This salad is filling enough to be a main dish!

Ingredients:

Cubed cooked turkey breast
Canned corn, drained
Avocado, cubed
Lettuce leaves
Oil
Vinegar

Directions:

Whisk oil and vinegar (3 parts oil, 2 parts vinegar) to make a dressing.

In a large bowl, combine all ingredients.  Toss with dressing to coat.

Note: you can also use cubed ham instead of turkey

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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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Ingredients:

4 cups cooked rice (best if cooked at least the day before)
4 tbsp oil
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 eggs
1 lb chicken breasts or thighs, chopped
2 cups chopped vegetables
3/4 tsp salt

Directions:

Heat 1/2 tbsp of oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.  Add the vegetables and cook, stirring periodically, for 5 minutes or until tender.  Sprinkle the vegetables with 1/4 tsp salt. Remove the vegetables from a frying pan into a bowl.

Add another 1/2 tbsp of oil to that frying pan.  Add chichen pieces and cook, stirring periodically, until no longer pink in center when pieces are cut (approximately 7 minutes).  Sprinkle the chicken with 1/2 tsp of salt. Remove chicken from a frying pan into a bowl.

Add the remaining 3 tbsp of oil to the frying pan.  Add the rice and stir until all rice is coated with oil. 

Expose the center of the frying pan by pushing the rice to the sides.  Crack the eggs into the center of the pan.  Stir until all rice is coated with egg.  Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes.

Drizzle the rice with soy sauce.  Add cooked chicken and vegetables.  Stir until everying is mixed. 

Note: using leftover white rice (from at least the day before) makes better fried rice then using freshly boiled rice.

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Ingredients:

1 lb turkey breast cutlets
1 egg
1/2 cup flour
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tbsp oil

Directions:

If the turkey cutlets are too big, cut them into smaller pieces.  Sprinkle turkey cutlets with salt and pepper on both sides.

Whisk the egg in a bowl.  Put the flour on a large plate.

Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat (I like to use 2 frying pans at once to save time).

Dip each turkey cutlet in the egg, then dip into flour on each side, then put on a frying pan.

Cook turkey cutlets for 4 minutes on 1 side, then flip them and cook for 4 minutes on the other side (or until no longer pink inside).

These turkey cutlets go great with cranberry sauce! 

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Ingredients:

1 lb salmon fillets
1 egg
1 onion, minced
2 tbsp flour
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tbsp oil

Directions:

Grind the salmon in the food processor.  Mix with minced onion, egg, flour, salt and pepper until combined.

Heat some oil in the non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.  Form the salmon mixture into patties and put on a frying pan.  Cook for 7 minutes, then flip the patties and cook for another 7 minutes (until cooked through).

Serve with cocktail sauce (a.k.a “shrimp sauce”) for dipping.

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Ingredients:

2 cups of cooked rice
1 shredded carrot
2 cups of chopped vegetables
1 egg
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp oil

Directions:

Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.  Add the shredded carrot and chopped vegetables.  Cook, stirring periodically, for 5 minutes or until tender.

Add another 1 tbsp of oil to the frying pan.  Add cooked rice and stir so it’s mixed with oil and vegetables.

Add a raw egg, then stir very fast so all the rice is coated with egg. 

Drizzle with the soy sauce.  Keep stirring for 2 minutes.

Note: for a vegan version, just omit the eggs.

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Ingredients:

Pizza Crust
Pineapple, chopped (or use canned pineapple chunks) 
Onion, sliced
Tomato sauce
Shredded Cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425F.

Spread the pizza crust with tomato sauce.  Put onion slices and pineapple chunks on top.  Sprinkle with shredded cheese.

Bake for 20 minutes, or until cheese has melted.

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These are the most tender and juicy meatballs I’ve ever tasted!

Ingredients:
1 lb ground meat (beef or turkey)
1 onion, minced
1/4 cup bread crumbs
3 tbsp water
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1 tbsp oil
1 jar (26 oz) pasta sauce

Directions:

In a bowl, combine the ground meat, minced onion, bread crumbs, water, salt and pepper.

Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Form the meat mixture into balls and put them on a frying pan. Cook for 3 minutes, then turn the meatballs over with a spatula and cook for another 3 minutes.

Pour the pasta sauce over the meatballs. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 30 minutes.

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