Menu For The Lazy: Appetizer, Main Course And Dessert In 30 Minutes

We offer you a dozen quick, tasty and easy-to-cook meals for every day. Moreover, the ingredients of all the presented dishes are budget ones, which can be found in every refrigerator.

We offer you a dozen quick, tasty and easy-to-cook meals for every day. Moreover, the ingredients of all the presented dishes are budget ones, which can be found in every refrigerator. A little minced meat, seasonal vegetables, apples and pasta and half an hour of time - and a wonderful dinner is ready!

1. Pasta with spicy meat sauce

 

Boil your favorite pasta, fry minced meat with hot peppers, garlic, add tomato sauce and simmer. Combine pasta with sauce and serve for dinner.

For pasta with minced meat you will need:

250 g pasta; 450 g ground beef or lamb; 2 cloves of garlic; 2 cups tomato passata (mashed tomatoes); salt, pepper to taste; a couple of pinches of cinnamon, cayenne pepper, nutmeg; 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil.

Boil pasta according to package instructions. Drain the pasta in a colander, save the ladle of water in which the pasta was cooked.

While the pasta is cooking, fry the diced onion, chopped garlic in a frying pan in oil, put the minced meat and spices. Fry, stirring, until the meat changes color to brown. Then pour in the tomato passata, lower the heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes until the sauce thickens. Combine sauce with pasta, if necessary, add pasta water.

Learn how to cook pasta with meat sauce (detailed recipe with photos) >>>

2. Corn dogs on sticks

 

Cook sausages in dough and serve on wooden sticks with sauces. Great appetizer for a party!

To prepare root dogs you need:

10 sausages; 150 g of corn and wheat flour; 1 st. l. Sahara; a couple of pinches of salt; 2 tsp baking powder; egg; 180 ml of milk; vegetable oil for frying.

In a bowl, mix all dry ingredients: sifted flour, sugar, salt, baking powder. Beat in an egg. Add milk while stirring. The dough should turn out thick and viscous, so do not pour in all the milk at once (maybe you won’t need everything). Let the dough rest for 5 minutes. Remove the casing from the sausages, string them on long sticks, roll the sausages in flour (1 tablespoon). Pour oil into the pan, heat up. Dip the prepared sausages into the dough, poured into a tall glass, the dough should “sit” tightly on the sausages. Fry corn dogs on all sides until golden brown in oil in a frying pan or deep fryer.

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3. Cream soup with rice, spinach and broccoli

 

We cook the soup in one pan, without frying, in 20 minutes! Delicate and hearty soup with a silky texture and healthy herbs is also suitable for a children's menu.

Soup Ingredients:

1/2 cup rice (you can barley or oatmeal); 250 g broccoli; 200 g zucchini; 80 g spinach; bulb; 3 cloves of garlic; a glass and a half of water; nutmeg; a pinch of pepper, salt, nutmeg.

Rinse the rice, put in a large pot, cover with water. 10 minutes after boiling, add broccoli, zucchini, onion, garlic, cut into small pieces, into the pan. Cook for 5 minutes after boiling, add spinach. After a couple of minutes, pour in the milk, bring to a boil and remove from heat. Punch with a blender, add spices, mix. Serve with crackers.

Recipe cream soup with rice, spinach and broccoli >>>

4. Snack muffins from processed cheese

 

Tender cupcakes just melt in your mouth! Surprise family and guests - serve melted cheese muffins with soup or for a snack.

Cupcake Ingredients:

2 processed cheese (100 g each); 2 eggs; 4 tbsp. l. flour; 4 tbsp. l. sour cream (20 percent); 1 tsp baking powder (without a slide).

Grate cheese on a coarse grater. Mix with sour cream, beat in eggs, add sifted flour with baking powder. You will get a medium thick dough. Grease muffin tins with vegetable oil or insert cuffs. Fill the molds with dough for 2/3, bake for 25 minutes in the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees. Cool and serve.

Step-by-step recipe for melted cheese cupcakes >>>

5. Apples in pita bread

 

Lazy crispy lavash and apple pies cook super fast! By the way, you can use any favorite fruits or berries for the filling.

For treats you will need:

pita; 4 apples; 3 art. l. Sahara; a spoonful of vanilla sugar; a pinch of cinnamon; frying oil (4 tablespoons).

Rinse apples, peel, cut into small cubes. Add sugar, vanilla sugar, cinnamon to apples, mix. Cut pita bread into squares, spread the filling along the edge of each square with a strip. Roll up and fry first, seam down, in oil in a hot skillet. Then turn over, the finished tubes will be golden. Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar. Delicious with a scoop of ice cream.

