Very tasty and easy appetizer. Be sure to use a grainy mustard like dijon....
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Eggs with spicy stuffing
About: Olya Sandstrom
Recent Posts by Olya Sandstrom
Chicken Tajine with Herbs and Spices
I wrote earlier about cooking with a tajine and here is another recipe that is delicious!There are many advantages to cooking in the tagine and this recipe takes advantage of it by keeping the chicken moist and tender and combining all the flavors of the ingredients put into the tagine. This rich flavor can't be made in an ordinary pan....
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Spanish Sandwiches
Wonderful Spanish dish "Pa amb tomaquet". Very tasty sandwiches, and not difficult to prepare. Use olive oil infused with herbs, it adds more flavor to the dish. For the sweet peppers, use red or yellow. Green sweet peppers don't work very well with this dish. (Plus these are the colors of the Spanish flag...
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‘Hychiny’ – Thin piroshki with potatoes and cheese
Hychiny - pies with potato and cheese or meat stuffed with herbs, the national dish of Karachay and Balkar. This is one of the most prestigious courses in the list of bakery foods Karachay-Balkar Kitchen. I cooked 'hychiny' with potatoes and cheese stuffing, adding some mushrooms and changed shape. Usually hychiny are round and sliced into 4 pieces. Toppings...
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Stuffed chicken breast with dried apricots
Very tasty tender and juicy chicken meat with sweet-sour filling....
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Stuffed eggs with salmon pate
A wonderful appetizer for the holidays. For this recipe you can use any red fish like trout or salmon, even tuna. Fish can be baked in the oven or grill. The salmon pate can also be served simply with crackers or bread....
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Asparagus
Asparagus is one of the most popular vegetables with its intense savoury flavour.
Asparagus can be a different colors, for example French asparagus is purple and extra sweet which turns green when cooked. British and American varieties are the
most common and are green, whereas Spanish and Dutch asparagus is white.
Asparagus is rich in potassium, iron and calcium and folic acid,...
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Baked potatoes with bacon and herbs
A recipe from my childhood, the only difference is that we cook it without the herbs. In Ukraine potatoes are one of the most popular vegetables, and food in general. This recipe is simple, but very tasty and nourishing. The potatoes soak in the flavor from the bacon and herbs. Potatoes can be peeled, but I usually leave the...
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Spicy Spanish Shrimp
Easy, quick recipe, lots of rich flavor, and spicy. I use fresh large pink shrimp and cooked them in a clay pot, but you can use frozen shrimp (thawed before cooking and dry on a napkin) and a frying pan, which holds heat for a long time. Serve the shrimp hot straight from the pan....
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Homemade Potato Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce
Gnocchi are Italian boiled potato dumplings, served with a variety of sauces. It can be a tomato, pesto or just melted butter with the addition of parmesan, garlic and various herbs. I made gnocchi with fresh homemade tomato sauce sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. Those who like spicy food can add hot pepper into the tomato sauce. This sauce can...
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