The Best Soup I've Ever Made.

Chicken breast 400g

Vegetable stock 2 (not sure if necessary)

Red pepper 0,5 - 1
Sweet potato 1 large
Carrot 1 massive or an equivalent

Celery sticks 3
Spinach more than you were planning
Onion 1
Leek they kind of turn into nothing anyway
Optional: Chilli or something that would make it taste sour.

Get your largest pot, and, obviously, start with the chicken. Dice it and into the pot of boiling water it goes. My dad's aunt goes a far as to boiling the chicken for a short period of time and then tossing away the 'bad water', but I just wash 'the death's juice' away under a tap of warm water before cutting it. Then the sweet potato, carrots have to be grated and fried on some oil, maybe even with the onion, but I just cut the onion in a half and in the pot it goes. Celery, pepper, spinach and leek. It cooks pretty fast, except for celery, I think. Uh. Yeah, so don't over-boil it. Better switch the heat off before tossing in spinach and leek. Then let it stay, ideally, for 40 minutes. God, don't you know how to boil a soup?

I really like it served with a spoonful of sour-cream or creme fraiche. I think soy sauce also works with it. What doesn't it work with?

Crepe rolls

Crepes filled with: ...

Some oil, a can of chopped tomatoes with herbs, plenty of spinach, 5-6 eggs and soy sauce. This has to go in a fry-pan and be stirred occasionally. Wen it's almost cooked, extract the excess water and make wraps with the product and some grated cheese (optional - wasabi). Fry the wraps on some butter until golden or crispy and serve, possibly with soured cream/creme fraiche or Japanese mayo 'Kewpie'.

Rice meal.

I was in a pinch of having nothing to eat for breakfast, so, as always, I made something out of nothing.

I boiled 1 cup of rice (happened to be Thai fragrant) and, while the rice was cooling down, I made this:

Olive oil lots
Onion 1
Celery sticks 2
Paprika 0,5
Miso paste a big teaspoon
Wasabi paste 5cm :)

Cooked everything, seasoned the rice with I can't say what, sort of violet seaweed (really good) and then mixed in the vegetables. Yum! By the way, some sushi vinegar would have been nice in the vegetables.

More food.

I have no time at all because I have to pack my bags for my flight tomorrow, yet I'm cooking. Cooking Chicken with vegetable... Chow. Sooo, here's how you marinade chicken:

Lemon (slices or juice)
Garlic
Rosemary
Olive oil

And here's how you cook them vegetables:

Carrots
Potatoes
Salt
Olive oil
Aubergine
Paprika
Beef stock
Oregano
Basil
Rosemary
Pepper
Parsley
Cumin
Coriander
What else?

Pre-boil diced potatoes and carrots in salted water, fry aubergine and paprika in lots of olive oil, add everything else, water, mix and cover. Don't forget to something. Whatever. Cook the chicken separately, sprinkle with salt whenever. It's kind of changes the taste when you salt it to the end. Probs not the taste we are used to.

You may kiss le cook.

Um... Tofu-egg thingy... A man's comfort food. Period.

0.5 pack cubed firm tofu in a pan, biblical amounts of oil and curry powder, whisk 2 eggs with 1 tbs of soy sauce, pour over the fried tofu, low heat, turn over. Voilà! - a man's comfort food.

Tai Vel Makaronai

labai paprastas receptas: ypatingai nekaltas alyvu aliejus, puse tubeles dvigubos koncentracijos pomodoru pastos, puse skardines kapotu pomidoru su zolelemis ir cesnaku (arba pjaustyti pomidorai ir kapotas cesnakas), labai daug sampiniJonu, dziovintu raudonelio, baziliko ir daug petrazoliu, siek tiek druskytes, nemazai vandens praskiesti tai pastai ir kai isvirs, sumaisyti su makaronais, i lekstute ir uzbastyti tarkuotu ypatingai subrendusiu cederio suriu, bet kad neistirptu iki galo. voila!
p.s. ultra-gerai suveike prideti smulkiai pjaustyti rauginti agurkeliai ir siek tiek sutriuskinto cili.

Super-tasty Spinach Salad

Lots of fresh spinach leaves
2 tomatoes
15 green pitted olives
2 hard boiled eggs
Olive oil
Oregano
Parsley
Black pepper
Salt


Cut spinach to thin strips, tomatoes to thin pieces also, and olives to 'o' slices. Mix everything apart from eggs and put it in a dish, top it with sliced eggs.

