Feature: Gluten-Free

A gluten-free diet is a diet that excludes gluten, a protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. Gluten causes health problems in sufferers of celiac disease and some cases of wheat allergy.

Ukrainian Sauerkraut and Millet Soup, AKA Ukrainian Kapustnyak

Cooking Time: 30 min

Vegetables

This dish has a certain romantic appeal to me. First, it takes me back to my childhood. My best friend’s mom would often make it and leave it on the...

Kateryna Maznikova

27.02.2023

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Limoncello

Desserts

You know I buy certain products directly from farmers so it’s always (naturally) a larger volume than I get in the supermarket. Here I recently received a crate of the...

Kateryna Maznikova

22.02.2023

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Zuckerschoten or Snow Peas with Garlic Chips

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

Snow peas (en.: Snow Pea, Chinese pea, de.: Zuckerschote, lat.: Pisum sativum var. macrocarpum) are flat green pea pods that can be eaten raw and the whole piece. Snow peas...

Kateryna Maznikova

22.02.2023

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Moroccan Beet Salad

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

Moroccan cuisine is rich not only in great meat dishes but also in its salads with fresh and bright flavors. Take, for example, the Moroccan salad of boiled beets. Bright,...

Kateryna Maznikova

19.02.2023

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Fermented Celery Root

What are our best helpers in the kitchen? The microbes, of course! Easy, I mean fermentation or souring. 🙂 There is much talk about now, and rightly so! As a...

Kateryna Maznikova

19.02.2023

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Baking a Turkey (Filet, Shank, or Roll)

Cooking Time: 1 h 30 min

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

Turkey is a wonderful bird with dietary meat. But with it, especially with the filet, there is always a question, “How to cook it juicy and achieve a brighter flavor?”...

Kateryna Maznikova

16.02.2023

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How to Cook Buckwheat

Cooking Time: 15 min

Cereals & Legumes

Ukrainian

Just don’t laugh 🙂 It would seem, well, what a recipe, simple as that. But, as in any simple recipe, the details are crucial! Besides, I really want to write...

Kateryna Maznikova

16.02.2023

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Beet and Prune Salad

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

Perhaps some of my readers are surprised that I am posting well-known recipes of Soviet cuisine. To explain, on the one hand, I want to acquaint my international audience with...

Kateryna Maznikova

26.01.2023

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Eggplant with Tahini and Mint Served Iranian Way

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

Vienna has a restaurant &flora with a lovely modern interior and a fireplace, fragrant natural wines and great food made from regional products with an oriental touch. The chef here...

Kateryna Maznikova

26.01.2023

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Shrimp Salad

Cooking Time: 15 min

Fish & Seafood

Signature Cuisine

What I have realized, or can even say discovered in Sweden, is the very notion of shrimp salad. Until then, it seemed to me like an exotic rather than a...