Green Salad with Carrots (Havuclu Yesil Salata)

½ lettuce or iceberg, finely chopped
2 carrots, shredded
2 green onions, chopped
½ cup fresh dill, finely chopped
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp vinegar
½ tsp salt

In a small bowl, mix olive oil, vinegar and salt. Then mix the rest of the ingredients in a big bowl. Pour oil mixture on top of the big bowl and mix them all. Place the salad to salad plates and serve.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
½ marul yada kivircik, ince dogranmis
2 havuc, rendelenmis
2 yesil sogan, dogranmis
½ su bardagi taze dere otu
2 yemek kasigi sizma zeytin yagi
1 tatli kasigi sirke
½ tatli kasigi tuz

Kucuk bir kapta zeytin yagi, tuz ve sirkeyi karistirin. Diger salata malzemelerini salata tabagina alin ve uzerine sirke-sizma zeytinyagi karisimini ilave edip hepsini karistirin.
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Cookies With Walnut (Cevizli Kurabiye)

110-120 gr / ¼ lb butter (soft, at room temperatue)
1 egg
½ cup yogurt
1 cup sugar
3-4 cups flour
1/3 cup raisins
1/3 cup walnuts
½ tsp baking soda

In a large container, place the soft butter and sugar. Mix them evenly with your hands to dissolve the sugar. Then add egg, yogurt, baking soda and half of flour, kneading slowly. Add the remaining flour slowly and knead till the dough does not stick to your hands.
After that, add the raisins in the dough and mix evenly. Then take walnut size pieces from the dough and round them into your palms. Insert a few pieces of walnuts on their tops.
Place them on a greased tray or tray with baking paper making some room between them. Preheat the oven to 350-360 F (180 C) and bake until they turn to light golden brown (approximately 25-30 minutes).
This recipe makes about 35 cookies with walnut.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
110- 120 gr margarin /butter (oda sicakliginda beklemis, yumusak)
1 yumurta
1 su bardagi seker
½ su bardagi yogurt
3-4 su bardagi un
1/3 su bardagi kuru uzum
1/3 su bardagi parcalanmis ceviz
½ paket / 1 cay kasigi kabartma tozu

Genis bir kapta oda sicakligindaki margarin /tereyag ve sekeri iyice elinizle karistirin. Sonra yumurtayi, yogurdu, un ve kabartma tozunu yavas yavas ilave ederek yogurun. Elinize yapismayan bir hamur elde edene kadar un ilave edin ve yogurun.
Hamur kivamini bulunca, icine kuru uzumleri ilave edin ve karistirin. Hamurdan ceviz buyuklugunde parcalar alip yuvarlayin ve yuvarladiginiz hamurlarin uzerine bir kac tane ceviz parcasi batirin.
Yaglanmis firin tepsisine ya da yagli kagit serilmis tepsiye araliklarla dizin ve onceden isittiginiz 180 C (350-360 F) firinda, kurabiyelerin uzerleri hafifce kizarana dek pisirin (yaklasik 25-30 dakika).
Tariften yaklasik 35 tane cevizli kurabiye cikiyor.
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Eggs With Tomato (Domatesli Yumurta)

2 tomatoes, finely diced / 1 cup crushed tomato
3 eggs, beaten
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp sugar
2 tbsp butter
A pinch of basil on top (optional)

Place butter in a pan and melt. Then add the tomatoes and cook them over low-medium heat till their water evaporates (4-5 minutes). Add salt and sugar. Then add the beaten eggs and cook until the eggs are done.
You can sprinkle dried basil on top. Serve warm.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
2 domates, kucuk dogranmis / 1 su bardagi domates puresi
3 yumurta, cirpilmis
1 cay kasigi tuz
½ cay kasigi seker
2 yemek kasigi tereyag
Bir tutam kuru feslegen (istege bagli)

Bir tavaya tereyagini koyun, eridikten sonra domatesleri ilave edin ve suyunu cekene dek hafif ateste pisirin (4-5 dakika). Tuz ve sekeri ilave edip karistirdiktan sonra, cirpilmis yumurtalari ilave edin. Yumurtalar pisene dek pisirin.
Isterseniz uzerine kuru feslegen serpebilirsiniz. Sicak servis yapin.
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Banana Milk Shake (Muzlu Sut)

4 bananas
2 cups milk
½ cup purified water
2 tbsp honey /sugar

Place all the ingredients in a food or fruit processor and mix them all. After that leave the milk shake in the fridge for 1-2 hours and serve cool.
You can add some ice to your milk shake.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
4 muz
2 su bardagi sut
½ su bardagi su
2 yemek kasigi bal /seker

