Delicious lunch in 5 minutes. Easy quick desserts

When you come home from work for lunch for just half an hour, it's out of the question to cook healthy whole meals for the family. It is for such moments that advice on what and how to cook for lunch in 5 minutes will become a magic wand for a working hostess. In our selection, you can choose the best option for yourself - from a simple salad to baked pasta in a cup.

Salads from leftovers

We offer this option for lovers of salad mixes. To enjoy a salad for lunch, it is not necessary to cook a classic fur coat or Russian salad. It is enough to open the refrigerator and mix compatible products or their leftovers, which often “rest” in oblivion on the shelves of our refrigerators.

A green salad, tomato or avocado left in the vegetable basket will go well with a piece of boiled or baked chicken that was left over from yesterday's dinner. You can fill with mayonnaise, although olive oil will also be appropriate here.

Frozen food

If you are a happy owner of a freezer and have been stocking up on boiled or fresh vegetables since autumn, lunch in 5 minutes is not a problem for you at all.

You can buy "Mexican Mix" in the supermarket - also an option for lunch.

Frozen asparagus beans (boiled before freezing), cauliflower, peas or a purchased mix will be an excellent side dish for a cutlet or chop. It will be enough to put them in a saucepan with a little water and a couple of drops of olive oil or cook them in the microwave for 4-5 minutes.

Fish fillet

Seared or steam-cooked fish fillets garnished with your favorite vegetables around is a ridiculously simple five-minute meal with a source of protein, healthy fats and vegetables.

sandwiches

Tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, avocado, basil and some sea salt on whole grain bread and topped with cheese are our favorite hot tomatoes that we often forget about.

A set of products for such a quick lunch can also consist of leftovers from yesterday's dinner or small leftovers of sausage or ham.

Eggs

Eggs provide a quick, nutritious lunch. You can add greens, frozen vegetables, pre-cooked beans or beans, ham or rice to beaten eggs - we get a full-fledged second course.

Eggs boiled in the evening will make it possible to cook stuffed egg halves for lunch. If you like soft-boiled eggs, we complement them with a hot sandwich or salad.

If the above simple options for a five-minute lunch did not suit you, choose more interesting recipes for yourself.

Cooking time - 5 minutes.

Ingredients

• 200 g boiled chicken breast (smoked version works too!);
• 1/4 - 1/3 cup unsweetened yogurt
• Apple - 1 fruit (diced, but not peeled);
• Celery - 3 stalks, chopped
• Raisins - 100 g (or other favorite dried fruits);
• Salts black pepper - on the tip of a knife or to taste;
• Parsley greens - ¼ bunch;
• Lemon juice - to taste.

Cooking

1. Cut chicken and celery into small cubes.
2. We also cut the apples into cubes and sprinkle with lemon juice (this will not allow them to darken).
3. Add yogurt and seasonings and stir.

All! Lettuce is tasting!

Options for creative housewives

This recipe is versatile and its ingredients can be interchanged and supplemented.

• Don't have an apple? Try pineapple tidbits instead.
• Don't like raisins? Dried cherries are also a great addition. In addition to dried fruits, feel free to add chopped grapes, almonds or other nuts.
• You can add 1-2 teaspoons of honey to yogurt. Its taste may seem unusual, but for gourmets, that's it!
• You noticed that instead of traditional mayonnaise we use yogurt, but if we exclude sweet dried fruits in the recipe, then it can be replaced with mayonnaise.

Cooking time - 5 - 8 minutes.

Ingredients

• Briquette of pea soup;
• 1.5-2 liters of water;
• 300 g smoked sausages;
• 1 onion;
• 1 red bell pepper;
• Parsley and dill greens;
• Salt, pepper, bay leaf.

Cooking

To speed up the process, water for soup can be boiled in an electric kettle.

1. Crush the soup briquette and add water and put to boil over medium heat.
2. Cut the bell pepper into strips, onion into small cubes and sauté the chopped vegetables in vegetable oil.
3. Cut the sausage into strips. Add vegetables and colaska to boiled soup and cook for 5 minutes.
4. After that, salt the soup, put pepper and bay leaf, chopped greens. Boil for 1-2 more minutes.

Turn off the heat and the soup is ready to serve. When serving, place crackers on a plate.

