Rice with vegetables

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of white rice
1 1/2 cups of water
1 cup of frozen peas
1/2 cup of frozen corn
1 carrot
1/2 onion (chopped)
4 cloves of garlic (chopped)
olive oil

Directions:
In a pot with olive oil saute the onion and garlic, then add the peeled carrot, saute for about 3 minutes and then add the rice and let if fry for about 3 minutes always stirring, add the hot water and salt. Pour in a pyrex covered with foil and cook in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. After 30 minutest take out the rice from the oven and mix the peas and the corn and bake for 5 more minutes.Easy and delicious!

Vegetable and meat soup

This soup can be a full meal with a nice piece of bread. This one was made on top of my wood stove!


Ingredients:
5 potatoes cut in cubes
4 carrots cut in cubes
1 onion chopped
5 cloves of garlic
2 tomatoes
olive oil
salt
4 beef ribs
1 can of beans (red or white)
1 bunch of kale (or broccoli rabe or escarole)

Directions
In a pot saute' potatoes, carrots, onion, garlic and tomatoes with the olive oil for about 5 minutes.
Then add the meat and saute 5 more minutes, add enough water to cover everything and add salt. Cover the pot and let it cook on low until the meat is falling from the bone, add more water if necessary. Take out the meat and pure the vegetables in the water. Shred the meat and add to the pot.  Chop the greens in big chunks and add to the soup, add the beans and let it cook until the greens are soft. Check for salt.
In this one I used kale and red beans, you can add cooked pasta to the bowl when you are serving. Enjoy!