Greek Salad (Yunan Salatasi)

2 ripe tomatoes, chopped bite sizes
1 cucumber, chopped in bite sizes
1 onion, sliced circularly (preferably red)
1banana/green pepper, sliced
2-3 pairs of fresh parsley, chopped (optional)
½ cup feta cheese, crumbled or diced
6-8 black olives/kalamata olives
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp salt to taste

Place the tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, pepper and onions in a salad plate. Drizzle vinegar and extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle salt. Then, toss with black/kalamata olives and feta cheese.
Greek Salad is good to go with any kind of meat and vegetable dish.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
2 olgun domates, dogranmis
1 salatalik, dogranmis
1 sogan, halka halka dogranmis (tercihen mor sogan)
1 carliston/yesil biber, halka halka dogranmis
2-3 dal maydanoz, dogranmis (istege bagli)
½ su bardagi beyaz peynir, ufalanmis/ kup kup kesilmis
6-8 tane siyah zeytin
3 yemek kasigi sizma zeytinyagi
1 yemek kasigi sirke
1 tatli kasigi tuz

Domates, salatalik, biber, sogan ve maydanozu salata tabagina alin. Uzerine sizma zeytinyagi, tuz ve sirkeyi ilave edip guzelce karistirin. Uzerine beyaz peynir ve siyah zeytin koyarak servis yapin.
Yunan Salatasi her turlu et ve sebze yemeginin yanina yakisan bir yaz salatasidir.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Spinach Turkey/Chicken (Ispanakli Hindi/Tavuk)

2 turkey/chicken breasts
1 lb spinach (also canned/frozen can be used)
1 onion, chopped
2 tbsp olive oil

1 cup mozzarella/cheddar cheese, shredded
1 tsp salt to taste
½ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp red pepper flakes

Bechamel Sauce:
2 cups milk
2 tbsp flour
4-5 tbsp butter
1 egg, beaten
½ tsp salt to taste

Boil turkey/chicken breasts in salty water. Let it cool and then cut it into small pieces. Grease a Pyrex or oven dish and place turkey/chicken over the bottom.
Meanwhile wash spinach, drain and chop (I’ve used canned spinach). In a skillet, sauté onions and spinach with olive oil. Add salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes. After that, spread it over the turkey.
In a pot, prepare the bechamel sauce (click for the béchamel sauce recipe). Stir in half of the shredded cheese. And then, pour it over the spinach. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and cook in a 400F (200 C) oven, till the surface turns to a light brown color (30-40 minutes).
Serve Spinach Turkey/Chicken warm.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
2 adet hindi/tavuk gogsu
1 su bardagi rendelenmis kasar peyniri

½ kg ispanak (konserve/dondurulmus da olabilir)

1 adet sogan, dogranmis
2 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
1 cay kasigi karabiber
½ cay kasigi pulbiber
1 tatli kasigi tuz
Beshamel Sos:

2 su bardagi sut
1 yumurta, cirpilmis
4-5 yemek kasigi tereyagi

1 cay kasigi tuz

Hindi/tavuk etini iyice haslayin. Firin tepsisini yaglayin. Eti ince ince kesin ya da didin ve tepsisinin dibine doseyin. Ispanaklarin yapraklarini ayiklayip, temizleyin (ben konserve ispanak kullandim) Sogani, 2 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi ile ispanagi kavurun. Tuz, karabiber ve pulbiberi ilave edin. Hindi/tavuklarin uzerine ispanagi yayin.
Son olarak ayri bir tencerede besamel sosunu hazirlayin (besamel sosu tarifi icin tiklayin). Rendelenmis kasar peynirinin yarisini sosa ekleyin. Ispanaklarin uzerine hazirladiginiz besamel sosu yayin. Uzerine artan kasar peynirini serpin. Onceden isitilmis 200 derecelik firinda uzeri iyice kizarana dek pisirin (30-40 dakika).
Ispanakli Hindi’yi sicak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Cabbage with Ground Meat (Kapuska)

½ head of white cabbage, chopped
150-200 gr ground meat
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp tomato paste
1 tomato, diced
2 tbsp oil
1- 1½ cup hot water
Red pepper flakes

