Feature: Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

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

Herring Salad, AKA Herring Under a Fur Coat

Cooking Time: 30 min

Fish & Seafood

Herring Under a Fur Сoat was one of the pillars of the New Year table in the former Soviet Union. For many families, even now, it’s unthinkable to celebrate New...

Rich Kutya with Chocolate Based on Whole Oats (gluten-free)

Cooking Time: 1 h

Kutya or Kutia is a ritual Slavic dish made of boiled wheat or barley with honey and poppy seeds. People in Ukraine make Kutya for certain holidays. For Christmas Eve...

Pumpkin Pancakes with Almond Flour, AKA Kürbispuffer

Cooking Time: 30 min

This site already has a recipe for classic pumpkin pancakes with gluten-free grain flour such as amaranth, rice, wheat, etc. Now let’s try making their grain-free version, but with almond...

White Radish Salad with Coconut Yogurt

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

My aunt always made this kind of salad in the winter. I remember very well its soft and at the same time, crispy consistency and fresh, slightly tangy taste balanced...

Tahini Sauce

Cooking Time: 5 min

Vegetables

Tahini, as we know, is a sesame paste widely used in Arabic, Israeli and other Eastern cuisines. The most basic use of tahini is a white sauce that resembles mayonnaise...

Kharcho soup is probably one of the most famous Georgian dishes outside of Georgia. Its simplified version was served alongside a similarly simplified version of borscht in the Soviet-era canteens....

Kateryna Maznikova

27.11.2022

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Mingrelian Adjika

Cooking Time: 30 min

Vegetables

Georgian

Ajika is a spicy Georgian seasoning, which is actually a paste of hot chili peppers with garlic salt and aromatic herbs. Traditionally, the ingredients were ground on a stone until...

Kateryna Maznikova

27.11.2022

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Baked Beets

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

It’s a versatile way to cook beets that are guaranteed to retain their color and be very sweet. I highly recommend cooking beets this way. Bon Appétit!

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04.11.2022

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Pickled Eggplants

Cooking Time: 25 min

Vegetables

Ukrainian

Growing up, we had a similar dish called Blue as Mushrooms. Eggplants are called “Blue” in my homeland. Growing up and being kids, we always wondered why we had to...

Kateryna Maznikova

04.11.2022

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Cauliflower Purée

Cooking Time: 25 min

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

Cauliflower purée has become a popular healthy diet dish. However, the Internet suggests a quite simple version, boil the cauliflower and grind it into purée. That’s fine, but in taste...