Super-simple Curry

You'd better believe me when I say I invented/discovered the easiest dish in the world! I'll just get on with it then.


You'll need:
Frozen vegetables
Curry powder
Cream
Salt

Do I need to walk you through this? Just boil the vegetebles in a pot until they're aaalmost ready (I chose broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots, green peas and spinach (you want to cut those to small pieces after they're boiled)), you drain them and toss them into a frypan to cook in olive oil covered, you add lots of curry, mix everything and 20 minutes before it's ready you add  cream! And that's that!
Oh, for a full meal boil some rice (brown short grain is super-good with that!).

And there you have it! Pretty straightforward for a tasty meal like this, huh? :)

Found some Concentrato di Pomodoro in the fridge.

Ei, vienintele followere, išradau naują receptą! Tiesą pasakius du. Tik prisimink, kad didžioji dalis idėjų pasaulyje yra building up on previous ideas.

•Pasta

Pasta (spaghetti) for 3

Salt

Butter

Olive oil (Napolina, lemon and dill flavoured)

Tomatoes 2

Dried basil

Garlic cloves 3

Lemon juice

Concentrato di pomodoro (tomato pasta?) 50g

Salt

Boil pasta in salted water until it's still a bit hard on the inside; if you're not planning on serving it right away, bear in mind that even if drained, pasta will continue to soften and it's not as good overcooked.

For the sauce use a frying pan. Throw diced tomatoes in plenty of preheated olive oil, sprinkle dried basil and chopped garlic on top, mix it, add a dash of lemon juice and the concentrated tomatoes :), mix it again, add some salt to your liking, mix it yet again (I know...) and let it rest off the hob for a bit.

Mix it well with pasta, and sprinkle with oregano and pepper for decoration. Oh, I kept on adding hot water to it because it was too concentrated and kept on drying further. You have to dilute the sauce to mix it evenly with pasta.

•Couscous 

For cooking couscous, use the same recipe I've reccomended previously, but add a bag of Chai tea and a bit of butter to the boiling water.

Olive oil (Napolina, lemon and dill flavoured)

Tomatoes 3

Dried basil

Concentrato di pomodoro 50g

Greek style salad cheese 100g

Eggs 2

Salt

Lemon

Thai sweet chilli sauce

Again, diced tomatoes went into a fry pan with the preheated oil, basil was sprinkled liberally, concentrate was added... I don't like this way of writing. OK, then sprinkle the crumbled cheese, throw in the two eggs, sprinkle some salt on them and, this important, don't mix it too much. Don't move anything until the eggs start turning white, then mix it a bit and leave it again. But make sure the sauce doesn't start burning and, also keep on adding hot water trough the course to dilute it. Let it rest off-hob.

Add it on top of the couscous, add some sweet chilli sauce, squeeze few drops of lemon on top and decorate it with a half a slice of lemon sticking out of the pool of the chilli sauce and swallow your tongues :)

Couscous Recipes

There are some things I like to eat with couscous. This is the recipe for easy-made couscous. If you're Mr. Fancy-pants, you can steam it, use Chai bags or stock to alter the flavour.

When cooking any of these, I usually have to add water during the process so that it would not start burning.

I'll start with the easiest one which makes a soft-tasting breakfast.

Olive oil

Tomatoes

Celery sticks

Paprika (optional)

Soy sauce (optional)

Dried parsley

Black pepper

Salt

Ground coriander

Eggs

Olive oil

Tomatoes

Mushrooms

Black pepper

Dried parsley

Eggs

Soy sauce

Salt

Cheddar cheese (extra mature, crumbled)

 I tried arranging these in order of  going to the pan, well, more or less. As for the amount, just work it out yourselves. Usually it's 2-3 tomatoes, 3-5 celery sticks and 2-3 eggs. When you put eggs in, mix everything and make sure the eggs are cooked. The vegetables should still retain some crunchiness. Just top a plate of couscous with that or mix it in a pan and enjoy a mild-tasting meal.

Meats that go well with couscous are chicken and fish. I have another recipe that's quite easy yet very tasty.

You'll need to shallow fry some Coriander Chicken, some couscous (link to recipe above) and some probably Mexican-tasting stew:

Olive oil

Tomatoes

Green paprika

Lime

Dried chilli

Salt

Fresh parsley leaves

It's super-simple - just cut it however you want it, squeeze a half of lime over it when it's cooked for a bit, leave the rind in the pan, make it chili with chilli, salt, cut parsley and 'tadah!' But make sure everything's cooked this time.