This recipe is Russian, and the Russian name of it is “Macaroni Po-Flotski” which translates as “Pasta A-La-Sailor”.  It is made with the items that are always around (pasta, ground meat and onion), so it’s one of those great “emergency meals” :)

Ingredients:

Pasta (tubular shapes work best) – 1 lb
Ground beef or other ground meat – 2 lbs
2 onions, chopped.
Oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Cook the pasta according to package directions. 

Heat 1 tbsp of oil on a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.  Add the onions, and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and golden-brown.  Add the ground meat, and cook, stirring occassionally, until no longer pink.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Optional step: process cooked ground meat and onion mixture in a food processor.

Heat another 2 tbsp of oil in a large non-stick frying pan.  Add cooked pasta and cooked ground meat and onion mixture.  Stir until the pasta is coated with oil and mixed with the ground meat.

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Ingredients:

1 small can of tuna, drained
1 hard-boiled egg
1/4 cup mayo
Salt and pepper to taste
4 slices of bread
Lettuce leaves

Directions:

1. Make a tuna salad

Mash the hard-boiled egg with a fork.  Add the tuna and mix with egg.  Add the mayo and stir to combine.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

2. Assemble the sandwiches

Divide the tuna salad into 2 equal parts.  Spread the tuna salad on 2 bread slices.  Top with lettuce leaves.  Top with 2 remaining bread slices.

Makes 2 sandwiches

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Here’s how to make moist and tender scrambled eggs:

• Drizzle the non-stick frying pan with oil and turn on the heat to medium-high
• Crack the eggs onto a frying pan and sprinkle with a handful of shredded cheese
• Reduce heat to medium
• Stir the eggs with a spatula, and keep stirring until almost set
• The moment the eggs are almost set, remove the scrambled eggs from the frying pan into a plate

Don’t overcook the eggs!  If you keep them in a frying pan until fully set, they will be tough.  If you want moist and tender scrambled eggs, the key is removing them from the pan when they are almost set - they will finish cooking on the plate (from the residual heat).

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Forget about those overpriced cans of coffee latte!  You can make your own iced coffee at home for a fraction of the cost of canned ones.  Plus a homemade iced coffee has much better taste!  Just imagine how long the coffee in those cans has been sitting out there… yuck!  Your own iced coffee latte is fresh and good!

This iced coffee latte keeps for several days in the refrigerator (as long as the pitcher is closed… if your pitcher doesn’t have a lid, cover it with the plastic wrap).

• Grind 1 cup of coffee beans in a coffee grinder.
• Put ground coffee in a coffee filter of the coffeemaker.
• Pour 7 cups of filtered or bottled water in the coffee maker.
• Brew the coffee.
• Pour the coffee from the coffeemaker carafe into a pitcher.
• Add 7 tbsp of sugar and stir.
• Add 1 cups of milk and stir.
• Refrigerate until cold.

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Ingredients for blueberry muffins recipe:

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup plain lowfat yogurt
1 package (12 oz) frozen blueberries (or you can use fresh)

Directions on how to make blueberry muffins:

Preheat oven to 375F.

In a large bowl, beat eggs with sugar.  Stir in the oil and vanilla.

Add flour and sprinkle with baking powder and baking soda.  Don’t stir yet.

Add yogurt, then mix everything.  Stir in the blueberries.

Spray 12 non-stick muffin cups with cooking spray.  Put the batter in muffin cups.  Bake for 35 minutes.

Enjoy your blueberry muffins!

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