Feature: Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Lacto-ovo vegetarian dishes do not include meat, poultry, fish, seafood, but can include eggs and diary products.

Roasted Leeks with Yogurt and Hazelnuts

Cooking Time: 1 h

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

Leek is a unique vegetable. It is among the top three vegetables richest in soluble fiber; only Artichoke and Jerusalem artichoke contain more. At the same time, the leek season...

Sunflower Seed Bread (Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Egg-free)

Breads & Bakes

Signature Cuisine

This is an unusual gluten-free bread recipe made almost entirely from sunflower seeds. The bread turns out soft, with a pleasant texture and a rich, nutty flavor. Sunflower seeds are...

Cauliflower with raisins and pine nuts

Cooking Time: 25 min

Vegetables

Italian

This is a very easy and incredibly elegant recipe. A subtle combination of flavors and textures – crispy cauliflower florets, sweet raisins and nuts – surprised and delighted me. I...

Dresden Stollen with marzipan/Marzipan Stollen (gluten-free, dairy-free)

Cooking Time: 2 h

Stollen is a traditional German Christmas bread–cake–loaf, also popular in Austria. The name fully matches the German word Stollen, which means “tunnel” or “mining passage,” although there is no single...

Kateryna Maznikova

22.12.2025

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South Tyrolean Buckwheat Cake/Südtiroler Buchweizentorte

Cooking Time: 1 h 30 min

Desserts

South Tyrol is beautiful at any time of year, but especially in spring, when everything is in bloom, and in autumn, when the mountains shimmer with color and orchards are...

Kateryna Maznikova

17.12.2025

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Spanish Tortilla with Potatoes (Tortilla de patatas)

Cooking Time: 25 min

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

Spanish

The word “tortilla” (Spanish tortilla) literally means “small cake.” Interestingly, this same word is used for two completely different dishes — one Spanish and one Mexican. Originally, in Spain, tortilla...

Kateryna Maznikova

12.11.2025

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Dutch Baby Pancake (gluten-free, dairy-free)

Cooking Time: 25 min

Dutch Baby is a large sweet pancake, or something between a pancake and an omelet (since the dessert contains a lot of eggs). It is baked in the oven in...

Kateryna Maznikova

08.09.2025

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Flat green beans in tomato sauce

Cooking Time: 45 min

Vegetables

Green beans (string or flat) are a superfood. First, they are an excellent source of fiber; second, they are rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. It’s worth learning how to...

Kateryna Maznikova

31.08.2025

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Delicate Shortbread Cookies with Mayonnaise

Cooking Time: 25 min

Desserts

These are exceptionally tender, crumbly, golden shortbread cookies. This is my own gluten-free version of a classic cookie my mom used to make with mayonnaise—it was my favorite growing up....

Kateryna Maznikova

18.07.2025

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Beetroot brownies

Cooking Time: 45 min

Desserts

The idea of chocolate baking with beetroot has intrigued me for a long time. It’s a very pleasant combination of flavor and color, and in brownies, beetroot adds extra moistness....