Here’s a little secret: a sight of a man in front of a kitchen stove, cooking something delicious, turns girls on. Isn’t this a great reason to let your inner Gordon Ramsey loose and impress your girlfriend with some culinary masterpiece on a dinner date at your place? Despite that the names of the recipes below may sound a bit fancy, they’re pretty easy, so you won’t mess things up.
Grilled ham steak Steak is the most male-ish dish, so, deep inside, we all know how to cook it. Besides, not only pasta and strawberries with cream create a romantic atmosphere. A piece of juicy steak with a glass of red wine does it perfectly, as well. Here’s the recipe: – Prepare the marinade: mix mustard, honey, and one tablespoon of oil. Salt and pepper all this stuff. – Grease the steaks with marinade and fry them in a hot frying or grill pan for 4–5 minutes per each side. – Grease the steaks again with the remaining marinade. Turn off the stove and leave the steaks in a pan after 8–10 minutes of frying. – While the meat is fried, wash the beans, pour it into the pan, and add the tomato puree, Worcester and Tabasco sauce. – Stew for 10 minutes. Don’t forget to salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley as soon as the sauce thickens. Serve with sauce.
Salmon with sesame seeds Red fish is delicious. Plus, girls love light food which saturates and doesn’t give them extra pounds. The exquisite taste of salmon with sesame seeds will perfectly fit into the atmosphere of a dinner date. Here’s what you need to do: – Mix lemon juice, olive oil, and honey. – Pour this mix on salmon and leave it for an hour, turning the fish from time to time so that it’s soaked from all sides. – Before cooking, remove the fish from the marinade and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Put it in the pan with pre-melted cream and olive oil. Fry salmon steaks for 3-4 minutes per each side. – Pour the marinade into a small saucepan and bring it to a boil, letting the honey caramelize. – Before serving, lightly dry the fish with a paper towel, put it on plates and pour the sauce over it. It’s better to serve salmon with rice, beans, potatoes, or spinach.
Caramel salmon and pineapple mini-burgers Girls love burgers, so make her some homemade mini-burgers with caramelized salmon and pineapple. The recipe is a bit complicated: – To make the icing, mix brown sugar, pineapple juice, water, Teriyaki sauce, and soy sauce in a large saucepan, heat it over medium heat, and bring it to a boil. Turn the heat down a bit, add rice vinegar, chopped onion, garlic, and ginger. Cook for about 30 minutes on low heat. – Cut the salmon into small cubes and grind the half. Add mayonnaise and the second half. Grind again. – Put the salmon in a bowl, add the chopped green onions and form 12 cutlets. Put them on parchment paper and refrigerate. – In a small bowl, slightly mash the avocado with a spoon. Salt it and leave it aside. – Heat one tablespoon of oil in the medium frying pan, add pineapple rings, coat them with glaze on both sides. Fry them, adding the icing for a caramel effect. Remove them from the pan and leave them for a while. – Add one tablespoon of oil and heat it; put fish cutlets and fry for 2 minutes per each side. Then grease them with the icing and fry for 1 minute per each side. Turn down the heat and fry to a caramel color. – Assemble the burgers: put cress on half buns, then salmon, then mashed avocado, then the pineapple in caramel, and cover with the other half of bun. Serve them warm.
Lyon Salad Your girlfriend likes light salads? Then pamper her with Lyon salad. Serve it with croutons. Here is the recipe: – Heat the pan over medium heat. Fry bacon for 8-10 minutes. Then put it on a paper towel. Cool and chop. – Add minced shallots to the same pan and sauté for about 3 minutes. Put it all in a bowl and add mustard, wine vinegar, salt, and pepper. – Add olive oil, herbs, and bacon. Mix well. – Boil poached eggs. Put them in a bowl on top of the greens. – Serve the salad decorated with baguette slices.
Conchiglioni with tomato sauce A date is a reason to surprise and show originality, and conchiglioni with tomato sauce is the best way to do it. Let’s go Italian: – Boil the conchiglioni , following the instructions on the package until they’re al-dente. – Warm the tomato paste over medium-high heat in a deep frying pan. Add the conchiglioni. Simmer for 5-7 minutes. – In a blender, mix cashews with water, garlic, and salt. Mix until smooth. – Add nutty sauce to the pasta. Stir. – Serve with greens, seasoned with spices to taste. If you’re over 50 and eager to show off your new skills but don’t have someone who would appreciate them, check out this website full of women seeking older men find yourself a fellow gourmet.
