What's in the refrigerator? Dishes from what was in the refrigerator

All the best foods were invented by accident. Someone just took the food left over from the feast and mixed it into one pot. And it turned out - pizza, quiche, panzanella, French toast, Kaiserschmarrn, not to mention a dozen or two salads.

Almost all the dishes that form the basis of folk cuisine (no matter what nationality it belongs to) were prepared by accident or became a way out of the situation “everything will go bad if you don’t cook it.” If you had told any Italian a couple of hundred years ago that pizza would be made from whatever recipe was bought, he would have been genuinely amused. Nevertheless, these wonderful and random finds have caught on, and the secret of their popularity can be explained very simply: it is prepared from what is in the refrigerator, satisfying, beautiful and not expensive.

Pizza

What is now served in all trattorias, osterias and, of course, pizzerias, acquired its appearance in the seventeenth century, when tomatoes were imported into Europe. And thinly rolled out dough with a sour red sauce became the basis for... well, almost everything. To build a pizza, you can put meat, chicken, fish, seafood, vegetables, cheese (almost any kind), even fruits and berries on top (but then it’s better to do without tomato sauce - you can use soft cream cheese as a base). In general, everything you find on the shelves of the refrigerator. It is especially convenient that the pizza dough can be prepared in advance, and then divided into portions, or even rolled out in an oven pan, and frozen. The prepared sauce can also be stored for up to several weeks in a jar in the refrigerator if you pour a little vegetable oil on top.

Pizza Margherita Napolitana

You will need:

For dough for 2 pizzas:

180 g flour,
1 tsp. dry yeast,
140 ml warm water,
1st. l. olive oil,
a pinch of salt.

For the sauce:

700 g of sweet, ripe and aromatic tomatoes (or a can of canned tomatoes in their own juice),
a pinch of salt,
freshly ground black and red pepper,
oregano,
thyme,
2-3 tbsp. l. olive oil.

For filling:

2 tomatoes
250 g cheese.

First, prepare the dough. Mix yeast with salt and dissolve in warm water. Sift the flour into a bowl, make a well in the center and pour in first the olive oil, then the water and yeast. Knead the dough (5-7 minutes) - it will turn out smooth, soft, elastic. Leave to rest under a towel in a warm place for 45 minutes or an hour.

Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and peel them; if the seeds are large, remove them. Cut into cubes and place in a saucepan with butter. Carefully collect the spilled juice - and also into the frying pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook with the lid ajar for about an hour. Salt, pepper, add herbs, simmer for another 10 minutes and remove from heat. The sauce itself will tell you when it's ready: it will become thick and smooth, like a paste. If you use canned tomatoes, the process is the same - peel the skins and pour into a saucepan along with the juice.

Roll out the dough thinly and spread with a thick layer of sauce. Sprinkle generously with cheese, place round slices of fresh tomato on top, lightly salt. Place in the oven for 10-15 minutes (250 degrees). As soon as the dough turns golden and the cheese melts and acquires an appetizing golden crust, you can take it out. Serve immediately, cut into sections.

Panzanella

Purely Tuscan and very popular in summer and autumn, the cold appetizer does not even try to hide its “plebeian origin”. Its indispensable basis is stale black or grain bread. Everything else is vegetables that can be found in the garden: green lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions (green, red, white), herbs (parsley, basil, thyme). For variety, you can even add anchovies, fish, pickled vegetables, seafood and even smoked meat to panzanella. If you don’t have stale bread in the house, take fresh bread, but dry it first on the grill or in the oven.

You will need:

a crust of stale bread (preferably country or homemade),
5-6 tomatoes,
3 cucumbers,
large red onion,
a couple of sprigs of green basil,
4-5 tbsp. l. wine vinegar,
5-6 tbsp. l. good olive oil
salt,
black pepper.

