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…]
Okroshka – Cold Summer Soup
Okroshka is Russian favorite cold summer soup! It’s super healthy, cooling and nourishing. A pro-biotic powerhouse. Every summer brings us fresh vegetables to celebrate the soups and salads, which are often the core of my everyday cooking. Cucumbers are one of those vegetables that I believe in eating nearly constantly when they are around. This year I have [Continue Reading…]
Homemade Plombir Ice Cream
Yes! We’re going to make our very own homemade Plombir Ice Cream! This stuff is pure gold, and might easily become the best thing that you’ve ever made in your kitchen. Bring it on, ice cream season! I’m ready for you. This old classic Soviet Plombir ice cream brings back some memories… my childhood memories [Continue Reading…]
Easter Bread – Kulich
This traditional Easter Bread – Kulich or Paska is enriched with plenty of egg yolks, milk, butter, vanilla and raisins. I love all things Easter so I am beyond excited about this traditional Orthodox Easter Bread – Kulich. It’s enriched with plenty of egg yolks, milk, butter, vanilla and raisins. The sweet, eggy, buttery taste is complex, [Continue Reading…]
Savory Fried Pirozhki
Alright everyone, gather around. I’d like you to meet someone. It’s these classic savory fried pirozhki – fluffy and soft pastries with golden fried exterior and a savory meat filling. I don’t know a single soul who does not like a good pirozhki. Sure, some prefer them baked, some fried but either way it seems everyone loves [Continue Reading…]
Classic All-Purpose Crêpes
Happy Maslenitsa, my friends! Maslenitsa or Pancake Week is a eastern european religious and folk festival that celebrates the end of the winter and the start of spring. In Orthodox tradition it is the week of preparation before the start of Great Lent, a time to eat all the cheese and dairy and animal products forbidden during [Continue Reading…]
Easy Beef Belyashi
You know sometimes when you’re just doing your thing, like sweeping the kitchen floor and singing “Love me like you do” into the tip of the broom, and a random taste appears in your mouth out of nowhere, and you’re like WHAT IS THAT. WHAT. IS. THAT. And it’s not an actual taste, but it’s [Continue Reading…]
Fluffy Kefir Pancakes
Fluffy pancakes a.k.a. these traditional Russian Oladi was always my ultimate fave breakfast dish growing up. Poured with some good caramel sauce or honey on top. Mah gah. Today I could still giddily inhale 15 pans of that glory. These fluffy pancakes are smaller than typical American pancakes with a tender crumb and a delicious crispy outside. They [Continue Reading…]
New Year’s Honey Cake (Medovik)
Happy New Year’s Eve! I’ll keep this short and sweet since many of us are still busy with friends and family in the midst of the holidays, but I just wanted to wish you a wonderful New Year full of warmth, love and prosperity in 2016! May all your wishes come true! I also have a nice layer [Continue Reading…]
Meat Chebureki
Guess how many meat chebureki I ate today? No, don’t do that. I’m so in love with these meat chebureki! If I could, I would ship these out all over the world to you guys! Chebureki are basically turnovers with a thin crispy pastry, filled with juicy meat filling and deep fried to a golden perfection. They are very popular throughout the [Continue Reading…]