Vegetable Soup Photo by Pxhere
A Healthy Winter Must-Have on Cold Days Winter is at our doorstep! The seasonal enjoyment of spices and vegetables processed into a hearty soup is the best way to celebrate the upcoming season. What can be more convenient and warming than a bowl of soup that will treat your gut and heart on a cold winter day? Since it gets really cold in winter in Turkey as well, Turkish people always welcome a delicious bowl of soup on their warm dinner tables and the health benefits are just the cherry on top! Nowadays, we often tend to grab a sandwich or a plate of pasta to fill our empty stomachs in the easiest way. If we are looking for a ‘hearty’ alternative, canned foods can save a lot of time and modern preservation practices keep many vitamins and minerals intact in them as well. However,they are never delicious and nutritious as freshly prepared foods.
Health Benefits of Soups
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Healthy Tomato Soup Now that the freezing winter days are approaching, warm soups and stews will work wonders. For a delicious soup you do not have to go further- especially in the colder months outdoor markets and supermarkets have numerous fresh vegetables which can be processed perfectly to the soup. And you can put almost every kind of vegetable, legume or meat and turn it into a wondrous bowl of soup. You can get all the nutrients of chicken meat and bones from a chicken soup. A creamy tomato soup also has health benefits. Tomatoes, in addition to vitamins, trace elements, also contain phytochemicals and dyes such as Lycopene , which can protect you against cancer.
Soups and stews with legumes provide high-quality vegetable protein, lots of fiber and minerals (especially magnesium, potassium, and iron). The daily recommended value for fiber is 25 grams per day on a 2,000-calorie diet for adults. A fiber-rich diet will boost digestion and prevent gastrointestinal disease. Also, soup deposits such as rice, pasta or potatoes provide carbohydrates and fiber.
The health benefits of soup are not only limited to its ingredients. Studies by American researchers have shown people who spoon a soup as an appetizer, eats less overall. The soup fills the stomach with fluid and causes a faster feeling of satiety so that during the main meal fewer calories are consumed. An aromatic soup not only satisfies hunger but can also help you lose weight. (Not every one of them, though; cream soups and filling deposits such as fat sausages, dumplings, etc. may not be suitable for losing weight, be careful!) Many people try to lose weight with the help of soups in their diets. Basically, vegetable soups are generally recommended because they contain very few calories. Especially a well-known one for this is the cabbage soup diet. In the short term, the soup diets can also help you lose weight; however, this is not because of the soup itself, but because in the context of this diet, fewer calories are absorbed than usual and thus reducing the weight. The health benefits of soups are countless; they also make it easier to reach the recommended amount of fluid of at least two liters per day. After exercise, for example, soups are very good in addition to sports drinks to quickly compensate for fluid losses.
A Turkish Delicacy: Ezogelin Soup To be more specific on this, be ready to get inspired by the legendary Turkish soup below, as a beloved classic. Turkish people are also big fans of soup in every season. But especially when the weather gets cold Ezogelin soup is one of the most preferred soups to warm up the body and protect it against the common cold. This spicy soup blends the flavors of traditional ingredients. On cold days, it warms you from the inside and will appease your taste buds. Its health benefits are also too numerous to be counted: it has rice rich in starch that, combined with beans, provides energy and has iron and protein. A strong combination of ingredients that was introduced during the times of slavery and that is still a traditional food in many countries.
- 1 cup red lentils, rinsed and drained
- 1 medium-sized onion, diced
- ¼ cup bulgur, rinsed and drained
- 7 1/2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste (and optionally 1 tablespoon hot red pepper paste)
- 3 tablespoons butter or olive oil
- 1 tablespoon dried mint ((unless you have fresh mint)
- 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes / paprika flakes
- Juice of a lemon
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Start with putting the lentils, bulgur, chopped onions and water in a saucepan. Bring it to boil and then turn it down to a low heat, let it simmer until all the ingredients are soft (which usually takes between 30-40 minutes). Make sure to stir occasionally and check if the mixture is drying out (if so, add some extra hot water). Then, add in olive oil (or butter), dried mint, red pepper flakes, and tomato paste. Mix everything well and simmer for another 10-15 minutes. Add the lemon juice and more water if required (until it has a creamy consistency). And season with salt and pepper.
- Serve hot with lemon wedges and welcome the cold season!
- Author: Kannamma - Suguna Vinodh
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Soups
- Cuisine: World