Such an appetizer can be prepared like salad mixes - from products that are “littered” in a vegetable basket and on the shelves of the refrigerator.

Cooking time - 5 minutes, which will take to cut the filling for pita bread.

Ingredients

• Wheat lavash - 1 pc.;
• 250-gram cup of mixed greens: lettuce or shredded broccoli, a quarter each of red and green sweet peppers;
• 4 things. cherry tomatoes;
• 20 g smoked sausage or ham;
• 1 hard-boiled egg (optional)

Cooking

Cut the pita bread in half (we don’t cut it when serving, so we need small pockets for the filling), spread it on a flat surface, cover with a mixed filling and wrap it in a roll.

• Tomatoes - 2 pieces;
• Egg - 1 piece;
• Hard cheese - 2 tablespoons;
• Greens (parsley, dill) - 2 tbsp. l.;
• Ground black pepper - on the tip of a knife;
• Salt - a pinch.

Cooking

1. From the washed tomatoes, cut off the tops (do not throw away) and take out the core with a teaspoon.
2. Beat the egg with grated cheese, add chopped parsley and dill, salt and pepper.
3. Pour the egg mixture into the hollow tomatoes, cover with the cut tops of the tomatoes.
4. Bake in the microwave at maximum power for 3 minutes.

Cooking time - 3 minutes.

• Butter - 1 tbsp. l.;
• Stale bread - 2 slices;
• Hard cheese - 50 g.

Cooking

1. Brush one side of the bread with oil.
2. Place the first slice of bread on the hot skillet, butter side down.
3. Sprinkle with cheese.
   Lay the second piece on top, butter side up.
   Reduce heat and fry until golden brown, 1 minute on each side.

Ideally, we should get a ruddy sandwich with cheese filling.

Cooking time - 4 minutes.

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup pasta noodles;
• 1/2 cup milk or water (milk will make the finished macaroni and cheese taste creamy)
• 50 g grated hard cheese.

Cooking

For cooking, we need an overall cup for 400 - 500 g.

1. Add milk/water and noodles to the mug.
2. We place the cup with the contents on a microwave oven plate for 1 minute.
3. Stir the noodles in the bowl to make sure they don't stick to the bottom.
4. We turn on the microwave for another 1 minute, then mix everything again.

*Cook's advice
At this point, the noodles should be almost cooked and most of the liquid should be gone. How much more you need to cook depends on your microwave. But it will be no more than 30 extra seconds.

After that, add the grated cheese to the hot noodles and mix until it is completely dissolved.

If we use very finely grated cheese, it will melt on its own under the influence of the temperature of the cooked noodles. If your cheese is sliced ​​or grated on a coarse grater, you may need an additional 20 seconds in the microwave.

After that, mix the pasta thoroughly and serve immediately.

As you have seen, the question of what to cook for dinner in 5 minutes is not at all a problem. For a quick lunch, all you need is your imagination and a creative approach to culinary business. Good luck with your experiments and bon appetit!

Is fast tasty? We found five simple and effective recipes that are said to be ready in just five minutes, hired professional chefs and put them to the test.

Recipe 1. Breakfast. Omelet in Catalan

• Eggs - 3 pcs.
• Milk - 2 tbsp. spoons
• Tomatoes - 1 pc.
• Ham - 50 g.
• Cheese - 50 g.
• Ground black pepper
• Vegetable oil (for greasing the pan)

Real cooking time: 6 minutes 30 seconds

Cooking:

Turn on the stove so that the pan begins to heat up. Beat eggs with milk; pepper, salt and mix. Grease the pan evenly with vegetable oil. Pour 2/3 of the omelet mixture over it. Cut tomatoes and ham, grate cheese. Put the stuffing in the pan. When the omelet is lightly browned, roll it into a tube and move it to the middle of the pan. Fill the empty space with the remaining mixture in the bowl. When it is a little fried, put the rest of the filling on it. Bring to readiness and completely roll the omelette into a tube, then cut into pieces.

Stuffed omelet roll is ready! Serve hot, sprinkled with herbs.

