Greek Salad

About this Recipe: Navid: A bowl of delicious and healthy Greek salad. This is a mixture of cucumber, tomato, red onion, olive and feta cheese. You can add your other favorite ingredients such as lettuce, green pepper or avocado.

Main Ingredients:

English cucumber: 1/2, sliced
Red onion: 1 small, thinly sliced
Plum tomatoes: 3-4
Cherry tomatoes: a few
Olives: 1/4 cup
Feta cheese: 100 grams, crumbled


Dressing Ingredients:

Dried oregano: 1 tsp
Olive oil: 3 tbsp
Lemon juice: 1 tbsp
Wine vinegar: 1 tbsp
Salt
Pepper


Directions:

1. Blend all dressing ingredients and whisk until smooth.

2. Cut tomatoes into pieces.

3. Toss all the main ingredients and dressing in a large bowl until evenly coated.

http://www.1001recipe.com/recipes/food/greek_salad/

Recipe By: Navid

Greek Pizza

Sara: Perhaps the main ingredients for a Greek pizza are feta cheese and Kalamata olive. Replace Kalamata olive with black live if you cannot find it. Just make sure to add feta cheese 2-3 min to the end of baking otherwise it will melt.

 

Main Ingredients:

Tomatoes: 2 medium
Bell Peppers: 1 medium
Kalamata Olive: 1 cup, pitted
Feta Cheese: 100 grams, crumbled
Red onion: 1 small
Mozzarella cheese: 1 cup, shredded
Tomato Sauce: 1 cup, or enough to cover the pizza dough (recipe here)
Pizza Dough: 1 large (recipe here)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface. Transfer to the baking and bake until puffed and beginning to color, 8 to 10 minutes.

3. Spread the pizza sauce over the pizza crust and top with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and olives.

4. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese and bake for 15-20 minutes or until crust is golden and cheese has melted.  

۵. Sprinkle feta cheese and bake for 2 or 3 more minutes  

http://www.1001recipe.com/recipes/food/greek_pizza 

Recipe By: Sara

Mushroom and Spinach Quiche

Recipe By: Sara

About this Recipe: Sara: If spinach quiche is too vegetarian for you or your family this recipe can win you over. The recipe is easy to follow and you can further customize it to your taste by choosing different cheese or adding more vegetables like kernel corn.

Main Ingredients:

Chopped Spinach: 1 pack previously frozen* or 300g fresh
Mushroom: 2 cup, chopped
Turkey Bacon: 3 pieces (optional)
Mozzarella Cheese: 1.5 cup shredded
Blue Cheese: 1/4 cup crumbled
Cheddar Cheese: 1/4 cup shredded
Egg: 4
Milk: 1/2 Cup
Whipping Cream: 1/2 cup
Onion: 1 medium chopped
Olive oil: 1 Tbsp
Butter: 1 Tbsp
Garlic: 1 clove minced
Salt and pepper

Vanilla Cream and Strawberry Jello

Recipe By: Sheida

About this Recipe: Sheida: Colorful and delicious, this will be your favorite dessert.

Main Ingredients:

Strawberry jello: 1 packet
Egg yolk: 5
Milk: 2.5 cups
Sugar: 1 cup
Gelatin Powder: 5 tsp (15 ML) Or 2 packs of Knox Gelatin Powder, each contains about 7 ml.
Vanilla: 1/8 tbsp
Whipping Cream: 1/2 Cup
Fresh Strawberries or Raspberries
Mint leaves

Lasagna :لازانیا

Recipe By: Navid

About this Recipe: Navid: This is a basic and simple lasagna recipe. You can replace the beef filling with vegetarian alternatives such as spinach and mushroom. You can also try fresh lasagna noodles for this recipe.

Main Ingredients:

Lasagna: 12 noodles
Ground beef: 1 lb (500 grams)
Crushed Tomatoes: 1 can (2 cups)
Tomato paste: 6 tbsp
Onion: 1 medium, chopped
Garlic: 1 clove, diced
Bell pepper: 1 small, chopped
Olive oil: 3 tbsp
Ricotta cheese: 1 lb (500 grams)
Parmesan cheese: 0.25-0.5 cup, grated
Mozzarella cheese: 1-1.5 cup, shredded
Fresh Basil: 1 tbsp, chopped (or 1 tsp dried)
Salt
Pepper

Spinach and Cheese Swirl

Recipe By: Bahar

About this Recipe: Bahar: Tasty and delicious little treats. A wonderful choice of finger food for your parties. Trust me, everybody is going to love them and they will be gone after few minutes. So, make several batches if you like tasting your creations the next day in peace.

Main Ingredients:

Butter puff pastry sheet: 1 (about 1/2 pound), thawed according to the package instruction
Egg: 1 (preferably room temperature)
Muenster cheese: 1/2 cup shredded, (OR Monterey Jack cheese or Mozzarella cheese)
Parmesan cheese: 1/4 cup grated
Ricotta cheese: 1/2 cup
Pepper: 1/8 tsp
Green onion: 1, chopped
Garlic powder: 1/8 tsp
Frozen chopped spinach: 1 pkg. (about 10 ounces), thawed, and well drained


Egg wash:

Egg: 1 (preferably room temperature)
Water: 1 tbsp 
 

Dark Chocolate Mousse

Recipe By: Ladanem,  Photo by: Koutche

Main Ingredients:

Bittersweet or semisweet chocolate: 8 oz, chopped
Water: 5 tbsp
Unsalted butter: 2 tbsp, room temperature
Sour cream: 1 tbsp, room temperature
Egg: 5, separated
Salt: a dash
Sugar: 1 tbsp

 Iranian Kebab: Beryani

Ingredients: (4 servings)

• Shoulder lamb, 600 grams

• Medium onions, 3

• Iranian (sangak), middle-eastern, or pitta bread

• Cooking oil

• Salt

• Black pepper

• Turmeric

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Directions:

Peel and thinly slice onions. Wash and cut meat into small pieces. Add onions and 3 glasses of hot water to meat and cook over medium heat for about 45 minutes (adding more hot water during cooking if necessary). Add salt, pepper, and turmeric, mix well and cook for a few more minutes. There should be no water left when cooking is over.

Grind (mince) the cooked meat or chop it finely using a sharp, large knife. Fry in oil over medium heat for about 15 minutes, then serve over bread with more bread covering the meat. Note that no rice is served with this dish. Beryani is a delicious dish from Esfahan. 

http://www.tebyan.net/index.aspx?pid=99862 

      Source: iranmania.com