- 2-3 zucchini, quartered and sliced
Add and cook uncovered:
Serve hot with rice.
French Grilled Tomatoes
- 2 large tomatoes cut in half, with pulp scooped out.
Fill with:
- chopped tomato pulp
- 3 tbs bread crumbs
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 tbs chopped basil
- 2 tbs grated Gruyere
Place under hot broiler for 5 min, until top is crisp and browned.
Mushrooms Provencale
Saute in olive oil (about 2-3 tbs) until just soft:
- 1 lb mushrooms, washed and sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- salt and pepper to taste
- Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Greek Cabbage and Rice
Saute 2-3 minutes in 1/4 cup olive oil:
- 2 onions sliced thin
- 1 med. white cabbage, shredded
Add, stir, cook 10 minutes:
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 2 tbs tomato paste
- juice of one lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
Remove from heat and add 1 tsp dried mint, 1 tbs chopped parsley. Serve hot.
Turkish Carrots with Rice
Simmer about 40 min until rice is cooked through:
- 1 bunch fresh, small carrots, scraped and halved lengthwise
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp each cumin and coriander
- 2 tbs raw rice
- juice and zest of 1 lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
Place on a serving plate and sprinkle with crushed dried mint.
Greek Sesame Potatoes
- 2 cups potato flakes, prepared
Add:
- 6 black olives chopped
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 2-3 crushed saltines
- salt and pepper to taste
Form into balls or patties and roll in sesame seeds. Fry until brown in olive oil or
butter.
Greek Zucchini
In 3 tbs olive oil, saute
- 1 bunch chopped green onions
- 4 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
Add
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp coriander
Place in the sauce:
- 4 zucchini, quartered lengthwise
Cover the pan and simmer 25 minutes. Sprinkle with lemon juice.
Greek Lemon Potatoes
Place in a buttered casserole:
- 2 lbs potatoes, peeled and quartered
Pour over them:
- juice and zest of 2 lemons
- 1 cup water
- Dot with butter
Bake 1 hr. at 375.
Leeks and Rice
Saute together in 1/4 cup olive oil for 5 min:
- 1 bunch leeks, cleaned and sliced thin
- 2 onions quartered and sliced thin
Add and simmer together for 10 minutes
- 1 cup cooked rice
- juice and zest of 1 lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
Serve on a platter sprinkled with chopped parsley.
Italian Celery
Cook for ten minutes in 3/4 cup water with 1 chicken boullion
cube:
- 1 large bunch celery, cut in six inch pieces with leaves removed
Drain and arrange on platter.
Heat 3 tbs olive oil in a small skillet; add and cook 3-4 min. without browning:
Add and heat thoroughly:
- 1 can anchovies, chopped
- 1 small jar pimientos, cut into strips
- 2 tbs parsley chopped
- 1 tbs lemon juice or vinegar
- freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste
Pour over celery. Serve hot or chilled.
Northern Potatoes
Toss together and mix well:
- 6 potatoes, peeled and grated
- 1 small onion, grated
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup hot milk
- 3 tbs melted butter
- 1 tsp salt
Spread into a well greased shallow baking pan (7 x 11). Bake at 350 for 1 hr. Sprinkle
1/4 cup chopped parsley on top and serve hot.