Recipe 2. Snack. crab balls

• Crab sticks - 20 g.
• Cheese (hard) - 100 g.
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Mayonnaise
• Greens (for decoration)

Real cooking time: 4 minutes 50 seconds

Cooking:

Grate crab sticks and cheese on a fine grater. Finely chop the garlic, pass through a press or grate. Mix cheese with garlic, season with mayonnaise. Roll the cheese mass into balls and roll them in shavings of crab sticks. If desired, you can decorate a cold appetizer with herbs.

Recipe 3. Garnish. Steamed zucchini with herbs

• Young zucchini - 1 pc.
• Basil purple - 1 bunch
• Parsley - 1 bunch
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Sunflower oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
• Pepper

Real cooking time: 10 minutes

Cooking:

Turn on the multicooker for heating. Boil water in an electric kettle. Cut the zucchini into rings 0.5 - 1 cm thick. Chop the basil and parsley. Finely chop the garlic or pass through a press. Mix greens and garlic, season with vegetable oil and mix well. Roll the zucchini rings in the resulting spice mixture.
Pour hot water from the kettle into the multicooker bowl, install the steam grate. Put the zucchini on the grill, close the lid of the multicooker. Set the Steamer/Vegetables program to 3 minutes. After the time has elapsed, take out the zucchini, pour over them with the remaining spicy mixture.

Steamed zucchini with greens are ready! They can be served with sour cream as an independent dish or as a dietary side dish, for example, with meat.

Recipe 4. Main course. Fried calamari with vegetables

• Squids (peeled) - 4 pcs.
• Carrot - ½ pc.
• Fennel - ½ bulb
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Hot chili pepper (small) - 2 pcs.
• Black peppercorns - 5 pcs.
• Sichuan pepper - ½ teaspoon
• Vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. spoons
• Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon
• Oyster sauce - 1 tbsp. spoons
• Soy sauce - 2 tbsp. spoons

Real cooking time: 8 minutes

Cooking:

Turn on the stove so that the pan begins to heat up. Cut the carrots into thin slices, then chop them to make straws. Slice the fennel bulb. On the squid, make notches at an angle of 45 degrees in the form of a lattice. Then cut the fillet across every 2 centimeters. Pour vegetable oil into a hot frying pan, throw a pinch of Sichuan pepper into it. Chop the garlic and add to the pan. Then chop and add hot chili pepper there. Then add chopped vegetables, mix everything, fry a little. Add squids, stir them constantly, but not more than a minute, otherwise they will become “rubber”.

Pour in soy and oyster sauce, then sesame oil. Salt a little and stir. A savory Chinese dish is ready, bon appetit!

Recipe 5. Dessert. Baked apple with nuts and dried fruits

• Apples (medium) - 2 pcs.
• Walnuts - 15 g
• Dried apricots - 25 g
• Light raisins - 15 g
• Honey - 2 tbsp. spoons
• Cowberry or chokeberry jam - 2 tbsp. boats

Real cooking time: 5 minutes

Cooking:

Filling. Grind walnuts, raisins and dried apricots with a knife. Add jam, mix everything. Apple. Cut off the top of the apple with a stalk and remove the pulp from it with a knife or spoon. Fill the vacant place in the apple with the prepared filling. Cover the filling with the cut off part of the apple. Pour honey on top. Put in the microwave for 2 minutes.

Dessert is ready!

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There is always no time to cook in the morning, but breakfast should not be skipped. Here are a few ideas on how you can quickly refresh yourself to get energy for the entire first half of the day.

1. Oatmeal with dried fruits

Heat ½ liter of milk in a small saucepan. Add 6 tablespoons of oatmeal and cook over medium heat until boiling. Add a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of sugar, lower the heat and cook for a couple more minutes.

At this time, chop a few prunes and dried apricots, some nuts. Add them to the finished porridge along with butter.

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Using a shot glass or a metal forming ring, make a round hole in the crust of a piece of white bread. Grease a frying pan with butter and toast the bread (30 seconds on each side).

Then break an egg into the center of the bread, salt, pepper, sprinkle with herbs and fry until the protein seizes. Put on a plate and enjoy the original fried eggs.

3. Omelette in tomato

Remove the caps from two large tomatoes and scoop out the core with a teaspoon. Beat the egg with grated cheese, chopped parsley and dill. Salt, pepper and pour over the tomatoes. Cover with the remaining tomato caps and microwave for 3-4 minutes.

