This easy Skillet Tuna Pasta Recipe is perfect with you’ve run out of time, but need to make dinner for your family, and it’s large enough for leftovers. It’s made with basic ingredients that most of us have in our pantry, and still tastes great! I don’t usually cook dinner using condensed soup cans as the…
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Pelmeni Recipe (Russian Dumplings)
What Are Pelmeni Dumplings? Pelmeni are Russian dumplings with a juicy meat filling, classic Russian comfort food. It’s found in every Russian’s freezer, and around the former Soviet States. It’s part of the group of Eastern European dumplings like Vareniki, Pierogies, Uszka, and even Manti. I consider this meal the national food of Russia. Every…
Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo
Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo is a delicious comfort food, packed with carbs, cream and cheese. And the best part, you can save dishes by making this all in one pot! It’s the perfect recipe to eat with a Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread! This is my mom’s Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo recipe that I remember eating as a…
Pumpkin Mac and Cheese
Pumpkin Mac and Cheese with Bacon is a the same delicious comfort food we all know, made healthier baked inside a pumpkin. Now the pumpkin doesn’t reduce the fat content or regular mac and cheese, but adds lots vitamins, antioxidants and minerals, and is low in calories. I think that’s a welcome addition or Macaroni…
Chicken Tortellini Soup
Easy Chicken Tortellini Soup is a fun way to enjoy delicious vegetable soup. You can add any garden vegetables that are in season to this soup. It’s really just a version of Minestrone Soup, but with added tortellini, taking it to the next level. It’s always best to make chicken stock from scratch, but if in…
Kotleti with Podlivka
Kotleti with Podlivka is a comfort food enjoyed by Russians for generations. You got the comfort food trifecta, meat, carbs and sauce. Kotleti are like Russian Meatballs or Rissoles, or something in between. Kotleti with Podlivka, is a whole other level of meaty goodness. I have 2 kotleti recipes you can make, Classic Beef Kotleti…
Pesto Chicken Pasta
This Easy Pesto Chicken Pasta recipe is incredibly easy to make, another great meal if you’re in a rush to make dinner. When you’re in a rush, I’m a big fan of using a supermarket ready cooked roast chicken from the deli to make a variety of meals. I use it to make a quick…
Manti Russian Steamed Dumplings
This Manti Steamed Dumplings Recipe (Манты) is one of the many recipes that reminds me of my childhood. It’s really fun creating a website of my favourite recipes that we eat. I just love all this food, and Manti are no exception. Manti are very common in Central Asia/Eurasia from China, Russia, the Stany countries…
Easy Vegemite Stroganoff
Easy Vegemite Stroganoff is made from Australian Vegemite with Russian Stroganoff served with rice, Fusion at it’s best. How can I explain Vegemite, if you have never heard of it? Vegemite is a breakfast staple in Australia, one which Aussie kids grow up on. According to Wikipedia, Vegemite is a dark brown Australian food paste…
Lagman Recipe (Лагман)
This Lagman recipe is a tradtional hand pulled, stretched noodle stir fry of the Uyghur people of the Xinjiang region of northwest China, situated en route the Silk Road. This is the region where my parents were born and lived, as my grandparents (from both sides) fled from the Soviet Union to China for safety from…
Chicken Stroganoff
Stroganoff (бефстроганов) is the ultimate Russian comfort food for me, usually made with strips of beef, served with a starch. There is no direct translation for Chicken Stroganoff in Russian. It literally translates to Beef Stroganoff from Chicken in Russian. Traditionally in Russia, it was served with thin fried potato straws, almost like a shoestring…
Jamie Oliver’s Minestrone Soup
I love Jamie Oliver’s Minestrone from his Venice Food Escapes show, but have historically I’ve always hated minestrone soup. Maybe I’ve just had bad minestrone as a kid, you know, the commercialized canned Campbell’s soup variety with an acidic tomato paste taste. I wasn’t even willing to give this soup another chance, until I got…
Pelmeni using a Mold
This recipe shows you how to make Pelmeni using a Mold (Пельмени) called a Pelmenitsa. Pelmeni is my all time favorite food. Ever. That’s a big statement, but nothing evokes the comfort food feeling better than Pelmeni for me. Anglo cultures have their typical meat, potato and vegetable meals, Italians have their pasta meals, but…
Italian Lasagna Recipe with Chorizo
Italian Lasagna recipe with Chorizo. An authentic Italian lasagna recipe with a twist. Chorizo is a sausage that has roots in Spain and Portugal, and adds a spicy kick to this family favorite. It’s the perfect comfort food, filling and delicious. What are Comfort Foods? I googled Comfort Food on Wikipedia, and this is what…