Soak the bread in water, peel the vegetables, cut the tomatoes into large cubes, cucumber slices and onion into thin half rings. Place everything in a salad bowl, add the squeezed bread. Tear off the stems and tough branches from the basil, and finely chop the leaves. Drizzle everything with oil and vinegar, salt and pepper. Let stand for 10 minutes so that the bread is thoroughly soaked in juice and vinegar (you can even put it in the refrigerator for an hour).

Quiche

Jellied pies are an integral part of French cuisine. Since butter, cream, cheese and eggs can be found in every even the poorest Gallic refrigerator, preparing such a pie will not be any problem. And what to put in the filling is up to you. Moreover, there are a lot of options - salmon, spinach, ham, breast, mushrooms, tomatoes, smoked fish, even potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower... The dough can also be very different. The classic is chopped shortbread, made from ice-cold butter, ground into crumbs with flour and chilled. But you can also make it from warm butter, with yolks - it will turn out crumbly and very tender. Or you can even take a ready-made puff pastry, but you need to make a short pie with it and with a filling that does not require long heat treatment. For example, with salmon or tomatoes.

Quiche Laurent

You will need:

For the test:

250 g flour,
2 tbsp. l. with a slide of butter,
1 egg,
a pinch of salt,
3 tbsp. l. water

For filling:

250 g bacon,
½ tbsp. l. butter,
3 large eggs,
200 ml heavy cream (at least 33%),
grated cheese (Gruyere, Parmesan or mozzarella).

Knead all the ingredients into a dough, wrap in cling film and leave in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Cut the bacon into strips, pour into a dry frying pan, and melt the excess fat for 5 minutes over medium heat. Distribute the dough according to the mold, make sides of 3-5 cm. Prick with a fork, cover with baking paper and cover with baking balls or beans. This is done so that the dough does not swell and slide off the sides. Bake for 15 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees. Lightly beat the eggs, mix with cream, salt and pepper. Place bacon on the half-finished dough, pour eggs and cream over it, and sprinkle generously with cheese. Place back in the oven and bake until a delicious crust forms on top.

Kaiserschmarrn

This is not a monster with a scary name, but one of the most popular Austrian desserts. It was born from a failed omelette or pancake. Now his technology involves baking a deliberately thick pancake and cutting it into pieces. You can serve it with jam, powdered sugar, cocoa, and chocolate. It will make an excellent breakfast, afternoon snack and a completely complete replacement for dessert.

You will need:

3 eggs,
250 ml milk,
150 g flour,
a pinch of salt,
2 tbsp. l. raisins (can be soaked in rum),
2 tbsp. l. almond flakes,
sugar,
butter,
powdered sugar.

Divide the eggs into yolks and whites, beat the whites into snow, mix the yolks with flour, add milk, raisins, and a pinch of salt. Gently fold in the whites. Melt the butter in a frying pan and pour in the whole mixture. Fry until golden brown and carefully turn over. Fry on the other side, cut into squares, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and stir. Fry for another 10 minutes, sprinkle with almonds. Place on a plate and serve with whatever your heart desires - even condensed milk.

Familiar to everyone since childhood. Minimum products, maximum nutrition. An excellent solution when you want something tasty, but the refrigerator is empty.

Ingredients

4 medium potatoes;
2 small onions;
1 egg;
3–4 tablespoons flour;
salt and pepper - to taste;
sour cream - for serving.

Preparation

Peel the potatoes and grate them on a coarse grater. You can do the same with the onion, or you can just chop it finely. Add egg and flour to potatoes and onions. You can add chopped herbs or fried mushrooms, or play with spices. Salt, pepper and mix everything thoroughly.

Place the resulting dough on a well-heated frying pan and watered with vegetable oil. The most convenient way to do this is with a tablespoon, slightly pressing each pancake on top. Fry until golden brown on both sides.

Serve with sour cream. Draniki are delicious both hot and cold.

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If yesterday you had baked or boiled potatoes for dinner, then this recipe will help you.