4. Omelet in a cup

Grease a mug with olive oil and break two eggs into it. Season with salt and beat with a fork. Cut into cubes a piece of boiled sausage or smoked chicken and also send it to a mug. Stir.

Sprinkle with grated cheese and microwave for one minute. Then take out, mix again and send for another minute in the microwave.

5. Avocado sandwich

Dry the rye bread in a pan or toaster. During this time, chop the tomato and a small one. Drizzle the vegetables with two tablespoons of hummus and a pinch of oregano. Spread on bread and enjoy.

6. Oatmeal pancakes

In a blender bowl, combine ½ cup oatmeal, 150 g Greek yogurt, an egg and half a ripe banana. Add ½ teaspoon each of baking powder and vanilla. Whisk. If it turns out watery, add 1-2 tablespoons of oatmeal and mix again.

Bake pancakes in a well-heated pan, greased with vegetable oil. Serve ready-made pancakes with fresh or frozen berries.

7. Cheese porridge

Put 300 g of fat sour cream in a saucepan with a thick bottom and bring to a boil. While it is heating, mash 200 g of fresh Ossetian cheese with a fork. Add it to boiling sour cream. Stirring constantly, add a pinch of salt and a glass of cornmeal. Cook, stirring constantly, until creamy. Cheese porridge should be viscous and elastic.

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Brush toast bread (or regular whole grain bread) with Dijon mustard and place on a baking sheet drizzled with olive oil. Place grated cheese (ideally Gruyère) and a slice of ham on each piece. Sprinkle with cheese again and cover with another piece of bread.

Top the sandwiches with olive oil and send to a well-heated oven until golden brown. You can also drizzle with béchamel sauce before serving.

9. Banana Cinnamon Toast

Brush bread for toast or loaf with softened butter. Put a couple of slices of banana on each piece, pour over with condensed milk, sprinkle with cane sugar and cinnamon. Top with another slice of bread so that the butter is on top. Send for 30 seconds in the microwave or brown the toasts in a waffle iron.

10. Peanut butter and fruit toast

Toast white bread or loaf in a toaster, oven, or dry skillet until crispy on top. Brush each piece with peanut butter and top with any fruit of your choice, such as bananas, kiwis, or strawberries. Serve with hot coffee.

11. Curd cream with fruits

Mix 200–300 g of 9% fat cottage cheese with a blender with 3–4 tablespoons of fat sour cream. Add 2-3 tablespoons of condensed milk and beat again. Serve with seasonal or canned fruit and toast.

12. Banana Berry Smoothie

Combine two ripe bananas, 1/2 cup fresh or frozen berries (such as raspberries and blueberries), a cup of berry juice, and a cup of fat-free drinking yogurt in one bowl. Blend everything with a blender until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve immediately.

Dinner

You can provide yourself with the first one a week ahead - and the cabbage soup perfectly stays in the refrigerator for a week and at the same time it only becomes tastier. But for the second, there is always not enough time and energy. But something tasty can be prepared in a hurry.

13. Macaroni and cheese in a mug

In a large mug, heat ½ cup of milk (1 minute in the microwave will suffice). Add 2-3 tablespoons of thin pasta and microwave for another 3 minutes. Then remove, stir, sprinkle with grated cheese and cook for another minute.

14. Cheesy scrambled eggs

Pour ½ cup of oatmeal with 2 cups of boiling water. Let stand a couple of minutes. At this time, grate cheese (100-200 g) on ​​a fine grater, chop the green onion and pass the garlic through the press. Add all this to the oatmeal, salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.

Fry a couple of eggs in a separate pan. Fried eggs need to be laid out on top of the oatmeal cheese mass. Top with herbs and pepper.

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Mix a tablespoon of mayonnaise, a tablespoon of tomato sauce, juice of ½ lemon and chopped basil. Brush the bottom of the panini bun with this mixture. Put slices of boiled or smoked chicken fillet and tomatoes on it. Sprinkle with grated cheese and cover with the other half of the bun.

Fry the panini for 3-5 minutes in a cast iron skillet, pressing down on top with a lid or other skillet. A crust will form on the bottom and the cheese will melt inside.

16. Caprese with chicken and avocado

To ½ cup of balsamic vinegar, add 2 tablespoons of cane sugar. Place in the microwave for a couple of minutes to dissolve the sugar.

