Carrots are a vegetable that is rich in vitamins, useful for the cardiovascular system, contributes to the normalization of blood pressure and the prevention of various diseases. Therefore, it is necessary for both adults and kids.
In addition, fresh carrots are an excellent antioxidant and help cleanse the body. Nutritionists advise eating dishes from fresh carrots to those who want to get rid of excess weight and put the body in order. Recipes for salads from fresh (and not only) carrots are very diverse. It goes well with radishes, cucumbers, green peas, pickled mushrooms and cabbage. Sometimes meat or seafood is added to it. You can fill such a treat with various sauces, but it is best to use vegetable oil, as it promotes the absorption of carotene.
If desired, spices, onions, garlic and walnuts are added. This dish can be prepared for an ordinary family dinner or for a festive table. It is not difficult to cope with cooking, it is not necessary to have serious culinary skills and experience. It is enough to carefully follow all the recommendations and instructions and not to violate the proportions. If everything is done correctly, the result will surely please both the guests and the cook.
Ensalada mediterranea. A very simple and very popular salad in Spain – in the hot season, it can probably replace a full lunch. In every country, even in every region of a more or less large country, there is a salad that the locals eat most often. In Spain, at least on the Costa Blanca, it is ensalada mediterranea (Mediterranean salad) or ensalada mixta (mixed salad). By and large, there is only one difference – in the Mediterranean oil is always olive, in the mixed one there can be any vegetable. Don’t wait for an exact recipe – it doesn’t exist. I will tell you how it is most often prepared in our region.
The dishes of Latvian cuisine are not particularly bright, made from ordinary products, but the main thing is that they are hearty and delicious, with their own “zest”. Wheat did not grow well in all regions of Latvia, so they baked from rye flour, for example, the famous Kurzeme “sklandrausis”. For the detailed recipe, thanks to A. Saulestiba. For 10 pcs. double the serving size. The diameter of each is 11 cm, the height is 2 cm
There are many recipes for cooking shurpa, because every housewife has several variations. But there are some mandatory points that must be taken into account, otherwise you will not get a real Uzbek shurpa. I recommend it.
I want to share a recipe for an unusual liver cake. Instead of the dough, I use corn pancakes, and the filling will be chicken liver pate. It turns out delicious and tender.
I offer a delicious lentil soup cooked in a broth of boiled chicken thigh fillet with potatoes and carrots. There is no need to increase the calorie content of the dish with sauteed carrots, and the necessary amount of fat is in the meat, which will help better assimilation of vitamin A.
Ropa vieja-in translation means “old clothes”, “torn rags”, “rags”. This is boiled beef, then disassembled into fibers, in a spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions, sweet peppers and olives. In appearance, the dish resembles torn scraps of bright fabrics, which is why it received such an unusual name.
Carrot and chicken salad tastes very satisfying and spicy, due to smoked cheese and spices. The main thing is not to over-salt this salad, since smoked cheese is very salty.