Ingredients

2 sausages;
vegetable oil - for frying;
1 small onion;
3 cloves of garlic;
1 sweet pepper;
1 teaspoon rosemary, oregano or other seasoning of your choice;
4 boiled or baked potatoes;
¼ cup sour cream or yogurt without additives;
100 g hard cheese.

Preparation

Cut the sausages into cubes and fry them in vegetable oil. Once golden brown, place them on paper towels to remove excess grease. In the same pan, fry the chopped onion. When it becomes transparent, add garlic passed through a press, diced pepper and seasonings.

Cut the potatoes in half, remove the core with a spoon, leaving the walls about 5-7 mm thick. Inside each half, place a little sour cream or yogurt and a filling of sausages and vegetables. Grate the cheese on top.

The dish can be served as is, or you can place it in the oven or microwave for a couple of minutes to melt the cheese.

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Seasonal dish: cheapest after harvest. There can be as many variations of this dish as you like - it all depends on your culinary imagination. Here is one of them.

Ingredients

1 medium zucchini;
1 medium eggplant;
2 small hot peppers;
2 medium sweet peppers;
2 small onions;
2 cloves of garlic;
1 cup beans;
1 can of canned corn;
3 tablespoons of tomato sauce;
vegetable oil - for frying;
salt, ground black pepper, oregano - to taste.

Preparation

Prepare the vegetables by peeling and dicing them. Don't forget to remove the bitterness from the eggplants and remove the seeds from the peppers. Beans in lightly salted water.

Place vegetables (except hot peppers and beans) in a well-heated frying pan or saucepan with a thick bottom, greased with vegetable oil. Simmer everything over low heat.

When the vegetables are soft and liquid, add tomato sauce, salt, pepper, oregano and other spices to your taste. Instead of tomato sauce, you can use finely chopped tomatoes in their own juice. Now comes the main highlight of the dish - chili pepper. The more you add, the spicier the stew will be.

Close the lid and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve with sour cream and bread.

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A burrito is a Mexican flatbread filled with a variety of fillings. Since our selection of dishes is an economy option, you can use Armenian lavash instead of tortilla.

Ingredients

½ cup beans;
salt - to taste;
lettuce leaves;
1 large tomato;
1 thin pita bread;
2 tablespoons hot sauce;
100 g hard cheese.

Preparation

Boil beans (preferably white) in salted water. Wash and chop the lettuce and tomato. Winter option - tomatoes in their own juice and Chinese cabbage.

Warm the pita bread slightly and brush it with hot sauce. Place vegetables and sprinkle with grated cheese. Roll the pita bread into a tube or envelope.

You can serve with sour cream or other sauce of your choice.

5. Veggie burgers

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Who said a burger patty has to be made from meat? On a budget, it can be made from vegetables.

Ingredients

½ cup beans;
50 g walnuts;
1 bunch of cilantro or other greens;
2 cloves of garlic;
1 onion;
1 egg;
½ cup flour;
salt and ground black pepper - to taste;
2 burger buns;
vegetable oil - for frying;
1 tablespoon of ketchup;
1 tablespoon green curry paste.

Preparation

Grind the boiled (or canned) beans in a blender, but not too much. Add chopped nuts, herbs, garlic, onion and egg white to it. Mix thoroughly, gradually adding flour. If it turns out a bit runny, add more flour.

Add salt and pepper, mix well again and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, toast the burger buns in a dry frying pan. Then pour in the oil and fry the shaped bean cutlets in it. They should be about the size of a bun, but not too thick. You need to fry until crispy.

Grease the bottom bun with green curry paste, place a bean cutlet on it, pour ketchup on it and place the second part of the bun. If desired, you can add lettuce and tomato slices to the burger.

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This is a great solution when you want something hot, but don’t have time to prepare a full-fledged soup. At the same time, the dish is very, very dietary.