Step-by-step recipe for making apples in pita bread with a photo >>>

6. Liver in spicy curry sauce

 

Cook chicken or turkey liver in a spicy creamy sauce for dinner. A seemingly simple dish will be transformed beyond recognition if you add curry to the sauce!

Here's what you need:

600 g chicken or turkey liver; 250 ml cream (any fat content); bulb; 2 tbsp. l. flour; 1 st. l. curry; salt, pepper, herbs to taste; 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil.

Cut the liver into pieces, cut off all the excess. Salt, pepper, roll in flour. Fry the liver in oil over high heat until it changes color. Then reduce the heat, add the onion, chopped with feathers, fry, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add curry, mix, pour in the cream, simmer covered for 12 minutes over low heat. Ready! Serve with porridge, puree or vegetables.

Step-by-step recipe for cooking liver in spicy sauce >>>

7. Country-style scrambled eggs and potatoes

 

Fried potatoes with onions, scrambled eggs, rings of fresh cucumbers and tomatoes. You can also sprinkle with chopped onions. Real jam! A simple, quick and delicious lunch or dinner with ingredients that are always on hand.

For scrambled eggs with potatoes you need:

4 potatoes; 3 eggs; bulb; 3 tomatoes; 3 art. l. vegetable oil; salt, pepper, herbs to taste.

Peel the potatoes, wash, cut into cubes. Fry in a skillet in oil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until half cooked. Then add chopped onion, fry with potatoes, until the latter is ready. Then make 3 wells and beat the eggs into them. Add salt, pepper, put chopped tomatoes on top of everything. Warm up and sprinkle with chopped herbs. Cover, turn off or remove from heat. Leave covered for a couple of minutes, then serve. Bon appetit!

Learn how to cook rustic scrambled eggs and potatoes (with photo) >>>

8. Pasta with sausage and bell pepper

 

An appetizing dish for a quick family dinner. Favorite pasta, strips of sausage and fragrant bell pepper. Cook the pasta, and fry the sausage with onion, pepper and stew in tomato juice. We combine everything and serve, sprinkled with herbs. Fine!

For the dish you will need:

250 g sausage; 300 g pasta; 2 bell peppers; bulb; 150 m of tomato juice or pureed tomatoes; a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil; salt, pepper to taste.

Boil pasta (spaghetti, for example) according to package instructions. Cut the sausage into cubes, onion into feathers, pepper into strips. Fry the sausage, onion and pepper in oil in a skillet over medium heat. After 8 minutes, pour in the tomato juice, salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes, then stir in cooked pasta. Serve with greens.

Sausage pasta recipe with step by step photos >>>

9. Chicken tortillas with vegetables and cheese

 

Такие лепешки (оладьи или котлеты) из курицы можно приготовить с любыми овощами и зеленью. Гарнир к блюду не понадобится, а соус приготовьте на основе сметаны или греческого йогурта и чеснока.

Ингредиенты для куриных лепешек:

300 г филе курицы (с бедер и грудки); луковица; 3 зубчика чеснока; болгарский перец; по 150 г кабачка и шпината; 70 г брынзы или феты; яйцо; 2 ст. л. муки; черный перец и масло растительное по вкусу.

Finely chop the chicken with a knife. Vegetables (zucchini, peppers, garlic, onions), peel, rinse and punch with a blender. Mix both masses in a bowl, beat in an egg, add pepper, flour, crumbled cheese. The mass should be thick. Pour a few tablespoons of oil into the pan, heat over medium heat. Spoon the chicken and vegetable mixture into the pan in the form of a pancake and lower the heat to medium-slow. Turn over when the tortilla is half cooked on the bottom. Keep the golden cakes warm until serving, for example, in a saucepan under the lid.

Learn how to cook chicken tortillas with vegetables and cheese >>>

10. Apples in dough for dessert

 

Delicate dessert with a crispy crust, for the preparation of which you do not need sugar.

Dessert Ingredients:

4 apples; 150 g flour; a glass of milk; egg; sugar to taste; a couple of pinches of cinnamon; 3 art. l. vegetable oil; powdered sugar.

Wash the apples, dry with a paper towel, remove the middle with stones and cut into rings (5 mm each). Combine flour, warm milk, beat in an egg and, if you like, add sugar. The dough should turn out the same as on pancakes. Dip apple mugs in batter and fry in hot oil over medium heat until golden brown on both sides. Opt for paper towels. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon before serving.

Step-by-step recipe for apples in a dough with a photo >>>