These classic lacto-fermented pickles are super easy, crunchy, flavourful and packed with probiotics! They are excellent for your health! Every summer my grandma would make all kinds of pickles with freshly picked veggies from her garden. I loved watching her fill the jars with vegetables and then pour the brine over them. The rows of [Continue Reading…]
Garlic Thyme Fondant Potatoes with Braised Octopus
I love how well ingredients go together in this Garlic Thyme Fondant Potatoes with Braised Octopus. Tender red wine braised octopus and melt-in-your mouth potatoes. This dish has it all for all the seafood lovers! Octopus, made at home, can it get any better? Yes! Pair it with garlic thyme fondant potatoes and meet my [Continue Reading…]
Ukrainian Borscht with Sorrel and Wild Garlic
This Ukrainian Borscht with Sorrel and Wild Garlic is so full of nutrients! I can just feel the vitamins nourishing my body as I eat each delicious spoonful. If you’ve ever been to Ukrainian restaurant you probably tried and appreciated the pride of Ukrainian cuisine – borscht. This soup is so full of nutrients, you can [Continue Reading…]
Asian Eggplant Salad – Xe
During the colder months I feel like I turn into a little bear that does nothing but eats warm and comforting foods and lays in bed all day. So, to try and move myself out of the exhaustion that approaches with sundown, I decided to try to eat a little differently for a few days. I basically ate like [Continue Reading…]
Brown Butter Scallops with Polenta
After all those rich, complicated, and time-consuming holiday recipes, I’m always craving something light, easy, and quick. These brown butter scallops with polenta are perfect for that! Who doesn’t love beautifully seared scallops on the bed of creamy polenta all drizzled with garlic-y brown butter? I actually think garlic + butter + scallops is basically the same thing [Continue Reading…]
Chicken Kiev
I love to cook for a lot of reasons. It’s the curiosity of experimenting with new ingredients and spices, developing new recipes or pleasing family and friends with yummy dishes, but most of the time it’s the desire to reconnect with recipes from the past. Retro recipes that have been handed down through generations of [Continue Reading…]
Roasted Mustard Chicken
Welcome, welcome, friends! And may I introduce you to what may be my new favorite way to eat chicken? It’s that beauty right up there, the one coated in the sweet and hot mustard sauce featuring a few drizzles of red wine vinegar and the aroma of freshly minced garlic. Yes, THAT is how I eat chicken. I [Continue Reading…]
Crispy and Sticky Mongolian Beef
These crispy, sticky, flavor-pumpin’ beef pieces are first fried to a golden crispy perfection, then coated in a sweet and salty sauce to get it all soaked into the beef. It’s got that perfect balance of semi-crispy and saucy-sticky combination. This will make you feel like you might be in the Chinese restaurant of your dreams. Surprise! It’s [Continue Reading…]