Ingredients

salt - to taste;
2 large potatoes;
1 bay leaf;
2 large onions;
sour cream - for serving.

Preparation

Take a three-liter saucepan and fill it about three-quarters full with water. Bring to a boil. When the water is about to boil, add salt. Place peeled and diced potatoes into boiling water. Rinse and add bay leaf.

When the potatoes are soft, the soup is ready! Pour it into plates, adding a handful (or even more) of chopped onions to each of them. Whiten the soup with sour cream (the more, the tastier) and start the meal.

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This is both an independent dish and an excellent one. It is prepared very quickly, and the set of products is so basic that it can probably be found in any home.

Ingredients

3 large onions;
2 eggs;
100 g sour cream;
100 g flour;
salt and pepper - to taste;
vegetable oil for deep frying.

Preparation

Peel the onion, cut into rings and separate them. To get rid of the excess bitterness of the onion, pour boiling water over it. It is most convenient to do this in a colander, so that you can immediately place the rings under cold water and prevent them from cooking.

Prepare the batter. Beat the eggs until foamy, add sour cream, flour and salt and whisk everything together. If you like it spicy, you can add pepper or mustard to the batter. In addition, grated cheese is sometimes added to make the rings crispier.

Dust the onion rings with flour, then dip into the batter and place in well-heated vegetable oil. When a golden crust appears, you can remove it. Place the finished onion rings on paper towels to remove excess fat.

Can be served with any tomato.

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The cheapest thing you can buy in the fish department of the store is pollock. At the same time, it can be prepared in such a way that it tastes no worse than elite varieties.

Ingredients

500 g pollock fillet;
2 tablespoons flour;
vegetable oil - for frying;
2 small tomatoes;
1 bunch of green onions;
1 clove of garlic;
salt and pepper - to taste.

Preparation

Rinse the fish fillet, make sure there are no bones in it, and cut into small pieces. Each of them needs to be rolled in flour and fried in a hot and oiled frying pan. It takes about 7 minutes.

Then add coarsely chopped tomatoes and chopped green onions (the more the better) to the same pan. Season with salt, pepper and squeeze a clove of garlic onto the fish and vegetables. Stir and simmer for about 10 minutes. If you see that there is little liquid in the pan and the contents are starting to burn, add a little water.

At the end of cooking, you can sprinkle everything with grated cheese. This fish goes well with pasta.

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Another dish familiar to everyone since childhood. Many housewives are experimenting with (or cottage cheese). Others believe that the classic version is ideal.

Ingredients

500 g cottage cheese;
¼ teaspoon salt;
2 tablespoons sugar;
2 tablespoons flour;
1 egg;
30 g butter;
sour cream or jam - for serving.

Preparation

In a deep bowl, mash the cottage cheese with a fork. Add salt, sugar and flour to it, break the egg. Knead the dough. It should be soft, but not sticky to your hands. If the cottage cheese is too greasy and wet and the dough does not stick together, add a little more flour.

Form cutlets about 2 cm thick from the resulting cheese mass. Fry the cheesecakes in butter for about 5 minutes on each side.

It is better to serve cheesecakes hot, although they are very tasty when cooled. They can be sprinkled with powdered sugar or jam. Those who like a less sweet option eat cheesecakes with sour cream.

This recipe puzzles many people: chicken, salt and that’s it?! But once you try it, you just become too lazy to bake chicken in the oven. Moreover, in this case the result is simply a breathtakingly crispy crust!

Ingredients

broiler chicken weighing 1.5–2 kg;
1 kg table salt.

Preparation

The chilled chicken carcass should be rinsed and dried with paper towels. If desired, the chicken can be rubbed with dried herbs and lemon juice, but this is not at all necessary. If the chicken is fatty enough, it will already be juicy and flavorful.

Cover a baking sheet with parchment and sprinkle salt on it in a layer of about 2 cm. Place the chicken on the salt, back down, and place in an oven preheated to 200 °C for 1.5 hours. You can check for doneness by piercing the chicken with a toothpick. If clear juice comes out, the chicken can be removed.