At this time, fry the boiled chicken fillet in olive oil. This is necessary to warm it up and get a golden crust. In a deep dish, put the cubes of chicken, avocado, mozzarella and cherry tomatoes (can be cut in half). Drizzle with balsamic vinegar, sprinkle with chopped basil and serve.

17. Spicy shrimp with garlic

Heat 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large saucepan. Add 300-500 g of peeled shrimp, 2-4 minced garlic cloves and spices of your choice.

Fry the shrimp for 3-5 minutes until they are slightly pink. Then put them on a dish, pour over the juice of one lemon and sprinkle with chopped herbs.

18. Fried squid

Clean the squid carcasses from the insides, cut off the tail, remove the cartilaginous “arrow”. Rinse and dry thoroughly with paper towels inside and out. Cut the squid into rings about 2 centimeters thick, roll in flour and salt batter and deep-fry (one minute on each side). Remove excess oil with paper towels.

19. Ham with tomatoes and herbs

Arm yourself with two frying pans. On one in vegetable oil, fry 500 g of diced ham. On the other - 500 g of tomatoes, cut into large cubes. Salt and pepper the tomatoes to taste. Put ham on lettuce leaves, and tomatoes on top. Sprinkle with chopped herbs and pour over lemon juice.

20. Lavash roll with ham

Mix mayonnaise with ketchup (about 1-2 tablespoons each) and garlic, passed through a press. Lubricate thin pita bread with the resulting mixture. It is better to fold the latter in half so that the roll is stronger. As a filling, use ham or cervelat (should be cut into thin slices) and hard cheese (grate it). Roll the pita bread into a roll and cut into portions about two centimeters wide.

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Dice smoked ham or boiled chicken fillet. Wrap the meat in a tortilla smeared with tomato sauce, along with fresh cucumber, lettuce and mozzarella. If desired, add chopped cilantro, basil, or other herbs to taste.

Heat the burrito in a hot, dry skillet until golden brown and the cheese inside melts.

22. Sausages with bacon and cheese

Peel the sausages from the shell and cut each of them. Cut hard cheese into strips. Stuff sausages with cheese and wrap with one or two slices of bacon. Send to a well-heated oven for 5-7 minutes. Before serving, brush with Dijon mustard or any other mustard for meat.

23. Fricassee with champignons

Cut the boiled chicken breast into strips and fry in olive oil until golden brown. Then add chopped canned champignons or other mushrooms to your taste. Roast for another minute. Then pour sour cream diluted in water with pepper, curry powder and other spices to your taste. Simmer until the cream sauce thickens a little.

24. Mushrooms in cream

Fry a jar of canned champignons or any other mushrooms together with one finely chopped onion in vegetable oil. Don't forget to salt. When almost all the liquid has evaporated from the mushrooms, add 100 g of heavy cream. Sprinkle with grated nutmeg and simmer for a couple more minutes. Creamy thick cream is a sign of the readiness of the dish.

25. Pizza on a loaf

Make the filling: cut 200 g of ham into cubes, grate 200 g of hard cheese, salt, pepper and season with 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise and ketchup. Put the dressing on the loaf pieces, sprinkle with chopped herbs and bake in a well-heated oven until the cheese is melted.

26. Bruschetta

Brush a loaf or bread for toast with butter mixed with garlic and dry for 1-2 minutes in the oven. Top with slices of mozzarella or other cheese of your choice, then diced tomatoes with chopped basil, seasoned with olive oil and salt, pepper and other spices. Send the finished bruschetta to the oven for a couple more minutes to melt the cheese.

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Prepare a poached egg. To do this, boil 2 cups of water in which add salt and ½ tablespoon of wine vinegar. Break the egg into a poacher or a deep slotted spoon greased with vegetable oil. Gently lower into boiling water and cook for about 3 minutes. Serve poached eggs with hot sauce: 200 g plain yoghurt, minced garlic clove, paprika, salt and pepper.

28. Zucchini in lemon juice

Peeled and thinly sliced ​​zucchini (200–300 g) put in a pan with melted butter (20–30 g). Salt and pepper to taste. Pour the juice of one lemon and simmer over high heat with the lid closed for 5 minutes.