In a pot, sauté the ground meat and oil, till the color of the meat changes to brown. Then stir in onion and sauté for 2-3 minutes over medium heat. Stir in tomato paste and tomatoes.
Add chopped cabbage and stir occasionally till the volume of cabbage decreases and changes in color. And then, stir in hot water and salt. Make sure the water does not cover the cabbage (adjust the water amount as you like).
Simmer over low heat for about 18-20 minutes till the cabbage is cooked.
Serve Cabbage with Ground Meat with some red pepper flakes on top.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
½ bas beyaz lahana, dogranmis
150-200 gr kiyma
1 sogan, dogranmis
1 tatli kasigi domates salcasi
1 domates, dogranmis
2 yemek kasig sivi yag
1-1½ su bardagi sicak su
Kirmizi pul biber

Bir tencerede kiyma ile sivi yagi orta ateste kavurun. Kiymanin rengi kahverengiye donunce sogani ilave edin ve 2-3 dakika daha kavurun. Sonra domates salcasi ve domatesleri ilave edin, biraz cevirin.
Dogranmis lahanayi ilave edin ve ara sira karistirarak kavurun. Lahanin hacmi azalip, rengi degisince tuz ve sicak suyu ilave edin. (Su oranini isteginize gore ayarlayin, ama su lahananin uzerine cikmasa iyi olur).
Dusuk ateste yaklasik 18-20 dakika boyunca, lahana pisene dek pisirin.
Kapuskayi uzerine kirmizi pul biber serperek servis yapabilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Asparagus&Potato Salad (Kuskonmaz&Patates Salatasi)

4-5 small potatoes, cut in halves or fours
½ lb asparagus, cut 1 inch
1 cup peas
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
¼ cup onion, minced
1-2 cloves of garlic, minced
½ lemon’s juice
2-3 pairs of fresh dill/parsley
½ cup mayonnaise
¼ tsp black pepper
½ cup yogurt
¼ tsp salt to taste
Lettuce leaves

In boiling salted water, cook potatoes for 15 minutes or just until tender; drain. Place in large bowl. In boiling water, cook asparagus, peas, and peppers 4 minutes, or until just tender; drain. Add to bowl containing potatoes and cover.
In a medium saucepan, combine mayonnaise, onion, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and freshly ground pepper. Cook, stirring until it begins to boil. Stir in parsley/dill. Let it cool and stir in yogurt. Pour sauce over vegetables; toss well to coat evenly. Arrange lettuce on platter, and top with potato salad.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
4-5 tane kucuk patates, ikiye ya da dorde bolunmus
250 gr kuskonmaz, yaklasik 2.5 cm kesilmis
1 su bardagi bezelye
1 kirmizi biber, ince seritler halinde kesilmis
½ cay bardagi rendelenmis sogan
1-2 dis sarimsak, dovulmus
½ limon suyu
2-3 dal taze dere otu/maydanoz
1 cay bardagi mayonez
1 cay bardagi yogurt
½ cay kasigi karabiber
½ cay kasigi tuz
Marul/kivircik yapragi

Bir tencerede patatesleri tuzlu suda 15 dakika kaynatin ve suzun. Buyuk bir kaseye bosaltin. Sonra kuskonmaz, bezelye ve biberleri 4 dakika kadar haslayin ve suzun. Patateslerin bulundugu kaseye ilave edin ve uzerini ortun.
Orta boy bir tavada; mayonez, limon suyu, sogan, sarimsak ve karabiberi kaynamaya baslayana dek pisirin. Maydanoz/dere otunu ilave edin ve karistirin. Biraz sogumasini bekleyin ve soguyunca yogurdu ilave edin. Sebzelerin uzerine dokup guzelce harmanlayin.