What quick dishes do you know? And are there people among the readers who can cook a delicious dish out of literally nothing?

No matter how tasty the dish is, often, especially after large feasts, its remains are hidden in the refrigerator, literally a few spoons at a time. Throwing food away is not an option, and there is clearly not enough for a full meal.

Potato-cheese pancakes

There is no family that doesn't have mashed potatoes leftover. You can make excellent pancakes from it, which you simply cannot tear yourself away from.
Ingredients
500 g mashed potatoes
100 g hard cheese, grated
2 tbsp. green onions
1 egg
3 tbsp. and 0.5 tbsp. flour
Rast. oil

1. Mix mashed potatoes with cheese, chopped onion, lightly beaten egg and 3 tbsp. flour. The consistency of mashed potatoes varies, so if it is too thick, then add another egg, if liquid, then add flour. Using your hands, divide the resulting dough into 12 balls.
2. Pour the remaining flour onto a board and roll the potato balls in it.
3. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.
4. Directly in a frying pan, turn the balls into flat cakes 1.5 cm thick and fry for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden brown.
5. Remove the pancakes from the pan and place on paper towels, immediately sprinkle with salt.
6. Serve with sour cream.

Mini pizza in a bun

After the holiday, there are often a few pieces of sausage and sliced cheese left on the plate. Of course, you can eat them either way, or you can make a delicious mini pizza.
Ingredients
Round buns
Tomato sauce or ketchup
A piece of cheese, grate
Pepper, cut into pieces
Any additives you have in the refrigerator
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees.
Cut the buns in half and place the halves cut side up on a baking sheet. Lubricate them with tomato sauce or your favorite ketchup.
Sprinkle the pizza with grated cheese and add any toppings you have in the refrigerator. This could be sausage, mushrooms, peppers, boiled meat, etc.
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes until the cheese melts.

Hot chicken sandwich

Cooking juicy and tender chicken breast is a talent. If suddenly it is not completely successful, and you don’t have the slightest desire to eat it, you can use it to make hot sandwiches or salad.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Chicken breast, pre-cooked, chopped
Ketchup
Hard cheese
Loaf or buns
1. Mix the finished chicken breast, cut into pieces, with ketchup.
2. Place the resulting filling on a slice of loaf or in a bun that is not completely cut.
3. Place the sandwiches on a baking sheet, sprinkle with cheese and bake in a preheated oven for 8-10 minutes.

Cake candies

Few people will refuse a piece of delicious cake at any holiday. The only trouble is that the cake is often left for the second day and tempts with its appearance to continue the feast. It’s better to make beautiful and delicious candy-cakes out of it and distribute it to neighbors and friends, getting rid of temptation in the house.
First of all, remove the top layer of cream. Firstly, you don’t need so much of it in candy, what’s between the cake layers is enough, and secondly, it’s always easier to add than to remove. If desired, you can add rum, liqueur or cognac to the dough.
Knead the cake into dough and form it into balls the size of your favorite truffles. You can put them in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.
At this time, prepare chocolate glaze according to your favorite recipe. Dip the balls into the glaze and place on baking paper. We wait until the glaze hardens. All that remains is to transfer the “sweets” into beautiful paper molds and distribute the treats to friends and colleagues.

Leftover soup

After a rich feast, you want something light. You can make a delicious soup from what you have in the refrigerator.
Ingredients
Chicken breast, chopped
Onion, finely chopped
Carrots, chopped
Canned corn and peas
Garlic – 3 cloves
Salt, pepper, thyme
Potatoes – 300 g
Mashed potatoes
Broth – 1 l
Cream – 1 tbsp.
Add the chicken breast, carrots, onions, corn and peas from the can to the pan. Cut the potatoes into small cubes and also place them in the pan. Salt and pepper.
Heat the mashed potatoes until they become soft, mix them with chicken broth and add them to the pan. Mix everything. Cook the soup over low heat. 30 minutes before readiness, carefully pour in the cream. Serve the soup with croutons.

