This Ukrainian Borscht with Sorrel and Wild Garlic is so full of nutrients! I can just feel the vitamins nourishing my body as I eat each delicious spoonful. If you’ve ever been to Ukrainian restaurant you probably tried and appreciated the pride of Ukrainian cuisine – borscht. This soup is so full of nutrients, you can [Continue Reading…]
Easter Bread – Kulich
This traditional Easter Bread – Kulich or Paska is enriched with plenty of egg yolks, milk, butter, vanilla and raisins. I love all things Easter so I am beyond excited about this traditional Orthodox Easter Bread – Kulich. It’s enriched with plenty of egg yolks, milk, butter, vanilla and raisins. The sweet, eggy, buttery taste is complex, [Continue Reading…]
Easy Beef Belyashi
You know sometimes when you’re just doing your thing, like sweeping the kitchen floor and singing “Love me like you do” into the tip of the broom, and a random taste appears in your mouth out of nowhere, and you’re like WHAT IS THAT. WHAT. IS. THAT. And it’s not an actual taste, but it’s [Continue Reading…]
Ukrainian Holiday Bread (Kalach)
In Ukraine Christmas Eve is called ‘Sviaty Vechir’ (Holy Evening) or sometimes it is also called ‘Sviata Vecheria’ (Holy Supper). The supper would usually start in the evening after the first star appears in the sky, which symbolizes the birth of Jesus. My most memorable childhood holiday traditions are revealed around Christmas Eve in little Ukrainian village with my [Continue Reading…]
Two Filling Pierogies – Vareniki
As a little girl I used to spend lots of time at my grandparents’ place. Among all the beautiful memories I’ve kept from that time there’s my grandmothers’ cooking. Even now, when I close my eyes, I can still smell and taste all the delicious meals she cooked for us. Vareniki was one of my [Continue Reading…]
Chicken Kiev
I love to cook for a lot of reasons. It’s the curiosity of experimenting with new ingredients and spices, developing new recipes or pleasing family and friends with yummy dishes, but most of the time it’s the desire to reconnect with recipes from the past. Retro recipes that have been handed down through generations of [Continue Reading…]
Russian Kefir Crepes
This post is sponsored by our generous friend Katya and her fisherman dad who treated us with the freshest caviar out there 🙂 Thank you, thank you! You know life is great when you’re eating this. Classic Russian Kefir Crepes, or as we call them bliny, served with caviar. These thin Russian Kefir Crepes are my favorite weekend [Continue Reading…]
Rosti with Smoked Salmon
Being Ukrainian, my love for potatoes goes deep, and I have never come across a potato dish that I haven’t loved. Mashed potatoes, fried, gratin, chips, potato skins, salads, soups, ROSTI – you name it, I love it! Ooh la la! Is that not the prettiest stack of little rosti? ? Rosti are basically the Swiss version of [Continue Reading…]
Cherry Piroshki
I spent most of my childhood at grandma’s little farm in Ukraine. I would spend the early mornings picking fresh cherries and raspberries and, over the following days, gorging on them. When we moved to Toronto with my husband, I knew there would be things about home I would miss – obvious ones like my [Continue Reading…]
Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
I’ve been feeling a strong urge to share more Russian and Ukrainian recipes on the blog lately. Cravings for slavic foods come strong with the arrival of summer or holidays when I miss my family the most. This recipe came at a perfect time since I will be flying to Kiev in 3 short weeks. Yay! [Continue Reading…]