everyday gastronomy adventures
Solyanka is a traditional Russian rustic smoked and sour soup, where a surprising combination of smoked meats and acidic liquids come together. What gives this soup its ultra fab smoky flavor are the hard rock variety of smoked meats like ham, salami, sausage and bacon, while the pickles, olives and lemon juice bring out the mild tartness. [Continue Reading…]
If you haven’t noticed, I’m on a roll with all things wrapped in dough these days. Remember the manty and vareniki earlier this week? This time it’s the Siberian Pelmeni – one of the most classic and delicious Russian dumplings filled with a mix of ground meat. Unlike vareniki, pelmeni are always made with ground meat. Although any [Continue Reading…]
These cold and rainy fall chills often leave me craving for something warm, boosty and full-bodied. Like this Boosty Matcha Latte! It’s so rich, so comforting, and soooo velvety in texture. Plus I love the green tea taste and the energy it gives combined with nutty hemp hearts, full of Omega 6 and 3 as well as Vitamins A, B, [Continue Reading…]
As a little girl I used to spend lots of time at my grandparents’ place. Among all the beautiful memories I’ve kept from that time there’s my grandmothers’ cooking. Even now, when I close my eyes, I can still smell and taste all the delicious meals she cooked for us. Vareniki was one of my [Continue Reading…]
Chicken wings, my sweet little loveys! ♡ Is this not the most perfect Friday food? These crispy honey Sriracha wings are my favorite of all the favorites. Pizza – yes. Onion rings – okay. But wings – GIMME NOW. There is never a wrong time for wings. So much good happens when you make these and toss them into the [Continue Reading…]
These Uzbek Steamed Dumplings – Manti are the bomb! I could hardly wait to take them out of the steamer and sink my teeth into one, not to mention I had to wait to take pictures! It was torture, pure torture! But now all is good in the world again. I had my Manti with a big scoop [Continue Reading…]
It’s Monday, and it’s always fun to begin a week with something super decadent. Traditional, rich and slow-motion-in-front-of-you awesome. Like this Russian Favorite Salad – Olivye, which basically represents your new favorite potato salad! Olivye has been and always will be a staple at our family gatherings. We make it with bologna, ham, beef, chicken or simply vegetarian. Just looking at this [Continue Reading…]
I love Halloween! Being a kid I never had it back home and I was missing out on all of the fun that kids have here. I mean, what an excuse to eat so much candy, chocolate and cookies, right? In my kitchen Halloween is all about treats, candy, and chocolate. Because, you see, I was never a [Continue Reading…]
You know those times when you come back from a vacation? I can’t help but dream about the days in a very warm, very sunny, very extra relaxing vacation we just had in Florida with my niece and sister-in-law last week. On top of soaking up the sun, we had a blast dipping our toes in [Continue Reading…]
There are a lot of good reasons to make banana bread: You have a pile of sad bananas in your fruit bowl that are near the end of their life expectancy; You like things that are undeniably delicious and go very well together with peanut butter, Nutella or condensed milk; It’s cold outside and you need something [Continue Reading…]