The easiest recipes to spend your weekend with pleasure

The weekend is coming and there will be a lot of free time to do whatever you want or you can use this time to cook something tasty and extraordinary. This is the list of both sophisticated and easy recipes that will turn your ordinary dinner or breakfast into a dream of gourmet. There will be a couple of meat recipes, some bakery and in order not to offend our vegetarian friends, I prepared a couple of tasty salads. I hope you will enjoy cooking and tasting the meals I’ve selected.

1)                  Roasted chicken breast.

Ingredients needed: 1 kg of chicken breast, spices is up to you (paprika, black powdered pepper, salt, anise, clove, cinnamon, ground fennel seeds, basil etc.), one onion, garlic, sour cream, 3-5 tablespoonsof olive oil and fresh parsley.

First of all, you need to wash the breast while your oven is heating. Make some slight cuts on each piece. Thus, your meat will bake faster from inside. Rub the chosen spices in these cuts. Cut an onion and put it on the breast. Mix garlic and olive oil and rub it in the breast as well. Leave it for a couple of minutes and then bake it for 15-20 minutes in a preheated 400F/200C oven.

2)                  «Meat banquet”

Ingredients needed: 200 g of chicken or turkey meat, 300 g of Chinese cabbage, 1 red pepper, 1 tablespoon sweet mustard, 2-3 tablespoons of lemon juice, 3 tablespoons olive or sunflower oil, soy sauce, black powdered pepper.

Boil the meat, then cut it into slices, like for a sandwich. Cut the cabbage andred pepper into the rings. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Then, add oil, mustard, soy sauce, black powdered pepper and squeeze out juice from a lemon. Mix well all the ingredients and serve the ready-made salad.

3)                  Broccoli soup with cheese

Ingredients needed: 500 g of broccoli, 1 onion, 3 tablespoons of olive oil, 200 g of Roquefort cheese(gorgonzola, mozzarella, and cheddar can also be used for this recipe), parsley, black powdered pepper, and soy sauce.

Slice finely the onions and for a minute fry in olive oil. Then simmer covered broccoli cut into 4 parts and for a few minutes. Boil 2 cups of water and put vegetables there. Add parsley and black powdered paper. In 20 minutes, remove the soup from the fire and mix it with mashed potatoes in a blender. Then, add soy sauce. Now, the soup is ready to be served.

4)                  “Spring sun”

Ingredients needed: 1 grapefruit, 1 orange, 2 kiwis, 1 tablespoon of honey, ½ tablespoon of cinnamon and vanilla mixed, 2 tablespoonsof pomegranate, leaves of mint and nuts (for example, you can take hazelnut, almond, peanut etc.).

Cut the grapefruit and orange in half, then using a knife and a spoon remove the flesh. Having removedskin from the flesh, cut it into the large pieces. Cut kiwi. Mix the liquid honey with the spices, add to the salad and put it into the halves of the grapefruit. Decorate your salad with nuts, pomegranate, and mint leaves. It looks so beautiful.

5)                  Salad made of red pepper, cucumber, and beans

Ingredients needed: sweet red pepper, green beans 100 g, small cucumber, coriander, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, garlic, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1 tablespoon of ajonjoli, 1 tablespoon of vinegar rice, spring onion,and coriander.

This recipe is fairly simple, just boil your beans for 30 seconds and put them into the cold water at once. Slice the cucumber to have two separate pieces. Pepper should cut into small strips. Take the bowl and put garlic, vinegar, soy souse and spices in it and mix. Take this mixture and dress the salad. Put the dish into the refrigerator for 30 minutes and serve.  Don’t forget to decorate it by ajonjoli.

6)                  Salmon with potato crust

Ingredients needed: one egg, 1 tablespoon of powdered paprika, 500 g of salmon fillets, 1 tablespoon of starch, 1 tablespoon of pepper with a lemon scent, 3 tablespoons vegetable oil.

Wash salmon fillets with cold water and gently dry with a paper towel. Remove the skin from the fillets, remove all the small bones with a special tool, then cut the fillets into 4 equal pieces. Pour starch, mashed potatoes, powdered paprika and pepper with lemon flavor into a small bowl and mix well. Put an egg into a separate bowl, add salt to taste and mix it. Pour each piece of salmon into the egg mixture to cover only the top and sides. Then put a slice (dry side) in the prepared potato mixture. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan. Put the prepared fish on the pan with the potato mixture on it. Fry it for 3 minutes, until the potato cover become golden, then turn over and fry on the other side for 3 more minutes, until it’s ready.

About the author: The author of this essay is Melisa Marzett. You might notice the interesting style of her writing even in the simple recipes. She did her best to elaborate the cooking process step-by-step so you could easily do it at home. Moreover, she is a freelance writer working on custom essays from livecustom writing. So if you need a written paper, you can use the services she offers.