For the blini I used Buttermilk Blini recipe, just remember with the amount of ingredients from that recipe you will get lots of blini, which...
Garlic Bread with Herbs and Homemade Tomato Sauce
If you are looking for some quick bread ideas, this recipe is perfect! Very easy and quick to make. You also can change or add some new ingredients to your taste every time when you make these bread sticks. Here are some ideas for you: put mozzarella cheese inside with chopped basil leaves, finely chopped fried bacon, dried tomatoes...
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Crepe Cake with Custard Cream
After trying blini (crepes) with custard cream and crispy top layer, my kids said, ‘omg it’s so good!’, and I nailed it again! My daughter named it "cremebrulini", because the taste is kinda like creme brulee but with blini (crepes).
Custard Cream Horns (Trubochki)
One of my favorite desserts from my childhood. Very often, after school, on the way home, me and my friends would definitely stop in a café and buy these delicate horns with custard, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites (egg whites, sugar, lemon juice) cream,...
Pork Tajine with Sweet Potatoes
Tender juicy meat with aromatic sweet potatoes, herbs, spices, and a flavorful sauce; perfect to serve with couscous as well! Food cooked in a tajine gives it a unique taste, and everything you cook in it turns out very tender and juicy due to the aromatic steam. This tasty pork with sweet potatoes dish can be served directly...
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Cheese Puffs
Such an easy recipe and quick to make, but so delicious! They are scrumptious when hot, but also good cold too. Perfect for breakfast with your tea, lunch with your soup or salad, and dinner like appetizer. Reminds me of khachapuri, but easier and more simple. Also perfect idea when you...
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Another snow day!
Yep, we have another snow day today! We made Marquesitas with kids today and for dinner Plov, the perfect dish for weather like today!
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Winter cookies with merengue and walnuts
Chicken Marinated in Mineral Water and Baked with Garlic Sauce
This chicken came out so juicy and delicious, and the small kick from the garlic-cilantro sauce gives the chicken an elevated taste. One of my favorite recipes when cooking with a whole chicken! This serves great with vegetables, potatoes, pasta, or rice. I am definitely planning on making it again!
Cranberry Salsa
Sweet and sour salsa with a pleasant slightly spicy taste. I usually cook this sauce for Thanksgiving but salsa is always good on a hot summer day as well. This can be served with crackers and cream cheese or just with chips. If you think it is too sour for you, add more sugar. Also try to use tangerine...
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