Crab Salad with Corn (Misirli Yengec Salatasi)

½ lb crab meat/imitation crab meat, chunk
½ cup mayonnaise
½-2/3 cup yogurt
¼ cup mustard (optional)
½ cup pickle slices, cut into small pieces
½ cup sweet corn
¼ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp salt to taste
¼ tsp thyme
2 pairs of fresh parsley, chopped (optional)

Mix all the ingredients but the drab meat in a bowl. Then stir in crab meat and combine all of them. Transfer into a salad plate and serve.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
250 gr yengec eti/imitasyon yengec eti, dogranmis
½ su bardagi mayonez
½ -2/3 su bardagi yogurt
¼ su bardagi hardal (istege bagli)
½ su bardagi salatalik tursusu dilimi, kucuk parcalara kesilmis
½ su bardagi misir tanesi
½ cay kasigi karabiber
½ cay kasigi tuz
½ cay kasigi kekik
2 dal taze maydanoz, dogranmis (istege bagli)

Yengec eti haric butun malzemeyi bir kasede karistirin ve sonra yengec etini ilave edip harmanlayin. Salata tabagina alin ve servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Bulgur Pilaf (Bulgur Pilavi)

1 cup bulgur wheat, whole grain large, washed and drained
1 onion, chopped
1 tomato, diced
1 tsp tomato paste (optional)
1 banana/green pepper, chopped
2 tbsp butter/oil
2 cups hot chicken stock/2 cups hot water and chicken bouillon
1 tsp salt to taste (1/2 tsp if using chicken bouillon)

In a medium saucepan, sauté butter/olive oil and onions for about 2-3 minutes over medium heat. Then stir in tomato paste and tomatoes, sauté for about 2 minutes. And then stir in peppers. After a while add bulgur and sauté for 2-3 minutes.

Add hot chicken stock/ hot water and chicken bouillon, and salt.Stir well and turn heat low when it boils. Close the lid and simmer till the bulgur 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

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TURKCE
1 su bardagi bulgur, pilavlik, yikanip suzulmus
1 sogan, dogranmis
1 domates, dogranmis
1 tatli kasigi domates salcasi (istege bagli)
1 carliston/yesil biber, dogranmis
2 yemek kasigi tereyag/sivi yag
2 su bardagi sicak tavuk suyu/2 su bardagi sicak su ve tavuk bulyon
1 tatli kasigi tuz (tavuk bulyon kullanirken 1/2 tatli kasigi tuz)

Orta boy bir tencerede tereyagi/sivi yag ile sogani orta ateste 2-3 dakika boyunca kavurun. Sonra domates salcasi ve domatesi ilave edin ve 2 dakika daha kavurup biberleir ila edin. Bir sure sonra bulguru ilave edin ve 2-3 dakika daha karistirarak kavurun.

Sicak tavuk suyu/sicak su ve tavuk bulyonu ve tuz ilave edin. 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

Ana Sayfaya Don

Green Beans with Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Yesil Fasulye)

1 lb green beans, fresh/frozen cut in 2-3
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp tomato paste
1 tomato, diced
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt to taste
½ tsp sugar
¼ tsp black pepper (optional)
½-1 cup hot water

In a pot, sauté onions with olive oil. Then add tomato paste and tomatoes, sauté over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. And then stir in green beans. If you use fresh green beans, wash them and drain. Cut them in French style or 1 inch pieces. If using frozen beans, just add them into the pot. Do not thaw them.
Cook the green beans for a couple of minutes and then stir in salt, sugar and hot water. Close the lid and simmer over low heat till the green beans are cooked.
Sprinkle some black pepper on top (optional), before serving.
ENJOY

***This is a vegetarian dish.

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TURKCE
½ kg yesil fasulye, taze/dondurulmus, 2-3'e kesilmis
1 sogan, dogranmis
1 tatli kasigi domates salcasi
1 domates, dogranmis
3 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi seker
½ cay kasigi karabiber (istege bagli)
½-1 su bardagi sicak su

Bir tencerede sogan ile zeytinyagini kavurun. Sonra domates salcasi ve domatesi ilave edin ve orta ateste 2-3 dakika daha kavurup yesil fasulyeyi ilave edin. Eger taze fasulye kullaniyorsaniz guzelce yikayip dograyin.  Dondurulmus fasulyeyi cozundurmeden direk tencereye koyun.
Yesil fasulyeleri de bir kac dakika kavurun. Son olarak tuz, seker ve suyu ilave edin ve kapagini kapatarak kisik ateste yesil fasulyeler pisene dek pisirin.
Servis yapmadan once karabiber serpebilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN

