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Super Easy Tres Leches Cake

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  • 1 box butter cake
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 stick of butter
  • 1/2 cup water (or rum if you want to spice it up)
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 1 pint of heavy whipping cream
  • 1 can condensed milk
  • one container of cool whip (or make your own whipped topping with heavy cream and sugar)
  1. Mix butter cake mix with eggs, melted butter and water (or rum). Pour into a 9×13 pan and cook until done at 350 degrees.
  2. Mix all three types of milk in a bowl
  3. Poke holes in the butter cake and pour milk mixture on top. Cover cake and refrigerate over night.
  4. Frost the cake with the whipped topping and top with cinnamon (optional)

Enjoy!

 

Note: I’ve make several variations of this cake. I’ve added rum as stated above. I’ve lined the bottom of the pan with berries, dulce de leche, coconut or chocolate before pouring the cake mixture into the pan; then baked until done. What have you tried?

Greek Style Meatballs

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Greek style meatballs
  • 1/2 red onion, grated
  • 1 lb ground turkey or beef
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 grated zucchini
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs 
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
  • 6 large mint leaves, finely chopped 
  • 1/2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • Black pepper
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • feta cheese (to taste)
  1. Grate the onion and zucchini into a large bowl, then add remaining Meatball ingredients through black pepper. Use your hands to mix well for a few minutes until the mixture is quite smooth and very well combined.
  2. Then roll into balls.
  3. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook meatballs until browned.
  4. Add diced tomatoes and cook until meatballs are cooked through.
  5. Sprinkle with feta cheese

Enjoy!

Note: I’ve served these with rice, pasta or pita bread

Lentils and Rice with Onions (Mujadarrah)

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  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 medium onions, sliced
  • 3 1⁄2cups water or chicken broth
  • 1 cup lentils
  • 1 cup rice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoons cumin
  • 3 garlic cloves
  1. Heat olive oil in skillet, saute the onions with 1 tsp cumin until lightly browned. Add garlic and sauté until soft
  2. Remove 1/3 of the onions and set aside for topping
  3. Continue cooking the rest of the onions until dark brown and black in places.
  4. In the meantime, bring water to a boil in a saucepan, add the lentils, reduce heat, and cover, simmering for 15 minutes or until tender. I add salt to the water.
  5. To the lentils, add the 1/3 lightly browned onions, rice, salt, and remaining.
  6. Cover and simmer 15 minutes or until rice is tender.
  7. Remove from heat and stir in the well-browned onions.
  8. Cover and let stand for 5-10 minutes.

So yummy!

Lentil Soup a la Fadi’s

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Lentil Soup a la Fadi’s

I’ve been trying to replicate Fadi’s lentil soup for a while. I’ve tried lots of recipes. This seems to be a winner. Give it a try!

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 cup diced or shredded carrots
  • 1/2 cup diced or shredded celery
  • 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup of white rice
  • 1 1/2 cups of red lentils
  • 8 cups of chicken/vegetable stock
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • Handful of chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • salt and pepper to taste

Saute veggies in olive oil until tender. Add everything else except lemon juice. Cook until lentils and rice in tender. I just threw everything in a slow cooker on low for 6 hours. If you cook it on the stove they can be ready in less than 1 hour. They cook super fast. Add lemon juice at the end.