Russian Korean Carrot Salad Recipe called morkovcha (Морковь по-корейски) is popular salad and side dish across Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet states. Simple to make, a healthy salad that your whole family will love. This Carrot Salad recipe isn’t a true Korean Carrot Salad recipe, but a Russian variation from ethnic Koreans who lived in…
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Easy Butter Braised Cabbage
I love eating Braised Cabbage, a classic comfort food popular in Russian and across Europe. A hearty low carb side dish, lots of flavor, and easy to make. Braised Cabbage (Тушеная капуста) is an inexpensive meal, and very healthy for you with Vitamin K and Vitamin C. Sometimes I think cabbage gets an undeserved bad…
Shuba Salad with Salmon
This is my favorite way to eat Shuba Salad with Salmon (Шуба с лососем), a classic Russian salad (also called Herring Under a Fur Coat – Селедка под шубой). Served at celebrations and special events like New Years, Christmas, and even weddings. A layered salad that eats like a meal, and so easy to make. Traditionally Shuba Salad…
Mimosa Salad
There are many ways to make a Russian classic Mimosa Salad (Салат Мимоза). It’s a layered salad found on the table during celebrations, like Christmas, New Years or even Easter. Like most Russian salads, there is a lot of mayonnaise! It’s similar to Shuba Salad or Herring Under Fur Coat, as both are layered, have seafood,…
Moroccan Crispy Roasted Potatoes
Moroccan Crispy Roasted Potatoes is an easy side with authentic flavor for your next roast dinner. Don’t eat plain boring roasted potatoes, try this flavor explosion instead! Who doesn’t like roasted potatoes? Truthfully, I’m not a huge fan of traditional roast potatoes, but this Moroccan Crispy Roasted Potatoes recipe is delicious! I love Middle Eastern spices,…
Garlic Roasted Asparagus
It’s so easy to make Garlic Roasted Asparagus, you’ll wonder why you ever made it any other way. As a kid I remember eating boiled asparagus, sloppy and chewy. It was not a pretty sight. This Oven Roasted Garlic Asparagus Recipe requires minimal effort and tastes delicious. You can omit the garlic if you don’t…
Sauteed Brussel Sprouts
Sauteed Brussel Sprouts with Chorizo and Balsamic Glaze is one of my favorite side dishes during the holidays and I used to hate Brussel sprouts! Maybe it’s because when you think of Brussel Sprouts, you might think of a plain steamed tasteless side dish that your mother made you eat as a child. Thank goodness…
Potato Bake with French Onion Soup
Everyone loves an easy recipe, especially if it tastes amazing! Potato Bake with French Onion Soup are so easy to make and full of flavor, and only uses 4 ingredients! If you love potato, then this is the perfect side dish. Potatoes are such a staple in our western diet, from Garlic mashed Potatoes, Pan Fried Potatoes to…
Sour Cream Cucumber Salad – Mizeria
Everyone loves a good salad, and this Sour Cream Cucumber Salad will not disappoint! Mum always made this salad using fresh cucumbers picked from the garden. I use Long English Cucumbers for this recipe, but you can use a common Eastern European Pickle Cucumber too. You might need to peel the skin from those cucumbers…
Broccoli Salad with Bacon
This Creamy Broccoli Salad with Bacon & Cheese is one of my favorite summertime salads. An easy way to jam pack vegetables to your families diet. It’s a salad that almost eats like a meal. The only other salad I know that packs this many vegetables is my Greek Salad recipe. There are many versions…
Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe
This Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes recipe is my favorite way to eat mashed potatoes. Everyone loves mash when they’re done well. There’s nothing worse than lumpy, tasteless mashed potatoes. Actually, I think everyone loves a good potato side dish recipe. Oven Roasted Potato Wedges, Scalloped Potatoes, French Onion Potatoes, Potato Salad, Chinese Roasted Potatoes, Duck…
Parmesan Roasted Broccoli
Parmesan Roasted Broccoli & Pine Nuts will be one of the most delicious roasted broccoli side dishes that you will ever make. It’s my kid’s favourite way to eat broccoli. Personally I hate boiled and steamed broccoli, it’s on equal footing with boiled peas. We often eat Butter Fried Peas as a side dish, and Roasted Broccoli…
Fried Eggplant
Fried Eggplant Slices (Жареные баклажаны) is a simple and rustic dish from my childhood. We had a large backyard garden and we had rows of vegetables growing, including eggplants or aubergines. Some people don’t know how to eat eggplant, a popular Russian eggplant dish is Russian Eggplant Caviar which my mum would make, however I…
Greek Salad Recipe
Everyone loves a traditional Greek Salad recipe (known as Horiatiki in Greece), a staple of Greek cuisine! It’s so easy to make! It’s an essential summer salad for a backyard Bbq or a Potluck meal. This salad is typically made with tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, olives and red onion. Traditionally the red onions are cut into…
Mango Salsa Recipe
When mango season is in full swing, I love making various mango food recipes, to use up all the boxes mangoes that I have bought! This Mango Salsa Recipe is so easy to make, and the perfect salsa accompaniment with nacho chips. Ripe mangoes are will add the nicest flavour and sweetness to this snack. If you mangoes…
