Kasha Varnishkes - Nanny Lilly

Nanny Lilly's Kasha Varnishkes

(cold or hot)
Serves 10 - 12
Ingredients
1 cup kasha
1 egg
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoon of butter
2 cups of chicken broth
2 medium onions..chopped
1 large bunch of parsley-finely chopped
1 cup of olive oil
2 fresh lemons---some zest please

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The Pasta 

1 bag of bow-tie pasta
Cook your pasta
Follow bag directions
Rinse pasta
Set it aside
Once the pasta has cooled put it in a bowl and coat it with Olive oil







To make Kasha which is actually Buckwheat. Follow these directions or the box directions
Heat the liquid, butter and seasonings in a small soup pot keep warm keep it on the side to
steam the kasha. Lightly beat the egg in a bowl and add the kasha and coat all the kasha
In a separate skillet add egg coated kasha and cook over high heat 2 to 3 minutes stirring constantly until egg has dried and kasha kernels are separate.
Reduce the heat to low
Now add the liquid that we kept warm
Cover the skillet and simmer for 7 minutes. This will make about 4 cups
Ok put the kasha in with the pasta
Add a little more of your olive oil
Set your Kasha aside


Chop your two onions
I encourage you to tweak all my recipes they are to my taste and we all love different taste that is what makes cooking such a delight..
Saute your onions on medium heat in olive oil about 3 tablespoons of olive oil until they are a little brown on the edges yet not quiet translucent



Add the onions to the mixture of kasha and pasta

Parsley choppin

Take all the twigs off the parsley it is bitter tasting
I use scissors to cut the twigs off
I have a separate pair of scissors just for the kitchen they come in handy
So once the twigs are off chop the parsley
Now add the parsley to the mixture








Now we have the kasha , pasta , onions the parsley in the bowl.
 

Now the fun starts we are going to make it taste delicious. You should have some lemon zest about one lemon worth add it to the mixture. Squeeze the lemons over the salad.
Sprinkle with additional Olive oil.
Salt and Pepper - It is truly to taste at this point
Mix and taste till it is just right.

This salad can be served hot warm right after you have made it . The next day this makes a super pasta salad cold and it is so good for you take some to the office and make your co-workers know what healthy food is all about

Thank you Nanny Lilly for introducing me to so many great foods