Lentil Soup

ingredients :

1 . 2 cups of red lentil (red cheif lentil)

2 . 1/2 spoon of salt

instructions :

Put the lentils in a bowl add 2 liters of hot water, add the salt , and put in the microwave for 10-30 minutes

tips :

1 . Experiment with the balances of lentil and water to alter the density of your soup.

Tapenade

Ingredients :

1 . 1 cup (130gr) of olives (whatever type you like)

2 . 1 tablespoon of olive oil

3 . 1 table spoon of lemon juice

4 . garlic clove

Instructions :

Grind all ingredients with (with a blender-hand mixer-food processor) and eat .

Tip :

1 . You can make this also by cutting the olives by hand - you dont even have to cut them very small - to 4 is good enough it wont be pasty but its still good .

2 . After you mix the ingredients taste the tapenade and decide if you want to add more from one ingredient to change the taste - you can add more lemon juice and less olive oil to lower the calories or add more garlic cloves .

3 . You can also add herbs to it or capers if you like them .

Chocolate chips cookie

Ingredients :

1 . 2 Cups white flour

2 . 2 Teaspoons baking powder

3 . 1 Cup sugar

4 . 1/2 Teaspoon salt

5 . 1 Teaspoon vanilla

6 . 1/4 Cup water

7 . Dark chocolate chips

8 . 1/2 Cup oil

Instructions :

Take all the dry ingredients and mix them in a bowl then add all the wet ingredients and mix all together . after that make cookie shapes and put in a preheated oven at 180 celzius= 350 farenheit for 10 to 20 minutes .

Tips :
1 . Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature . (original website tip didnt do it and it was ok )
2 . The cookies get really hard when they cool - so take them out before they look ready - usually around 15-30 minutes even if they are soft .

3 . The original website has more tips about this recipe - that are suppose to be good ones - i know i learned number 2 the hard way ! link : http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=6391.0

Potato Börek

Ingredients :

1 . Puff pastry - 1 kg

2 . 6 Large potatoes

3 . 1/2 Table-spoon salt

Instructions :

Pill the potatoes and put them in a bowl - then cover them in boiling water and put in the microwave for 20 minutes (caution it might spill on you !!) then take them out spill the water add salt and mash the potatoes .

Now take the puff pastry and cut it to squares - take each square and stretch it a bit and then put the mash along one side of the square and then close itwith the opposite side of the square .

Put in the oven on : 230 Celsius-446 Fahrenheit for 3/4 of an hour.

Tip :

1 . Im to lazy to try but i belive that if you add fried onions to the mash it will make it taste better .
2 . If you want it to look darker glazed and darker then the picture you can put a little water with sugar on top of them before cooking (but they will be a bit sweet) .