recipes and meal suggestions for TTC Blue

[Zivic-Bubac]

Thanks Bec!
Here's recipe

Stuffed peppers

0.5kg (~1.1 pound) of ground beef
6-7 bell peppers
chopped onion
1 clove of garlic ( use garlic presser)
2 medium grated carrots ( learned that! )
3/4 cup of uncooked rice
2 fresh tomatoes
tomato juice
sweet paprika powder
parsley, seasalt

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet ( I'm using medium pot - you need something deep enough for all ingredients) add chopped onion, meat, pressed garlic and grated carrots. Salt it ( abundantly lol!) and add parsley.
Stir constantly until meat is brown ( about 5-7 min). Add uncooked rice, stir well and turn off the heat ( no need to cook the rice!)

Wash peppers, cut tops off ( about 2cm~1 inch from the stem end) and remove seeds. Find pot large enough so that all peppers can fit in tightly,
hollowed sides facing upwards. Stuff peppers with filling. On each pepper put slice of tomato as cover.

Now fill pot with stuffed peppers half with water and the other half with tomato juice ( pour between peppers) so that peppers are about 1cm ~ 0,5 inch above water-tomato juice. Add 2 teaspoons of sweet paprika powder ( no need to stir it, it will diffuse) Bring to boil, then cook for 40 minutes over medium heat in covered pot.
Bon appetit! IMG_0109_1.jpg
And this is how it looks when cut in a half - rice is cooked IMG_0110_2.jpg
It's excellent with yogurt or soured milk and bread is must with this dish!

[atomic sagebrush]

I LOVE stuffed peppers and I haven't made them in forever!!! I love the idea of adding the grated carrots (Zivic you will be able to become a translator by the time this is all over with!!)

You can also make these from zucchini (courgette), cabbage, or grape leaves (a Greek food called dolmathes) using the same stuffing and recipe. The grape leaves come in a jar and they make a smaller version, more like an appetizer. For the zucchini you cut them in half and scrape out the insides, chop it and add it to the meat/rice mix. For stuffed cabbage, take the big outside leaves and boil them until you can easily roll them up and then stuff them.

To make them even more boy friendly you can also add some chopped walnuts/almonds, and for the dolmathes you can use pine nuts for a more authentic Greek taste.

[Flava]

hopeful- this beef sounds great I have to try it too!

[Flava]

Z- thanks!
OMG that's so funny I make stuffed peppers too but in a different way! And we use pork not beef. lol
When I make some I will post it.

[Zivic-Bubac]

I love the idea of adding the grated carrots (Zivic you will be able to become a translator by the time this is all over with!!)
You can also make these from zucchini (courgette), cabbage, or grape leaves (a Greek food called dolmathes) using the same stuffing and recipe.

Thanks Atomic, that's a great compliment to me!!! I'm constantly trying to improve my English, both written and spoken

Tried it already with zucchini, grape leaves and cabbage, but we use leaves from sauerkraut (pickled cabbage) try it that way too, I strongly recommend it! lol

If the sauerkraut is too salty or acid for your taste, you can wash the leaves first

[Zivic-Bubac]

OMG that's so funny I make stuffed peppers too but in a different way! And we use pork not beef. lol

Sometimes I usee pork as well or I mix equal amounts of pork and beef.

[gizmo77]

Thanks Atomic, that's a great compliment to me!!! I'm constantly trying to improve my English, both written and spoken

zivic-where are you originally from?

[gizmo77]

are we supposed to eat an ENTIRE potato (baked potato). i normally share a baked potatoe with the fam. but i guess thats bc i was decreasing carbs

[begonia]

Gizmo I think either way is fine ... my girls always ended up eating some of mine b/c they both love potato! I usually had potato in some form every day though. But I love them and always ate them even before TTCboy, I just upped my intake on the boy diet.

[zanacal]

OK ladies, I'm day dreaming! I haven't read through this thread because I'm too hungry and I don't know the 'rules' of the high everything diet but one of my favourite meals ever is 'breakfast for dinner'. In my wildest dreams this would include:

Bacon
Sausages
Fried Eggs
Fried Potatoes
Baked Beans
Mushrooms
A bit dollop of tomato ketchup
Toast and Butter

... all washed down with a cup of tea