5 recipes to give from Lara Katsov

Summer is usually associated with holiday and recreation. Someone goes to the sea - lying under a palm tree, and someone likes to spend time at the cottage with family and friends, proud of their harvest. I love spending time outdoors and I really enjoy cooking of the products, which raised my close friend in the country in the Vladimir region. You go out, to thwart what you need, and you go to cook. No nitrates, pesticides and excitement for their own health. Conversations and laughter in the kitchen, your favorite TV series on the "Home", sitting up in the morning ... In short, a fairy tale.

Therefore, the parallel preparation of breakfast, lunch and dinner does not take all my time and energy, but rather a pleasure. And when friends gather on the veranda, smacked his lips and praise, then I'm on cloud nine.

Meet my favorite summer recipes!

The unusual cucumber salad. Watch the video! ..

Summer salad

This salad is prepared many housewives, and it seems that there is nothing special. Still, it all special. I love this simple, hearty and friendly dish originally from the Soviet Union.

What you need: (4 servings)

• 2-3 radishes beam
• 6-8 cucumbers
• a few sprigs of dill
• a few green onions feathers
• 100 g sour cream, 20% fat (do not like sour cream, take yogurt)
• 4 boiled eggs
• salt and pepper - to taste

How to make holiday salad:

1. Finely chop radishes and cucumbers, send in a bowl.
2. Finely chop the dill and green onions and add to the radishes and cucumbers. Season with salt and pepper. Sour cream. Mix.
3. Arrange the salad on four plates and garnish each serving with egg, cut into 4 slices.

How to quickly cook salted cucumbers. Watch the video! ..

Pumpkin muffins

If your kids are real picky and feed them - infinite problem, then bake for them, these cupcakes. The result will stun you - lovely muffins disappear with the speed of light. Optionally, add the dough chopped ham or smoked sausage. If your child loves dill, then you can add it.

What you need:

• 2 zucchini average size (can take zucchini)
• 2/3 Art. flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 h. Spoon of baking powder
• a pinch of salt 1,
• 1 h. Spoon of sugar

How to Cook Pumpkin muffins:

1. Preheat oven to 200 ° C.
2. Squash, not peeled, grate. Season with salt and stir. Leave in a bowl for a few minutes to highlight the excess liquid, then drain it.
3. In the zucchini add the flour, eggs, baking powder, sugar, mix well.
4. Put the dough into the molds for cupcakes or muffins and bake 20 minutes.

Quick pate

If you have an urgent need to cook something delicious, and the refrigerator was found boiled chicken, cook this wonderful pie.

What you need:

• 300 g of boiled chicken (preferably breast not used, the best meat from the legs, thighs)
• 125 g of each cream cheese
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 handful of walnuts
• a few sprigs of tarragon (I recommend to use it, but if you do not have tarragon, put what you like)
• salt and pepper - to taste

How to make a quick pie:

1. In a blender send chicken, cream cheese, a clove of garlic, passed through the press, salt and pepper. Beat. If you find that the weight is very thick, add a little chicken broth, a little yogurt.
2. The pate send chopped walnuts and chopped tarragon. Again, all beat up. Serve on hot toast.

Chicken liver with apple

It is very tasty and as a separate dish, and as a side dish with rice or mashed potatoes.

What you need:

• 0, 5 kg chicken liver
• 4 green medium-sized apple
• 30-50 ml oil
• salt and pepper - to taste

How to cook chicken liver with apples:

1. Liver Cleanse from films, rinse well and dry with a paper towel.
2. Apples, without removing the peel, remove the core and cut into slices.
3. In a pan put the apples, add a little water and start over medium heat fry. As soon as the fruits begin to disintegrate, add the chicken livers and fry everything on medium heat, add the vegetable oil. Salt and pepper and cook until ready.

Baked eggplants with meat

It is very beautiful and very festive dish of the day, a little harder than the previous ones, but it's worth it, rest assured!

What you need:

• 3 eggplant
• 400 g minced meat (I love the 50 * 50: pork and veal, you can take and minced chicken)
• 1 onion
• 2 medium tomatoes
• 1 tbsp. tomato juice
• 1 paprika
• 2-3 garlic cloves
• 1 pinch dried mint
• 1 pinch dried oregano
• a few sprigs of parsley
• 50 ml of vegetable oil
• salt and pepper - to taste

How to cook a baked eggplant with meat:

1. Eggplant cut into slices 1 cm thick. Season with salt and leave for 20 minutes to highlight the juice, and left bitterness. Rinse and dry with paper towel.
2. Cut the onion in small cubes, add half of the onion mince, mix, add salt and pepper.
3. Prepare the sauce: put out the remaining onion in vegetable oil for 3-5 minutes. Slice the tomatoes and pepper into cubes. To add the onions tomatoes, peppers and garlic, passed through the press, put another 5 minutes and pour the tomato juice, salt and pepper. Bring to boil and turn off. Remove from heat, flavor with mint and oregano and stir.
4. Now assemble the dish before baking: each circle eggplant spread a little stuffing and carefully put it in a form with high sides. As a result, you should get an impromptu snake. Fill sauce and bake at 180 ° C for 45 minutes. Serve with a sprig of parsley.