Snacks

The following dishes can be eaten alone or with others. Many of them are a great solution for a light dinner.

29. Smoked herring pate

Take a fillet of one smoked herring or and chop with a blender along with 200 g of butter, black pepper and the pulp of one lemon. You should get a homogeneous mass, which must be put in a glass or plastic container and kept in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Herring pate and Borodino bread make excellent sandwiches.

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When the vegetable has cooled, peel it and grate it on a medium grater. Salt. Grind a handful of walnuts in a mortar or coffee grinder. Combine them with beets, season with olive oil and serve.

31. Tomatoes with cheese and garlic

Cut 2-3 fresh tomatoes in half. Take out the core with a teaspoon. Grate two processed cheeses. So that they do not stick to the grater and hands, first hold them in the refrigerator. Mix cheese with 2-3 cloves of garlic, passed through a press. Season with mayonnaise. Stuff the tomatoes with the resulting cheese mass.

32. Spicy carrot

Peel 2 small carrots and a couple of garlic cloves. The spiciness of this snack can be varied to your taste. Grate the carrots on a medium grater, add the garlic passed through the press. Salt, pepper and season with mayonnaise. This appetizer can be spread on sandwiches or crackers or stuffed into eggs.

33. Carrot with prunes

Pour 100 g of prunes with hot water and leave for 2-3 minutes. During this time, peel and grate 2 carrots on a coarse grater. Cut prunes, mix with carrots. Add 30 g chopped walnuts and season with sour cream. If the prunes are not sweet enough, add a teaspoon of sugar.

34. Salad "Student"

The name speaks for itself: minimum ingredients and effort, maximum nutrition. Also, this salad is convenient to cook outdoors.

Drain liquid from canned corn and beans. The latter is best taken in tomato sauce. Mix them in a deep bowl with bacon-flavored croutons and season with mayonnaise. Salt and pepper if necessary.

35. Salad with pear and pomegranate

1-2 pears wash and cut into small cubes, chop the red sweet onion. Mix it all with the seeds of one pomegranate. Add a bunch of chopped cilantro, salt and ground black pepper to taste. Drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice. Dietary refreshing salad is ready.

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Wash and coarsely chop a few ripe tomatoes. Cut the cheese into small cubes. Instead of cheese, you can also use feta cheese or mozzarella. Peel and cut sweet red onions into half rings. Mix these ingredients, salt a little and season with olive oil.

37. Salad with radish and tomatoes

2-3 tomatoes and 3-4 radishes, washed and coarsely chopped. Peel and cut sweet red onions into half rings. Combine these ingredients together and dress the salad with a mixture of a tablespoon of red wine vinegar, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, ½ teaspoon of cane sugar, salt and ground black pepper.

38. Salad with pineapple and celery

Rub one green apple and 100 g of celery on a coarse grater. Drain the liquid from canned pineapples and cut them into cubes. Combine these ingredients, salt to taste and season with mayonnaise. You can add chopped cashews or almonds if you like.

39. Salad with salmon and kiwi

Peel and cut into large cubes kiwi, bell pepper (do not forget) and lightly salted salmon fillet. Cut one small onion into half rings. Mix all the ingredients and season with a tablespoon of olive oil and a tablespoon of lemon juice. Add a pinch each of salt, sugar and ground black pepper. Stir.

40. Deep-fried champignons

Cut 200-300 g of champignons into thin slices, salt and leave for a couple of minutes. At this time, heat the oil in a pan. Roll each piece of champignon in flour and deep fry. The dish can be eaten both hot and cold.

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Cut brown bread into small portioned slices (about 3 × 3 centimeters). Spread them with cream cheese. For each piece, put a slice of ripe avocado and a piece of lightly salted salmon. Suitable and other red fish - salmon or trout.

42. Tapas with chicken nuggets

Cut the chicken breast into small pieces, dip each of them in a beaten egg with salt, roll in breadcrumbs and fry in vegetable oil. Lay the nuggets on pieces of baguette, adding a slice of fresh cucumber and tomato.

Dessert

Not all desserts require many hours at the stove. There are some that can be done quickly, but it turns out no less tasty.

