What’s in season

Eggplant can be baked, grilled, steamed, or sautéed. It is versatile and works well with tomatoes, onions, garlic and cheese.

What’s in season

Enjoy the flavors of the season all year long by making your own jams, syrup and preserves! Experiment with combinations of fruit, herbs and spices to create your own unique blends.

Potato Latkes

Celebrate Hanukkah (December 25-Jan 2) with a traditional classic! These crispy potato pancakes are a welcome dish all year.

Kartofdzhyn

Kartofdzhyn- the pie stuffed with potato and cheese. These popular Ossetian pies are baked with different fillings and often prepared on holidays. In Ossetia they traditionally serve three pies on a plate and only on days of mourning – an even number. These pies are a cult food in Ossetia and have ritual significance.

Grill time!

Warmer weather means it’s time for backyard burgers, tender kebabs, sizzling steaks, BBQ ribs, cold refreshing drinks and gatherings of family and friends.

Chicken Piccata

Chicken Piccata are chicken breast cutlets coated in flour, fried and served with a sauce of butter, lemon juice, white wine or broth and capers. Simple ingredients, but the result are great, delicious, and tasty!

Slow cooker (crock pot)

Slow cooking allows flavors to steep and blend together. It circulates heat and liquid so food stays moist.

Breakfast

Whether it’s a special occasion, or just the weekend, one of these breakfast ideas will be the best part of waking up!

Love my garden

I love gardening so much, it makes my world beautiful. I have a vegetable/herb garden, flower gardens, fruit trees and berries. When I am outside I feel happy, too bad we don’t have nice weather all year but when we do, we are gardening! 😉

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Fried King Oyster Scallops

Fried King oyster scallops (they taste like scallops, super delicious!). Нарезать кружками толщиной около 1,5 см или вдоль пластинами. Обжарить: * немного масла * до золотистой корочки с двух сторон * затем добавить * 1 ст. л. соевого соуса * немного мирина или сахара * каплю кунжутного масла * немного сливочного масла (по желанию) Обжарь king oyster именно на...
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Fancy Rhubarb Tart

Remember the new cookbook I got a few weeks ago? It’s full of amazing and helpful information, beautiful photography, and so many recipes I can’t wait to try.
We started with the very first one that caught my eye. It had been on my baking list...
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Vareniki, summer 2026

My son is visiting us this weekend, so my daughter and I are making one of his favorite Ukrainian dishes for dinner—vareniki (Ukrainian dumplings, in Poland- pierogis)—with three different fillings.
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French Duck à l’Orange

When I cook a duck, I try to use every single part of it—just like I did today. I made a classic French Duck à l’Orange, and nothing went to waste.
The neck, wings, and gizzard were roasted with vegetables, herbs, and spices to create a...
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Gubbröra (Swedish Herring and Egg Salad)

It’s Midsummer and Swedes take it seriously.
There’s a whole ritual to it: flower crowns, herring, new potatoes and snaps.
I had a couple of jars of Swedish pickled herring in different marinades, and it reminded me of a simple and delicious Swedish salad called Gubbröra. It’s a light, fresh, and flavorful...
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Apple Rose Pie with Cinnamon

One of my favorite apple desserts! This beautiful pie is incredibly soft, rich in flavor, and not overly sweet. It looks impressive, but it’s surprisingly easy to make. The apple roses make it as pretty as it is delicious!

Brussels sprouts with burrata, lemon, white balsamic and nuts

Brussels sprouts with burrata, lemon, white balsamic and nuts. Брюссельская капуста с бурратой, лимоном и орехами На 2–4 порции Ингредиенты * 500–600 г брюссельской капусты * 1 шарик Burrata (около 125–200 г) * 2–3 ст. л. оливкового масла * 1–2 ст. л. белого бальзамического уксуса * Цедра 1 лимона * ½ лимона (для сока) * ⅓ стакана орехов (пекан, грецкие...
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Banana Bread, my new favorite recipe

Made banana bread today with ingredients I had on hand. I used 4 bananas and made the batter with 180g flour and a little almond flour (40-60g), 100g melted butter, or 70g butter and 0 ml whipped cream, like i did this time, 1tsp soda or 1.5-2 tsp baking powder, orange and lemon zest, 2 eggs,  tbsp rum, orange...
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