Russian Potato Salad (Оливье)

Boil the following ingredients in same pot: 2 large potatoes (Russet or red, skin intact), 3-4 eggs, 3-4 carrots (peeled), 4 hot dogs (optional, can substitute with any cooked meat like brisket or kielbasa, or leave meat out)

• Cool above ingredients until room temperature, then peel potatoes and eggs, and chop into bite size chunks
• Dump canned peas into mix (~1 small can, strained)
• Add 2-3 chopped pickles (whichever flavor you prefer)
• Add 2-3 tbsp mayo to dress the salad
• Garnish with a heaping handful of finely chopped parsley or dill  
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Optional variations: add hot banana peppers and spice with paprika in addition to black pepper

Fresh Squeezed Juice

Simple Mixture: apples, carrots, celery, parsley and ginger

(Add beet for a deep red color for your juice!)

Beef Brisket

Preheat the oven - 325F
Prep onions/carrots/potatoes/garlic 

• carrots/potatoes into bite-sized chunks
• garlic should be whole(ish) - doesn't matter if it is broken up a bit, the only thing we care about is that the shell has been removed 

Take out the roasting pan and layer it with a lot of onions/garlic (lets say 3/4) and some of the potatoes/carrots (closer to 1/3)

·      If this doesn't cover the bottom of the pan pretty thoroughly, we need more onions

Prep the sauce for the brisket - 3 parts bbq sauce/2 parts beer/1 part ketchup

• Go for a saucy consistency, not a watery one
• Should be enough to cover the entire brisket, but not so much to turn the pan into the soup