Feature: Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

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

Belorussian Kholodnik (cold beetroot soup)

Cooking Time: 20 min

Vegetables

Ukrainian

Vienna has touched almost 40-degree Celsius today – the high time to make cold soups! And when the heat is so extreme, what best refreshes you is a Belorussian cold...

Kateryna Maznikova

21.06.2018

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Asparagus Risotto

Cooking Time: 50 min

Cereals & Legumes

Italian

Asparagus risotto is a bright seasonal dish. The recipe makes very rich, appealing, delicious and subtle risotto. Here I’m also sharing with you a tip on how to keep risotto...

Kateryna Maznikova

26.05.2018

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Cream of Celery Soup with Almond Milk

Cooking Time: 50 min

Vegetables

This cream of celery soup is a restaurant-level dish, although you can’t even taste such a delicious one in every restaurant! It’s smooth, creamy and fragrant. It’s just gorgeous! The...

Kateryna Maznikova

17.05.2018

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Raspberry Vinegar (method No.2 – natural fermentation, fresh raspberries)

Cooking Time: 50 days

Fruit vinegar is a very interesting topic! A lot has been written about benefits of home-made vinegar. Apple cider vinegar and its properties have been described in books. Here is...

Kateryna Maznikova

12.05.2018

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Easy Ricotta Cake

Cooking Time: 95 min

Desserts

Italian

Though this is such an easy-breezy recipe, everyone just loved it so I decided to share it with you. The cake tastes milky with no sour hints of cottage cheese....

Kateryna Maznikova

08.05.2018

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Rhubarb-Basil Lemonade

Cooking Time: 25

Desserts

Austrian

Do you know that rhubarb and buckwheat belong to the same family of plants – Polygonaceae? What a surprise, right? Today we are making rhubarb-basil lemonade – the best drink...

Kateryna Maznikova

06.05.2018

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Roasted Red Bell Pepper Topping

Cooking Time: 25

Vegetables

Italian

This roasted red bell pepper topping is absolutely delicious. It resembles me ajvar (a vegetable Balkanian caviar made of roasted bell peppers), but a richer and fresher taste. Smoky bell...

Kateryna Maznikova

24.04.2018

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Red-Wine Poached Pears

Cooking Time: 55

Desserts

French

Red-Wine Poached Pears — is a most subtle dessert. So light, refreshing and delightful – it is perfectly concludes a festive or a family meal. Poached in spiced red wine syrup...

Kateryna Maznikova

23.03.2018

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Sauerkraut, Boiled Potatoes & Carrot Salad

Cooking Time: 35

Vegetables

Ukrainian

This salad is one of those unforgettable “tastes of childhood” that despite their simplicity have a magic power to spark memories and have us go back to them. Such sauerkraut,...

Kateryna Maznikova

21.03.2018

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Croatian Silverbeet with Potatoes (Blitva sa krumpirom)

Cooking Time: 40

Fish & Seafood

This dish, or rather a compliment to fish and seafood, is familiar to those who has been in Croatia. It’s especially delicious with grilled calamari….yum! It’s called blitva sa krumpirom...