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	Fried cauliflower. by Helenscooking You know that I love cauliflower, I had the whole day dedicated to cauliflower in my ***good food*** section on Helen’s Cooking Facebook fan page. Cauliflower is very nutritious, easy to work with and Surprise! Surprise! It’s delicious. This is a signature recipe of my Mom, she cooks cauliflower this way very often. When I was a kid…	1 vote 2407 views
	Potato, zucchini, red bell pepper, with bacon and herbs baked in a pot. by Helenscooking The potato baked with zucchini (squash), red bell pepper, onion, carrot, garlic and some meat is popular in Eastern Europe. (It’s cooked in Poland and Hungary, in Ukraine and Czech Republic) In each region it has different twist though. Even in my…	1 vote 2875 views
	Beef Cutlets Easy by Helenscooking This recipe is very popular in European countries: in Austria it’s called schnitzel, in the US it’s called a cutlet. We cook cutlets with beef and pork, even with fish and chicken. The main thing the fillet/ or loin has to be thin. It’s a great dish for a weekday dinner, 5-10 minutes to cook if the meat is ready to work with (not…	1 vote 2981 views
	12 Cookies of Christmas: Sugar cookies by Helenscooking he 11 days before Christmas are dedicated to cookies. At the end of the day you have to choose the best cookie recipe to treat Santa! So this is my first and favorite cookie recipe! Sugar cookie recipe: Sugar cookie recipe is very simple and yet delicious. It is cooked by my mom for at least 2 decades now. The recipe is good for any…	1 vote 3739 views
	Healthy and Easy Vegan beet salad with prunes! by Helenscooking Beets are like Cinderella, we think that they are not as delish as they are, we rarely cook them and generally, we think that this it is not essential for us. But in reality, there’s much more to it than we think. Beets provide antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and detoxification support.In recent lab studies on human tumor cells,…	1 vote 2346 views
	Button Mushrooms stuffed with minced meat with lemon basil and grapes. by Helenscooking This recipe is really amazing and fast to cook, considering the fact that button mushrooms contain 17 different vitamins, the benefits from this dish increase dramatically. This dish has a long history in my house, it was cooked without cheese and…	1 vote 3222 views
	Lazy homemade pasta with minced pork and beef meat by Helenscooking This recipe is as simple as 1-2-3! You can make it with pasta from a store but it’s more tender and delish if you cook it yourself	1 vote 2491 views
	Vegan spicy sautéed mushrooms in 10 minutes. by Helenscooking It is mushroom season, and I wrote a lot about (button) crimini mushrooms lately. Button mushrooms have an excellent amount of selenium, zinc and manganese; all three are great antioxidant minerals. Also daily intake of crimini mushrooms for 1-2 months can reduce levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and TGs. And if you are…	1 vote 3310 views
	Deviled eggs with shrimp, yellow mustard and basil. by Helenscooking This recipe is inspired by classic deviled eggs plus spiced up by the deviled eggs seen on Food network. It’s my combination of delicious deviled eggs that conquered the hearts of my family members. I would be happy to see what your favorite deviled eggs recipes are. Go to http://www.helenscooking.info to share your deviled eggs…	1 vote 2501 views
	Fried zucchini with mayo-dill sauce and tomato by Helenscooking This is a traditional recipe in my family, as well as in pretty much any Ukrainian family fried zucchini with tomato and mayo-dill sauce. It’s resembles a lot the eggplant recipe, but, zucchini, as a base component gives it a different twist.	1 vote 1594 views
	Fast and simple baked chicken with apple and strawberries by Helenscooking This is my invention: apples give the chicken sweetness and honey flavor, strawberry adds bit of acidity to this combination. You can have this this dish ready literally in 45 minutes. Preparation takes 15 minutes, cooking about 30 – depending on if you marinated you chicken in advance or just before cooking.	1 vote 1826 views
	Chocolate chip cookies, easier that buying:-) by Helenscooking These chocolate chip cookies recipe were borrowed from Allrecipes.com website. I have changed the ingredients list a little bit, but the best part of this recipe is it’s very fast, very simple and may be cooked with your eyes closed. You kids will <3 this cookies, they are” crispy on the edges and chewy inside”, as the author Dora…	1 vote 1571 views
	Rice and Crab salad fast and easy! by Helenscooking This salad recipe is good with crab meat and shrimps (or you can use both), corn adds sweetness to the salad, rice works as the base of this salad. You can cook it without rice if you wish, but I prefer it with rice, and herbs (dill and parsley, or just dill) are important. This recipe appeared in my cookbook, when we lived in…	1 vote 2040 views
	Pumpkin crème-soup with shrimp, cream cheese and basil. by Helenscooking It’s autumn and it means that it’s time for a great pumpkin soup with shrimp that I just LOVE cooking. It doesn’t require a lot of effort but it comes out perfectly smooth, bringing in the autumn flavors and colors into your kitchen. I tasted this soup long time ago in Europe, brought it into my kitchen and my family just loves…	1 vote 1 comment 1743 views
	Easy Country Style Chicken in 20 minutes by Helenscooking This recipe was overlooked at Restaurant impossible TV program, I added my personal touches to it and it came out great. To define great I will explain: my fiancé, who doesn’t like chicken, was consuming it, as if it was his favorite sausage, not a chicken… I used cornmeal here, because I love adding it to my pies and muffins, but…	1 vote 1665 views