Crepes With Vegetable Filling

Posted on July 11, 2008

Bring Paris to your kitchen with this excellent dish. You will like thin crepes rolled around an unusual filling of tomatoes, eggplant and pepper. Make crepe batter with whole wheat and add low-calorie cheese and reduce calories. You will need about an hour to prepare the dish from scratch. But crepes can be made ahead and frozen, and filling might be kept in a fridge for about a week.

Filling

  • 1 chopped eggplant (peeled or unpeeled)
  • 1 onion, sliced thinly
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 red bell pepper chopped
  • 2 medium zucchini; sliced into rounds
  • 3 large tomatoes, cored and chopped coarsely
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
  • 2 tablespoons oil, or as needed
  • 1/2 cup grated low-calorie cheese

Crepe Batter

3/4 cup whole wheat or white flour
1 1/4 cups nonfat milk
2 eggs, beaten

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Caribbean Pork Chop

Posted on July 09, 2008

What we need:

  • 2 pork chops
  • 4-5 pieces ham or bacon
  • 1 can pineapple
  • 1 apple
  • 1 sweet pepper
  • 1 garlic clove
  • oil
  • 1 teaspoon starch
  • soy sauce
  • salt
  • pepper
  • honey

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Chicken Cutlets in Pesto Sauce

Posted on June 25, 2008

  • What we need:*
  • 5-6 thin-sliced chicken cutlets
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 4-5 tablespoons flour
  • 4-5 tablespoons pesto
  • salt, pepper,
  • 1/2 cup cheese
  • whipping cream
  • seasonings
  • Wash chicken cutlets, roll them in flour and fry in olive oil for about 2 minutes on each side.

  • Mix whipping cream and seasonings.

  • In the pan melt butter, add pesto and whipping cream mix. Add flour and keep on the
    low heat for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
  • Put cutlets in a baking pan, cover with the pesto sauce, put in the oven and bake for 25 minutes in preheated 375 F oven.

Chicken breast stuffed with cheese and bacon

Posted on June 20, 2008

If you want to cook something delicious to impress your friends, try this dish. It sounds like a lot of work, but it is not. This dish looks good, tastes great, make people think that you are creative, experienced cook. Serve it with salads, or vegetables.

  • What we need:*
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 4-6 pieces of bacon or ham
  • 4-6 pieces of cheese
  • 1/2 glass dry white wine

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Yam Souffle

Posted on June 09, 2008

What we need:

  • 3 cups mashed yams or sweet potatoes
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1 1/4 cups half and half cream
  • 6 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
  • 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 6 eggs, separated

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