Rondo ya da meyve parcalayicisi yardimi ile butun malzemeleri guzelce karistirin. Buzdolabinda 1-2 saat bekletin ve soguk servis yapin.
Isterseniz, muzlu sute buz ilave edebilirsiniz.
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Turkish Style Lemonade (Limonata)

2-3 lemon
1 cup sugar
2 lt (8-10 cup) water

Wash the lemons and slice them finely with the skins. Place one layer lemon slices on the bottom of a wide bowl (see the picture). Then spread half of the sugar on them (see the picture). Then put another layer of sliced lemons (see the picture) and spread the remained sugar on top (see the picture). Cover the bowl with plastic wraps; make sure it is air and sun light tight.
Leave it all night long (10-12 hours). In the morning, you will see that the sugar is dissolved in the lemon juice. Then with a food processor smash the lemon slices with their skins. Add 8-10 cups of water and mix. Strain the mixture to remove the skins.
You can also adjust the sugar amount at the end. Serve lemonade cool with some ice.
ENJOY!

P.S: To prevent the loss of Vitamin C, keep your lemonade covered and cool. Do not leave it under sun light. Do not use metal spoon to mix. Consume in 30 minutes after serving.
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TURKCE
2-3 limon
1 su bardagi seker
2 lt su (8-10 su bardagi)

Limonlari yikayin ve kabuklarini soymadan ince ince dilimleyin. Genis bir kasenin dibini limon dilimleri ile doseyin (resime bakin) ve uzerini seker ile kaplayin (resime bakin). Uzerine geri kalan dilimleri de yayin (resime bakin)ve sekerin tamamini uzerini ortecek sekilde yayin (resime bakin). Uzerini hava almayacak ve gunes gormeyecek sekilde kapatin.
Bir gece boyunca (10-12 saat)bekletin. Sabah, limonlarin su saldigini ve sekerin limon suyu icinde eridigini goreceksiniz. Rondoda ya da meyve parcalayicida kabuklariyla beraber limonlari parcalayin ve 2 lt su ilave edip karistirin. Bir kevgir ya da suzgec ile suzun.
Seker miktarini ayarlayabilirsiniz. Limonatayi uzerine buz ilave ederek soguk servis yapin.
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NOT: C vitamin kaybini onlemek icin, limonatanin uzerini kapali tutun, sicakta ve gun isiginda birakmayin. Metal kasik ile karistirmayin. Servis yapildiktan sonra 30 dakika icinde tuketin.

Stuffed Baked Potato (Kumpir)

1 big sweet or yellow potato
1 tbsp butter
2-3 tbsp mozzarella/ cheddar /parmesan, shredded
A pinch of salt

Filling options:

Grated carrots
Sliced pickles
Green olives /pepper stuffed green olives, sliced
Black olives, sliced
Sweet corn
Coleslaw
Sweet peas
Red cabbage, sliced finely (squeezed with salt, washed and drained)
Chopped dill
Ketchup
Mayonnaise
Mustard

For microwave: Pierce the potato with a knife in several places and bake in the microwave till it is soft and tender. The time depends on the size of the potato, generally it takes about 10-15 minutes.
For oven: Pierce the potato with a knife in several places and bake in the oven at 425 F (220 C), till it is soft and tender. The time depends on the size, generally it takes about 40-50 minutes.
When it is ready, cut the baked potato lengthwise in half and add salt, shredded cheese and butter inside. With a spoon smash the potato and mix them all. Then you can pick any fillings you like and add into the baked potato.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
1 buyuk boy tatli patates / sari patates
1 yemek kasigi tereyagi
2-3 yemek kasigi rendelenmis kasar peyniri
Bir tutam tuz

Ic malzeme secenekleri:
Rendelenmis havoc
Dilimlenmis salatalik tursusu
Yesil zeytin / biberli yesil zeytin, kucuk dilimlenmis
Siyah zeytin, kucuk dilimlenmis
Misir taneleri
Bezelye taneleri
Mor lahana, ince dogranmis (tuz ile sikildiktan sonra, yikanip, suyu suzulmus)
Beyaz lahana salatasi
Dogranmis dereotu
Ketcap
Mayonez
Hardal

Mikrodalga icin: Patatesi bicakla bir kac yerinde delin ve mikrodalgada yumusayana dek pisirin. Genelde 10-15 dakika olmak uzere patatesin boyutuna gore degisir.
Firin icin: Patatesi bicakla bir kac yerinden delip firinda yumusayana dek 220 C (425 F) sicakliktaki firinda yaklasik 40-50 dakika yumusayana dek pisirin.
Pistikten sonra sicak iken ortasindan ikiye bolun ve icine tuz, tereyagi ve rendelenmis kasari ilave edip, bir kasikla patates ile pure haline gelene dek karistirin. Sonra kumpirin uzerine istediginiz ic malzemeden ilave edin.
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