Author Archives: Vera

BREAKFAST CREPES WITH CHEESE FILLING

Crepes for breakfast! Magic words. I’m sure everyone would be happy to hear this on the lazy weekend morning. Crepes is a signature dish of Russian/Ukrainian culinary. Crepes can be served with variety of fillings, from sweet cheese filling, to savory mushroom or meat filling. Your choice. Even though it is very popular, everyone has their own… Continue reading »

POTATO SALAD

This Potato Salad is very popular among Slavic people. It is a traditional dish in Russian cuisine. No holiday or gathering wouldn’t be the same without this salad. In Russia and Ukraine its called “Olivye”.  It appears, that the original version of this salad was invented by Belgian Lucien Olivier, and included veal tongue, caviar,… Continue reading »

BEST COLESLAW

Salads are great for serving all year round. Most are quick and easy to make and take little or no cooking. This tempting variety of color and texture full of vitamins salad is a Slavic version of Coleslaw. This is the best Coleslaw recipe yet. Ingredients: 1 small  head green cabbage 1 small head red cabbage 2 large carrots 1 or 2 large green… Continue reading »

EASY PUFF PASTRY TURNOVERS

As the weather gets colder, who wouldn’t mind a perfect cup of coffee or tea  with a perfect, sweet, fancy, delicious puff pastry? That’s right, fancy pastry. Its pretty time-consuming to make a puff pastry dough from  scratch. I buy it from the store. It saves hours of work, and it is ready in no time. Perfect for… Continue reading »

APPLE SHORTCAKE (Sharlotka)

  Apple…Feels like this fruit was created for preparing delicious pies, strudels, shortcakes…Sweet enough, juicy enough, very inexpensive, and always available. Ingredients: 3-4 big apples peeled and diced 6 eggs 1 cup sifted flour 1 cup sugar Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease with butter 9×13 glass baking dish. Spread diced apples on the bottom of… Continue reading »