43. Raspberry ice cream

Whip 500 g of frozen raspberries in a blender with a glass of chilled heavy cream, ½ cup of powdered sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla. You will get a thick cold mixture, reminiscent of melted ice cream. You can eat it like this, or you can send it to the freezer for a short time. If your refrigerator has a super freeze function, everything will turn out very quickly.

44. Curd-strawberry dessert

In a blender or mixer, beat a pack of granular cottage cheese and 100 g of fresh strawberries. If it's runny, add a banana. If not sweet enough, a few teaspoons of powdered sugar.

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There are many fast ones. Here is one of them. Melt 2 tablespoons butter (20-30 seconds in the microwave). Add 2 tablespoons sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla and a pinch of salt. Pour the egg yolk into a bowl and whisk everything. Add 4 tablespoons of flour mixed with a tablespoon of cocoa powder. Mix the dough with a few pieces of chocolate and microwave for 3 minutes.

46. ​​Walnut Cake

Beat 3 eggs with 200 g ground hazelnuts or almonds. Add 100 g of powdered sugar and a teaspoon of baking powder. Mix thoroughly again. Grease a small glass microwave dish with butter and sprinkle with flour. Pour the dough into it and bake in the microwave at full power for 5 minutes. Soak the finished cake with boiled condensed milk, whipped with butter, or any other cream.

47. Oranges with pomegranate

Bring a glass of orange juice to a boil along with 2 tablespoons of cane sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla sugar. Then add 2 tablespoons of starch, previously diluted in cold water. Peeled oranges cut into rings and put in a deep dish in layers, sprinkling with pomegranate seeds and pouring hot orange juice.

48. Grapefruit with cinnamon and honey

Wash a few grapefruits and cut them in half. Sprinkle each half with brown sugar, cinnamon (about one teaspoon each) and honey. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 5 minutes.

49. Tangerine slices in chocolate

Melt a bar of your favorite chocolate in a water bath or in the microwave. Peel and cut into slices several tangerines. Dip each wedge into the chocolate icing and then roll in chopped nuts like almonds or hazelnuts. Let cool and serve.

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Peel one large banana, cut it lengthwise, slightly removing the core. Stuff it with marshmallows, sprinkle with grated chocolate and cinnamon, pour over with honey. Wrap the banana in foil and send it to the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 5 minutes.

Good morning! Irina Ivaskiv is with you. I wake up the little ones this morning, and they purr under their breath: nooo, another 5 minutes ... Knock on the door - the middle son ran in after the night shift: mom, I'm 5 minutes ... I go to the window: my five minutes with God ... Something on Skype tinkled: the eldest son sent a quote from Steve Jobs and asked: mom, how do you understand this? It took me exactly 5 minutes to compose an answer to him ... How much is 5 minutes? What can be done in 5 minutes?

Five Minute Lessons at Yeshiva University

Once at Yeshiva University, five-minute lessons were introduced, mandatory for all students to attend. The head of the university addressed the students with the words:

“I want you to understand that even in five minutes you can do something”

The protagonist of Herman Book's novel Cain's Mutiny received a warning from his dying father:

“If you can, remember: there is nothing, nothing, nothing more valuable than time. You may think that you still have a lot of it in stock, but you don't. Lost hours destroy your life, both in your youth and towards the end, only at the end you feel it more and understand it better.

What can be done in 5 minutes?

Accumulating time in reserve (like money) is impossible. All we can do is value time. Wasting time means putting your life on hold all the time.

Free time… We all miss it. But, having a few free minutes, we are looking for ways ... to kill him.

But what can be done in 5 minutes? Listen to a song? Lace up your boot? Cook an omelet? Dry your hair? Learn a poem? Do a workout? Or 25 pushups? Take a shower? Read article? Or a bedtime story for a child? Disassemble the blockage on the desk? Have a bite? To water flowers? Remove nail polish? Get a loan?

Or maybe...

• Write down your most important life goals
• Talk on the phone with a friend or mom
• Call a colleague, supplier, employee
• Make an important appointment by phone
• Prepare visuals for the seminar
• Find the right document for a meeting or training
• Analyze the past day
• Write down the top 3 things that happened in a day
• Outline the main theses that will be included in a future report or article
• Check email and briefly reply to several emails

5 minutes is a LOT! Each of us has several of these five minutes every day! In 5 minutes you can do a lot of important and useful things!