Spinach patties
It’s a one super healthy, super easy breakfast/lunch/side dish made of spinach, eggs, a little whole wheat flour and ricotta cheese. Form patties and fry
New Soup is born
I am always in a quest of new soup recipe. This one is a cross of broccoli cheddar and kale potato soup. Took 20 minutes
Octopus Salad
Super simple, with 2 of my favorite Spanish products – octopus and paprika. They are great together! Ingredients: Directions:
Spring Salad
Made of rainbow carrots shaved with vegetable peeler. Dressing – tahini, olive oil, lemon juice. Whisk well! Garnish – feta cheese, roasted sliced almonds. All
Fish – fast and fabulous!
Food has to be tasty! The same applies to healthy food – it’s not necessarily steamed vegetables. These are several variations of fish – all
Tataki Tuna
I never thought it’s so easy to prepare! Just needs sushi grade log of tuna, sesame seeds, black pepper and optional ginger. Pat dry your
Brisket Alternative
It is turkey alternative for those who avoid red meat. And with this dish – they won’t lose much. Hard to believe that lean dry
Oatmeal Is Not Punishment
And it doesn’t have to be boring. Here is how I make pure oatmeal muffin with no flour, no eggs – just rolls of oats
Highly recommended
These are traditional Russian mini cheese cakes (syrniki) with mashed roasted pumpkin. The tradition says: take 1/2 of ricotta cheese (home made tvorog), 1 egg,
Celebrate Pumpkin
It is sweet, but versatile, works with practically everything – from appetizers to desserts, with soups, raviolis, and meatloaf in between. And makes everything taste
Legendary Russian Rye bread – Borodinsky
Very famous ballerina Maya Plisetskaya once said “People didn’t invent anything better than bread and butter”. I am sure this is the bread she meant
Super healthy sandwich.
Start with the rolls, loaded with seeds inside and out, they almost have more seeds than flour and even flour is a combination of rye,
Perfect summer drink – Café Glacé (Iced Coffee in French)
It is just coffee with some ice cream, but for me – it’s a flashback to my teens. I mastered the drink during super hot
Spread and dip
I was looking for something to smear on rye bread, but a littler lighter and more exciting than regular cream cheese. So I started to
Nothing better than homemade Gravlax.
So soft and buttery, it absolutely melts in your mouth. And no preservatives, additives, stabilizers. Done in 10 minutes. Here is all you need: Directions:
Sour Cherries Crepe Suzette
I am a huge lover of sour cherries. I wanted to recreate the classic Crepe Suzette with a cherry flavor, but couldn’t find a cherry
Cabbage is not only for coleslaw
Cabbage is one of very under appreciated vegetables. It can be absolutely anything – from salad to steak (yes – a cabbage steak), from condiment
Healthy snack
My favorite snack while cooking – kale chips. Just tear some kale leaves, sprinkle with olive oil, several drops of balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper. Add
Luxurious coffee
Coffee with embedded chocolate Start the weekend right – brew yourself a cup of coffee with a piece of semisweet chocolate, stirring constantly to not
Borsch – the staple of Russian cuisine.
The most common, popular and loved Russian soup. There is no classical recipe, almost every family has one of its own. Just three mandatory ingredients
Starting new year right
Baked a couple of loaves – a simple tartine bread with olives, and rye/buckwheat/amaranth loaded with seeds, inside and out. Slice of that rye bread,
Eat more Pumpkin
Eat what’s in season. Pumpkin on its own maybe boring but adding it to other dishes brightens and gently sweetens them. The hardy creature gives
Paris can’t wait
Paris was never on my bucket list. On our recent vacation, my destination was actually Provence in the south of France, but thanks to the
Eggs in Piedmont Sauce
It is a great way to utilize eggs in case you have too many. Just boil the eggs, I usually take “the oldest” ones, place
Tomato salad from my childhood
Back in the day and the place there was no dressing. There were just 2 options for vegetables salad accompaniment – sunflower oil and sour
Zucchini Season 2.0
Up to my ears in zucchini of different colors, shapes, textures and sizes. New this year – this gorgeous round summer squash, with very sweet
Fish and chips Ramsay style
Rockfish pieces triple dipped: flour, egg, breadcrumbs with chopped dill. Potato strips blanched for 3 minutes in a boiling water, then seasoned, sprinkled with olive
“Inspired” by covid
Sorry I refuse to capitalize the name of the virus. And if anything good can be inspired by it – it’s cooking, or baking to
It’s a Holiday Season!
Well, it’s Jewish holiday season. And the first time I baked challah! Several new thing I tried last week: Prunes appetizer (not too kosher, but
Pig in a gluten free blanket.
The blanket is actually a dish of it’s own. Roasted with some olive oil disks of cabbage can easily be eaten as a separate dish
The real cherries
Sour cherries – those are the real cherries! Where I come from, sweet cherries are even known by a different name- “chereshnya” (черешня). There is
Hanukkah Time!
You will want to eat it every day of Hanukkah and beyond! The most comforting, satisfying and easy to make dish. There is no strict
Good Tuna Salad
The salad is good, but there must be good tuna. If you have really good Spanish or Italian tuna in olive oil, this would be
