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Crab Sticks and Rice Salad
Crab Sticks & Rice SaladEverybody who tried my crab stick salad fell in love with it after first bite. Now I have no problems deciding what to bring to the party.This salad is easy and fast to do...
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Russian Fish Soup (Uha)
Russian Fish Soup (Uha)Eating fish at least once a week is one of a rules you follow to stay healthy. At my home we like to eat a russian fish soup, called uha in russian, to keep brain working better....
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Russian Salad (Olivier)
Russian Salad (Olivier)Usually people outside of former-USSR call it Russian Salad, however its original name is Salad Olivier.This salad was and maybe still is the most traditional dish for the home...
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Fast Salted Salmon
Fast Salted SalmonEven though it is called fast salted it still requires at least 12 hours to be ready for eating. So it is good idea to start preparing Fast Salted Salmon an evening before you are...
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Stuffed Bell Peppers
Stuffed Bell PeppersMy better half doesn't like fresh bell peppers, so I do stuff them with ground beef and rice and stew for a bit and here we go, it is his favorite meat dish. Stuffed Bell Peppers...
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Crepes (Thin Pancakes)
Crêpes (Thin Pancakes)Crêpes (crepes, thin pancakes, blintz, bliny, mlynchyky) can be served with various dips and plain fillings (fresh fruits, sour cream, honey, jam, sugar, etc) or be staffed with...
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Borscht (Beetroot Soup)
Borscht (Beetroot Soup)Borscht (borsch, borshch) or beet root soup is very popular in a Eastern and Central Europe countries. Who of you didn't hear about russian or ukrainian borscht?It is one of 3...
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Herring Under Fur Coat (Herring Salad)
Herring Under Fur Coat (Herring Salad) Recipe To prepare russian herring salad, “Herring Under Fur Coat”, you need to have whole salted herring. And of course you need to know how to fillet it, so read...
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Fresh Cheese Pancakes
Fresh Cheese Pancakes Fresh Cheese Pancakes are good choice for the family breakfast or snack. Fresh cheese is a source of the calcium, therefore this is very good food for kids whose growing body...
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Lazy Varenyky (Fresh Cheese Lazy Dumplings)
Lazy Varenyky (Fresh Cheese Lazy Dumplings) Lazy Varenyky (lazy vareniki, fresh cheese lazy dumplings) is a dish of Ukrainian cuisine. To prepare it you will need fresh white cheese (tvorog, quark)...
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Crepes with Fresh Cheese
Crepes with Fresh Cheese If you've got some crepes left or thinking about how to make them more tasteful and nutritious then stuff them with fresh cheese. You can prepare stuffed crepes and store them...
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Okroshka
Okroshka Okroshka is traditional russian cold soup. It is perfect meal for hot summer weather as it is prepared on the base of kvass - russian bread drink – and it is light and very refreshing. Finding...
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Cabbage Rolls in Tomato Dill Sauce
Cabbage Rolls in Tomato Dill Sauce Cabbage rolls (stuffed cabbage) dish is very popular food in Eastern Europe. No wander you can easily find cabbage rolls among traditional recipes in cuisines of...
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Bigos (Cabbage and Pork Stew)
Bigos (Cabbage and Pork Stew) Bigos, as a cabbage and meat stew, is very popular second course dish in countries of East Europe. I believe it was originated in Poland, however recipes similar to polish...
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Dried Fruit Kompot (Uzvar)
Uzvar (Dried Fruit Kompot) Uzvar is a kompot made from dried fruits: mainly apples, pears and prunes, however various recipes include raisins, dried sour cherries and even dried apricots. Even though...
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Minced Beef Cutlets
Minced Beef Cutlets This it a traditional russian recipe for minced meat cutlets which includes meat, white bread soaked in milk and a lot of onions. Some people prepare those cutlets from beef only,...
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Deruny (Potato Pancakes)
Deruny (Potato Pancakes) Potato pancakes, prepared from fresh chopped or grated potatoes, onions, eggs and flour, are commonly associated with various cuisines of Europe. In Ukraine they are called...
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Russian Sauerkraut Soup (Schi)
Russian Sauerkraut Soup (Schi) Sauerkraut soup, also called sour schi, is a traditional russian main first course dish for several hundreds year. Original recipes for schi (there are more that one:...
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Fried Potato with Mushrooms
Fried Potato with Porcini MushroomsPotatoes fried with porcini mushrooms is one of the most delicious lenten recipes. It is also very-very russian. I believe russians eat that kind of food for...
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Simple Cake with Sour Cream Frosting
Simple Cake with Sour Cream Frosting Yuriy had his birthday 2 weeks ago, so I decided to cook him a cake. Somehow we ended up eating whole cake just by ourselves; so we will need to work out more now...
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