Feature: Dairy-Free

A dairy-free diet is a diet that excludes milk-based ingredients. Dairy-free dishes do not contain casein, whey, lactose and milk fat.

Fennel and Orange Salad with Shrimp

Cooking Time: 25 min

At a New Year’s party this year, I tried a delicious appetizer consisting of thinly sliced pickled fennel, orange slices, fennel greens and salted salmon. Taking this idea as a...

Kateryna Maznikova

21.12.2023

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Black Radish Salad with Mayonnaise

Cooking Time: 15 мин

Signature Cuisine

A seemingly simple recipe reveals the flavor potential of black radish and allows you to get all of its beneficial properties as it is used in its raw form. Black...

Kateryna Maznikova

21.12.2023

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Peruvian Quinoa, AKA Quinoa Atamalada Made with Coconut Milk and Seafood

Cooking Time: 30 min

Cereals & Legumes

Signature Cuisine

Quinoa is a plant in the amaranth family, which means it is a relative of spinach, beets and amaranth. Andean people have been consuming quinoa for several thousand years. In...

Kateryna Maznikova

21.12.2023

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Marinaded Heart, AKA Heart Hoe

Cooking Time: 30 min

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

Signature Cuisine

A dish like this is most often found under the name Heart Hoe, referring to the motifs of Korean cuisine. I’m uncertain if this dish is an authentic Korean recipe...

Kateryna Maznikova

19.12.2023

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Styrian Style Liver

Cooking Time: 30 min

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

Local traditional restaurants in Styria (a state in Austria) serve magnificent fried liver in the most delicious gravy in the world. The secret to the Styrian flavor lies in the...

Kateryna Maznikova

18.12.2023

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Romanian Vegetable Stew, AKA Ghiveci Calugaresc

Vegetables

It’s an ingenious dish where you can combine whatever vegetables are in season. You can enjoy it both warm and cold, at any meal or have it with meat, fish...

Kateryna Maznikova

18.12.2023

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Zucchini and Dried Apricot Chocolate Cake with Olive Oil

Cooking Time: 1 h 30 min

Desserts

Signature Cuisine

Zucchini Chocolate Cake is a classic! We will do our own reading, of course, gluten-free and dairy-free, but more interestingly, we will even replace half of the sugar with apricots....

Kateryna Maznikova

02.12.2023

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Chicken Liver in Coconut Milk

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

Signature Cuisine

Although I’m wary of substituting cow’s milk for coconut milk in all recipes (since they have different textures and flavor profiles and work differently), this liver recipe surprised me and...

Kateryna Maznikova

30.11.2023

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Chia Pudding with Mandarin/Tangerine Puree

Desserts

Signature Cuisine

Berries and fruits typically come to an end during the late autumn and winter seasons, while citrus fruits come into their prime. The chia pudding turns out really well with...

Kateryna Maznikova

19.11.2023

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Georgian-style Fermented Green Tomatoes with Herbs

Cooking Time: 45 min

Georgian

Green tomatoes have a very short season. So, in autumn, when the temperature drops and is not favorable for tomato ripening, it’s time to seek green tomatoes in the market....