Probably, every person in life has had a situation when there are still a few days left until payday, but the money in your wallet has run out. That is why lunch has to be prepared from what is in the refrigerator. But you really want to pamper your family every day with something not only satisfying and nutritious, but also tasty and healthy! This can be done even with a minimum of products. How to prepare a delicious lunch from what you have in the refrigerator is described in detail below.

Chicken often helps housewives out. If you have some broiler chicken left in the freezer, it can easily be used to make a three-course meal. First you need to cut the meat off the bones and set it aside. From the bones - cook the broth, and then add potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic or any available vegetables to it. Small noodles for soup can be replaced with rice, buckwheat or millet. Then you need to salt the soup and add your favorite seasonings. Before serving the soup, the bones should be discarded. The remaining chicken fillet can be fried or stewed with sour cream, ketchup or mayonnaise. Grind small pieces of meat with skin in a blender and make meatballs or cutlets from them. As a result, lunch will be complete, satisfying and cheap.

How can you make dinner delicious if you don’t have chicken? Do not forget that any leftover food lying around in the refrigerator can be used for its intended purpose. As a rule, every housewife has some flour and a couple of eggs in her bins. This means that you can treat your family to delicious pancakes made with kefir, milk or water (depending on what products are available). The filling for pancakes can be mushrooms, overcooked with onions, hard-boiled eggs with butter or mayonnaise, fried cabbage, cheese, leftover ham, sausage or sausages.

Another answer to the question of how to quickly prepare lunch from what is in the refrigerator is pizza. Just like for pancakes, any filling is suitable for pizza - the remains of any meat, fish or chicken products, offal, fresh and canned vegetables, canned meat and fish, cheese, cottage cheese or just tomato paste with salt and seasonings.

When thinking about how to prepare lunch from a minimum amount of ingredients, don’t forget about porridge. As a rule, a package of buckwheat or rolled oats can always be found somewhere in the bins. For example, oatmeal can become a tasty and interesting dish if you add grated cheese, a little mayonnaise and garlic. This porridge can be served both as a main dish and as a side dish for any meat, chicken and fish.

But the taste of buckwheat porridge will be improved by butter and a soft-boiled egg cut into large pieces. If there are also mushrooms in the refrigerator (canned, frozen, fried or dried), then they can also be added to the buckwheat with egg and butter, having previously prepared it according to the recipe. Any lunch can be delicious and unusual. The main thing is to use your imagination and not be afraid to experiment!

Familiar to everyone since childhood. Minimum products, maximum nutrition. An excellent solution when you want something tasty, but the refrigerator is empty.

Ingredients

4 medium potatoes;
2 small onions;
1 egg;
3–4 tablespoons flour;
salt and pepper - to taste;
sour cream - for serving.

Preparation

Serve with sour cream. Draniki are delicious both hot and cold.

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If yesterday you had baked or boiled potatoes for dinner, then this recipe will help you.

Ingredients

2 sausages;
vegetable oil - for frying;
1 small onion;
3 cloves of garlic;
1 sweet pepper;
1 teaspoon rosemary, oregano or other seasoning of your choice;
4 boiled or baked potatoes;
¼ cup sour cream or yogurt without additives;
100 g hard cheese.

Preparation

The dish can be served as is, or you can place it in the oven or microwave for a couple of minutes to melt the cheese.

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Seasonal dish: cheapest after harvest. There can be as many variations of this dish as you like - it all depends on your culinary imagination. Here is one of them.

Ingredients

1 medium zucchini;
1 medium eggplant;
2 small hot peppers;
2 medium sweet peppers;
2 small onions;
2 cloves of garlic;
1 cup beans;
1 can of canned corn;
3 tablespoons of tomato sauce;
vegetable oil - for frying;
salt, ground black pepper, oregano - to taste.

