Category Archive for "Cooking with Kids"

Vietnamese-style Spiced Caramel Pork Belly with coconut lime rice

11Jan

So delicious, flavorful and aromatic dish we made tonight. The rice I made in Instant Pot. Vietnamese-style Spiced Caramel Pork Belly with coconut lime rice. (more…)...

New recipe, love the dough

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25Dec

Rugelach, Rogaliki, Roczki Cookies, Kolacky, Kolaczki, Polish Cookies and many more different names and similar recipes for this delicious cookie. This time we made with walnuts, cinnamon, lemon, honey filling and fig preserves filling (my fav), but there are so many different choices. Some of my favorite, also with apricot preserves and poppy seeds filling. Love the new recipe for...

Vareniki with meat and with blueberries

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19Dec

Winter break for my daughter, she said she wants to make vareniki / pierogi again for lunch. This time we made with meat and also with blueberries

both are so delicious! We saved some for my son, he is visiting us tomorrow! Best dough...

Vareniki for dinner tonight

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16Dec

We made vareniki (pierogi) today with mashed potatoes and cheese, served with mushroom, onion, and bacon; and also, vereniki with blueberries and blueberrie, mint sauce

so delicious! Best dough recipe for Vareniki : 4 cups flour; 2 tsp...

Pelmeni making day

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02Nov

When it’s a rainy day and also kids don’t have school, beach plans with friends get changed for making dumplings / pelmeni — 2 big bags are stored in the freezer. My favorite dough for pelmeni now. I did a double portion of it too. I used my pelmeni mold and from leftover pieces of the...

Creamy Chicken Salad on garlic toast

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11Oct

Creamy Chicken Salad on garlic toast, simple and so good! (more…)...

Golubtsi

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03Oct

Last week I made Golubtsi, also known as stuffed cabbage rolls. Golubtsi - is a delicious comfort food popular in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine. Russia, Belarus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Balkans, Central Asia, Egypt, North Africa, China, and Korea. Polish – Golabki, Ukrainian – Holubtsi, Romanian – Sarmale, Georgia – Tolma, Balkans – Sarma, Hungary...