Salata tabagina marul/kivircik yapraklarini yayin ve uzerine Kuskonmaz&Patates Salata’sini koyun.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Tomato Pilaf (Domatesli Pilav)

1 cup rice, washed and drained
1 tomato, crushed or petite diced (1/2-2/3 cup)
2 tbsp butter/olive oil
1 tsp salt to taste
½ tsp sugar
1 ½ -2 cups hot water (preferably chicken stock or chicken bouillon)
Fresh parsley for garnish

Wash the rice several times with warm water and drain. Cover the rice with warm water and leave it for 15-20 minutes and drain. If you do not have time for this, just wash the rice and then drain.
In a medium saucepan, sauté butter/olive oil and tomatoes for about 4-5 minutes over medium heat. Then stir in rice and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Add hot water (chicken stock/chicken bouillon), salt and sugar (If you leave the rice in water before cooking, use 1 ½ cup hot water otherwise use 2 cups).
Stir well and turn heat low when it boils. Close the lid and simmer till the rice absorbs all the water. Do not stir while cooking.
Let it cool for a while with the lid on. Before serving, stir well with a wooden spoon. Then place to a serving plate and garnish with fresh parsley.
ENJOY

***This is a vegetarian dish.

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TURKCE
1 su bardagi pirinc, yikanmis ve suzulmus
1 domates, rendelenmis ya da kucuk dogranmis (1/2-2/3 su bardagi)
2 yemek kasigi tereyag/zeytinyagi
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi seker
1 ½ -2 su bardagi sicak su (tercihen tavuk suyu ya da tavuk bulyonu)
Suslemek icin taze maydanoz

Pirinci temiz su cikana dek yikayip suzun. Uzerini ilik su ile kaplayin ve 15-20 dakika dinlenmeye birakin. Sonra suzun. Eger buna zamaniniz yoksa, pirinci sadece yikayip, suzun.
Orta boy bir tencerede tereyagi/zeytinyagi ile domatesi orta ateste 4-5 dakika boyunca sote edin. Pirinci ilave edin ve 2-3 dakika daha karistirarak kavurun. Sicak su, tuz ve sekeri ilave edin ve guzelce karistirin (Eger pisirmeden once pirinci suda beklettiyseniz, 1 ½ su bardagi sicak su, eger bekletmediyseniz 2 su bardagi kullanin).
Kaynamaya baslayinca kisik atese alin kapagini kapatip, suyunu tamamen cekene dek pisirin. Mumkunse pilav piserken karistirmayin.
Pilavin kapagini acmadan biraz ilinmasini bekleyin ve tahta kasikla guzelce karistirip servis tabagina alin. Taze maydanoz ile susleyerek servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

***Bu bir vejeteryan yemegidir.

Ana Sayfaya Don

Creamy Mushroom Soup (Kremali Mantar Corbasi)

½ lb (125 gr) mushroom (any kind), brushed and sliced thinly
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
4 cups of chicken stock/water and chicken bouillon
1 ½ -2 cups milk
1 tbsp salt to taste
Fresh dill or black pepper

In a skillet, melt 1 tbsp of butter and sauté mushrooms over medium heat for about 5-7 minutes. In a pot, melt 2 tbsp of butter and stir in flour. If the flour does not wet enough to be creamy, add some oil. Saute till flour turns to a light golden brown color.

And then, add chicken stock/water and chicken bouillon. Stir well to dissolve flour in water. To obtain a smooth creamy soup, use a blender. Stir in mushrooms and salt. When it starts boiling stir in milk and simmer over low heat for about 15-20 minutes (stir occasionally).
Sprinkle some fresh dill or black pepper on top of Creamy Mushroom Soup and serve warm.
ENJOY

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125 gr mantar (her cesit olabilir), fircalanmis ve ince dilimlenmis
3 yemek kasigi tereyagi
3 yemek kasigi un
4 su bardagi tavuk suyu/su ve tavuk bulyon
1 ½-2 su bardagi sut
1 yemek kasigi tuz
Taze dere otu ya da karabiber

1 yemek kasigi tereyagi ile mantarlari bir tavada sote edin (yaklasik 5-7 dakika). Bir tencerede 2 yemek kasigi tereyag ile unu kavurun. Eger un islanmazsa 1 kasik sivi yag ilave edin. Un hafif kahverengilesmeye baslayinca tavuk suyu/su ve tavuk bulyonu ilave edin.
Unun su icinde cozunmesi icin guzelce karistirin. Eger puruzsuz bir kivam elde edemediyseniz blendir kullanin. Sonra mantarlari ve tuzu ilave edin. Kaynamaya baslayinca sutu ilave edin ve kaynayinca kisik ateste yaklasik 15-20 dakika ara sira karistirarak pisirin.
Servis yapmadan once Kremali Mantar Corbasi’nin uzerine dere otu ya da karabiber serpin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don