***Bu bir vejeteryan tarifidir.

Ana Sayfaya Don

Shrimp Fettucine with Pesto (Pesto Soslu Karidesli Makarna)

1 lb Fettucine
~1 lt chicken stock/ chicken bouillon
½ lb shrimp, cooked, peeled and deveined
½-1 cup Basil Pesto

Cook Fettucine according to the instructions on the package. But use chicken stock instead of water or use a chicken bouillon. Drain and stir in cooked shrimps and combine with Basil Pesto.
Serve Shrimp Fettucine with Pesto warm.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
½ kg (450 gr) Fettucine Makarna
~1 lt tavuk suyu/tavuk bulyonu
200-250 gr karides, pisirilmis ve temizlenmis
½ -1 su bardagi Feslegen Pesto sosu

Fettucine makarnayi paketin uzerindeki talimatlara gore tavuk suyunda ya da tavuk bulyonu kullanarak pisirin. Suyunu suzun ve pismis karideslerle beraber feslegenli pesto sosunu ilave edip guzelce karistirin ve sicak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Basil Pesto (Feslegenli Pesto Sosu)

2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 cups fresh basil/1 tbsp dried basil
½ cup parmesan cheese, grated
1/3 cup pine nuts/walnuts (optional)
¼ tsp black pepper
4-5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tbsp lemon juice (optional)
A pinch of salt

Combine all the ingredients in a food processor. Form a puree like mixture. Then you can add some more olive oil if you like.
Basil Pesto is a very yummy Italian sauce which is good to go with any kind of pasta and macaroni.
You can store Basil Pesto sealed in the fridge for 3-4 days and also in the freezer up to 2-3 months.
ENJOY

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2-3 dis sarimsak, dovulmus
2 su bardagi taze feslegen/1 yemek kasigi kuru feslegen
½ su bardagi Parmesan/sert peynir, rendelenmis
1/3 cup cam fistigi/ceviz (istege bagli)
½ cay kasigi karabiber
4-5 yemek kasigi sizma zeytinyagi

1 yemek kasigi limon suyu (istege bagli)
Bir tutam tuz

Butun malzemeleri rondo/ mutfak robotunda iyice pure kivamina getirin. Isterseniz biraz daha zeytinyagi ilave edebilirsiniz.
Feslegenli Pesto sosu makarnalarin uzerine cok yakisan bir Italyan sosudur. Hazirladiginiz sosu agzi kapali olarak buzdolabinda 3-4 gun, buzlukta ise 2-3 ay boyunca muhafa edebilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Brownie

~200 gr (8 ounce) unsweetened chocolate
1 cup butter
4-5 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla/1 pckg vanilla
1-1/2 cups flour

2 tbsp cocoa
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts, toasted

Preheat oven to 375 F (190 C). Grease a 9 x 13 inch Pyrex/pan.
Melt chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat; set aside. With a mixer, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla at high speed for 8-10 minutes. Blend in chocolate mixture, flour, cocoa and salt until just mixed. Stir in the nuts. Pour into prepared Pyrex/pan.
Bake for 35-40 minutes (Do not over bake). Cool and frost if desired, but that is not necessary.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
~200 gr (8 ounce) tatlandirilmamis cikolata
1 su bardagi tereyagi
4-5 yumurta
3 su bardagi seker
1 ½ su bardagi un

2 yemek kasigi kakao
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 yemek kasigi vanilya ekstrakti/1 paket toz vanilya
1- ½ su bardagi ufalanmis ceviz/pekan cevizi, hafif kavrulmus

Firini 190 C (375 F) dereceye isitin ve 23x32 cm lik borcam/firin tepsisini yaglayin.
Cikolata ve tereyagini bir tavada kisik ateste eritin ve kenara ayirin. Mikser ile yumurta, seker ve vanilyayi yuksek devirde 8-10 dakika boyunca karistirin. Sonra, cikolata karisimini, un, kakao ve tuzu ilave edin ve karistirin. Ceviz/pekan cevizi ilave edin. Yaglanmis tepsiye dokun.
35-40 dakika boyunca pisirin (fazla pisirmemeye dikkat edin). Sogutun ve isterseniz uzerine krema surun, fakat buna gerek kalmayacaktir.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

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