Tag Archive for "Thanksgiving" | International Menu

Chicken Mini Pot Pie

13Apr

My daughter asked me to make chicken pot pie so many times a long time ago. So, we finally decided to do it, especially now that the kids are home and I have this great mini pie mold which I use a lot for sweet mini pies. This mini mold makes...

Creamy chicken salad bites

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13Apr

Creamy chicken salad bites ? Chicken, eggs, tomato salad on crackers with cucumber ? (more…)...

Tres Leches

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06Apr

The first time when I heard, made, and tried the Tres Leches cake was many years ago, when we had our cooking trip to Tepoztlan, Mexico. Chef Ana taught us how to cook so many delicious and unique Mexican dishes. You can read my Read more

Duck pate

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02Apr

Once in a while I make chicken pate, but when I buy duck, I definitely use the liver for duck pate, one of my favorites! If you are making this pate for a couple of days and will eat it right away, you can cover it with a or plastic, but if you are making pate for a longer...

Peking duck ?

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11Mar

Duck, Day #1. Peking duck ? I have an old recipe of Peking Duck, but every time I add or change something to make it tastier. I think I found perfect one this time. Recipe is coming soon! Read more

Buns with raisins, Instant Pot (IP)

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06Mar

Did you know that yeast dough rises perfectly in an Instant Pot on “Yogurt mode”? I found this recipe a long time ago on a Russian Facebook group about IP recipes. Finally I decided to make these buns, and they are super simple and tasty! The dough is easy to make because of the use...

Vareniki / Pierogi with potatoes and mushrooms or cherries and blueberries

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17Feb

Vareniki ( varenyky, pierogi, perogies ) are stuffed dumplings from Ukraine made from unleavened dough and different fillings. Some of the more popular fillings are vegetables, boiled potatoes, salted cabbage, baked pumpkin, fruits and berries, meat, mushroom, cheese, poppy seed, or buckwheat. My favorite fillings are meat, potatoes with onions and mushrooms, cottage cheese or curd cheese with cherries....

Chicken tapaka with garlic and herbs

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12Feb

Chicken tapaka with garlic and herbs ? Georgian cuisine ?? Also boiled/ fried potatoes ? The chicken was so tender, juicy and delicious ? Chicken tapaka is a traditionally fried chicken with no spices, just rubbed with salt and pepper for 20 minutes before cooking and fried in a butter. Put the chicken on a...

Marquesitas Yucatecas con Nutella y Queso.

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27Jan

This is a rolled-up crispy wafer tube about 20 cm in size, with a filling to your taste. Usually, it is stuffed with Gouda cheese along with a sweet stuffing — Nutella, banana, strawberries, Peanut butter, various jams, cajeta (a type of caramel sauce), chocolate sauce, condensed milk, etc. The taste of Marquesitas is unique for its perfect combination of sweet, salty, crunchy and...