Chipotle Guacamole Recipe
So many ways to make a perfect and easy Chipotle Guacamole Recipe. Some require more time and effort, but I’ve always been a fan of easy and delicious. Guacamole is a natural accompaniment to dip with your nacho chips and salsa. Guacamole, sometimes referred to as ‘guac’ originate with the Aztecs, and has evolved to…
Bruschetta with Tomatoes Recipe
Bruschetta with Tomatoes is an easy appetizer to make, especially during tomato season! That’s when the very tastiest, red ripe tomatoes are available in stores, gardens and farmer’s markets. It’s not to say you can’t enjoy winter tomatoes, but it’s just not the same. How to make Bruschetta with Tomatoes This is ridiculously easy to…
Classic Herring Under a Fur Coat
“Selyodka Pod Shuboy” (Селедка под шубой) literally translates to Herring Under a Fur Coat or Shuba Salad (шуба) for short, is a much loved Russian meal especially popular during New Year celebrations. A Russian shuba is a warm winter fur coat worn in Russia for hundreds of years. Herring Under a Fur Coat consists of layered…
Stove Top Stuffing
Everyone will love this Easy Stove Top Stuffing recipe, especially the cook. No one wants to spend extra time in the kitchen unnecessarily. It’s the perfect side dish with Deep Fried Turkey, or even a Juicy Roast Chicken dinner. This isn’t the type of stuffing that you traditionally stuff inside the raw turkey. You can risk getting…
Baked Brie Recipe
This easy Baked Brie recipe with Lingonberry sauce is a tasty appetizer, especially popular during the holidays. The best part is it only takes 15 minutes to make! Lingonberries are common in Northern Russia and in Nordic countries. They’re similar to Cranberries, except Lingonberries grow in forests and cranberries grow in bogs. Lingonberries aren’t Cranberries, although…
Crispy Leaf Roasted Duck Fat Potatoes
Full of flavour, roasted slivers of duck fat potatoes with fresh rosemary and salt flakes, a new take on roasted potatoes. Perfect for Christmas, Thanksgiving or a holiday feast. Crispy Leaf Roasted Duck Fat Potatoes recipe is based on a Donna Hay classic, which has become a Christmas favourite at our house. It’s a different…
Roasted Broccoli with Garlic and Soy Sauce
Roasted Broccoli with Garlic and Soy Sauce is an easy and delicious side dish that I make for my family all the time (and the kids love it)! Chinese style side dish, oven roasted, flavourful and packed full of vitamins. The is the best broccoli side dish you’ll ever have. Personally I hate boiled and steamed…
Chinese Roast Potatoes
Chinese Roast Potatoes in a Master Stock are the most flavourful, crispy potatoes I’ve ever eaten. Have you ever heard of Chinese Roast Potatoes, and what is a Master Stock? To explain Chinese Roast Potatoes in a Master Stock, I’ll start with the Master Stock. I think Wikipedia defines it best. A master stock (Chinese: 鹵水…
Easy Juniper Berry Gravy
Easy Gravy Without Drippings flavored with Juniper Berries, isn’t just some fancy gravy that you find at Whole Foods. It’s an easy gravy recipe that I make on Thanksgiving or Christmas. Especially when I make a Deep Fried Turkey, I don’t have fat drippings, so this recipe works perfectly. Some people don’t like the fat…
Butter Fried Green Peas
I love eating Fried Green Peas, sautéed in butter. In comparison, boiled peas on a plate is one of the most uninspiring foods I can think of. It makes me think of bland hospital food on a tray. Mushy peas, baby food, canned peas, peas in a soup, and that’s about your repertoire of pea recipes….
Salt and Pepper Shrimp
Salt and Pepper Shrimp is a favourite dish found at many western Chinese restaurants. It’s a quick and delicious, and perfect appetizer or snack to eat with Sriracha Mayo, or sometimes I dip it into Sweet Mango Chilli Sauce or Sweet Chili Sauce. My brother asked me for this recipe, as he recently ordered it in a restaurant…
Herb Roasted Potato Wedges
Herb Roasted Potato Wedges is the perfect recipe to use all your fresh herbs from your garden. Baked and not fried, with so much flavour. That’s one of the great benefits of having a small garden is the fresh herbs that seem to grow everywhere. Truthfully, I tend to plant them absolutely everywhere. Have you…
Funchoza Salad
This Funchoza recipe is a type of strange and wonderful salad, that is little known outside of Central Asia. Funchoza is not a traditional salad, it’s made with strips of beef, but sometimes made with chicken, and always in large quantities for celebrations of special events. I don’t remember a single family gathering, church event, or Russian…
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes are an ultimate comfort food, and the perfect accompaniment to roast meat, or really almost any main course. I was never a huge potato fan, but my wife has slowly spent nearly 20 years chipping away at that, and now I can say I like eating potatoes. Potatoes have origins in what…
Grilled Corn on the Cob with Herb Butter
Grilled Corn on the Cob is such a delicious rustic side dish from my childhood. Growing up with a large backyard garden, we always had a few long rows of corn growing. In the autumn, we would clear the yard for winter before the snow came, and have a burn off with a large bon…
