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.

Beet Greens (or Chard) Borsch

Cooking Time: 60

Vegetables

In early spring I am always looking for spring beetroots with greens to appear in stores. Borsch made from beet greens in the most delicious spring borsch that have a...

Kateryna Maznikova

11.02.2018

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Spaghetti allo scoglio/ai frutti di mare – Sicilian Seafood Pasta

Cooking Time: 80

Italian

Of course, the best seafood dishes are cooked somewhere near the sea or the ocean. I learned to cook this seafood pasta on a trip to Sicily. Having tasted seafood...

Kateryna Maznikova

11.02.2018

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Caponata – Cicilian Aubergine Stew

Cooking Time: 90

Vegetables

Italian

I am writing this recipe from Catania, Cicily. I’m drinking a local wine and eating caponata, though canned, but local and absolutely authentic. Caponata is a Cicilian dish made from...

Kateryna Maznikova

11.02.2018

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Poached Eggs

Cooking Time: 25

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

French

Honestly speaking, my poached eggs used to be a failure. But I have always liked their “festiveness” and the combination of the texture and the flavor of a runny yolk...

Kateryna Maznikova

11.02.2018

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Butterflied Roasted Chicken

Cooking Time: 550

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

American

Roasted chicken should have a crispy flavorful crust, fragrant and salty enough, tender and succulent meat (as well as breast meat!). I wish I always ended up with a prefect...

Kateryna Maznikova

11.02.2018

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Baked Beetroot Borsch with Mushroom Broth

Cooking Time: 130

Vegetables

Ukrainian

Baked beetroot borsch with mushroom broth is marvelous! Beside its rich flavor, which is a differential peculiarity of Ukrainian borsch and the reason why they are so popular worldwide, it...

Kateryna Maznikova

11.02.2018

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Khao Pad with Chicken – Thai Fried Rice

Cooking Time: 40

Khao pad is one of my favorite rice dishes. It is Thai, and it name means fried rice. I have always been skeptical about cooking Thai dishes at home, but...

Kateryna Maznikova

11.02.2018

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Crab Stick Salad – Post-Soviet Classic!

Cooking Time: 40

Fish & Seafood

Ukrainian

In the late 1990s or early 2000s, when crab sticks first appeared in stores, crab stick salad became popular in Russia and Ukraine as an alternative to the famous Soviet...

Kateryna Maznikova

11.02.2018

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Tufahije

Cooking Time: 40

Desserts

The first time I tried tufahije was during my very first visit to Bosnia. I remember being fascinated by lovely desserts served with coffee in Sarajevo. In all cafes tufahije...

Kateryna Maznikova

11.02.2018

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Chicken Stock

Cooking Time: 250

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

Ukrainian

The first step I used to take in cooking soup was preparation of stock. That is why soup seemed very time-consuming to me. Only when I started to learn cooking...