Preparation

Prepare the vegetables by peeling and dicing them. Don't forget to remove the bitterness from the eggplants and remove the seeds from the peppers. Beans in lightly salted water.

Place vegetables (except hot peppers and beans) in a well-heated frying pan or saucepan with a thick bottom, greased with vegetable oil. Simmer everything over low heat.

Close the lid and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve with sour cream and bread.

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A burrito is a Mexican flatbread filled with a variety of fillings. Since our selection of dishes is an economy option, you can use Armenian lavash instead of tortilla.

Ingredients

½ cup beans;
salt - to taste;
lettuce leaves;
1 large tomato;
1 thin pita bread;
2 tablespoons hot sauce;
100 g hard cheese.

Preparation

Boil beans (preferably white) in salted water. Wash and chop the lettuce and tomato. Winter option - tomatoes in their own juice and Chinese cabbage.

Warm the pita bread slightly and brush it with hot sauce. Place vegetables and sprinkle with grated cheese. Roll the pita bread into a tube or envelope.

You can serve with sour cream or other sauce of your choice.

5. Veggie burgers

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Who said a burger patty has to be made from meat? On a budget, it can be made from vegetables.

Ingredients

½ cup beans;
50 g walnuts;
1 bunch of cilantro or other greens;
2 cloves of garlic;
1 onion;
1 egg;
½ cup flour;
salt and ground black pepper - to taste;
2 burger buns;
vegetable oil - for frying;
1 tablespoon of ketchup;
1 tablespoon green curry paste.

Preparation

Grease the bottom bun with green curry paste, place a bean cutlet on it, pour ketchup on it and place the second part of the bun. If desired, you can add lettuce and tomato slices to the burger.

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This is a great solution when you want something hot, but don’t have time to prepare a full-fledged soup. At the same time, the dish is very, very dietary.

Ingredients

salt - to taste;
2 large potatoes;
1 bay leaf;
2 large onions;
sour cream - for serving.

Preparation

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This is both an independent dish and an excellent one. It is prepared very quickly, and the set of products is so basic that it can probably be found in any home.

Ingredients

3 large onions;
2 eggs;
100 g sour cream;
100 g flour;
salt and pepper - to taste;
vegetable oil for deep frying.

Preparation

Can be served with any tomato.

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The cheapest thing you can buy in the fish department of the store is pollock. At the same time, it can be prepared in such a way that it tastes no worse than elite varieties.

Ingredients

500 g pollock fillet;
2 tablespoons flour;
vegetable oil - for frying;
2 small tomatoes;
1 bunch of green onions;
1 clove of garlic;
salt and pepper - to taste.

Preparation

Rinse the fish fillet, make sure there are no bones in it, and cut into small pieces. Each of them needs to be rolled in flour and fried in a hot and oiled frying pan. It takes about 7 minutes.

At the end of cooking, you can sprinkle everything with grated cheese. This fish goes well with pasta.

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Another dish familiar to everyone since childhood. Many housewives are experimenting with (or cottage cheese). Others believe that the classic version is ideal.

Ingredients

500 g cottage cheese;
¼ teaspoon salt;
2 tablespoons sugar;
2 tablespoons flour;
1 egg;
30 g butter;
sour cream or jam - for serving.

Preparation

Form cutlets about 2 cm thick from the resulting cheese mass. Fry the cheesecakes in butter for about 5 minutes on each side.

It is better to serve cheesecakes hot, although they are very tasty when cooled. They can be sprinkled with powdered sugar or jam. Those who like a less sweet option eat cheesecakes with sour cream.

Ingredients

broiler chicken weighing 1.5–2 kg;
1 kg table salt.

Preparation

What quick dishes do you know? And are there people among the readers who can cook a delicious dish out of literally nothing?