Savory spinach muffins from cottage cheese with thyme

Dairy products, Eggs, Gluten-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Lunch-box

When I was young I didn’t even know what it was spinach. In my country, Belarus, it was not very popular. But once I have moved to Poland, I notice that these leafy greens with a sweet flavor and a hint of bitterness are on every table. Spinach varieties, like spring greens, baby spinach, large …

Baked chicory and meat with brown butter Béchamel sauce

Dairy products, Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Main dishes

I know that all Internet is full now with recipes, pictures and stories of pumpkin. But in Dubai there are NO seasons!!! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️We have any vegetables or fruits all over the year, imported from around the world. I don’t notice that autumn came and continue to cook with FUNNY vegetables. So if you are looking …

Eggplant and potato wedges with tahini dressing

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I love eggplants, especially from local produce! Here in Dubai they are very aromatic, delicate and full of flavor. When I used to live in Poland and Belarus, whenever I wanted to cook from the eggplants, first I had to soak them in salted water to remove bitterness. But here with local produce I don’t …

Apple and three-cheese tart

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For all CHEESE fans! To be honest, it is the best tart I’ve ever eaten! Not that I praised myself, but this recipe turned out to be a glory! A tart with caramelized apples and various kinds of cheeses is a water-mouthing dish! And don’t look that the recipe is a bit long – it’s …

Kids’ favorite crêpes

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I have tried so many recipes and combinations to made pancakes and crêpes, when finally developed my own one, preferred by my kids. Because it’s our kids who are the biggest consumers of this dish. Denis and Nikita love eating crêpes with pure sugar (with big crystals, when it crunches on the teeth) or with …

Strawberry cheesecake without baking

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This is when your dreams come true and you get your piece of heaven with a cup of tea. This beauty had a rest in the fridge for whole night to give us pleasure in the morning. For the base, it is better to use any shortbread cookies or if you like some sweet & …

Fried cookies from yeast dough

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Hello! Today I have a mood for a yeast dough. In general, dough, and especially yeast, loves affection, tenderness, it is necessary to be in a good mood and necessarily with light and positive thoughts. So, my culinary repertoire expanded to a yeast dough recipe. I love cooking it. It always turns out so gentle …

Buckwheat and cottage cheese cake (krupenik)

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Hello. Today’s recipe is a well-forgotten old one from traditional Russian cuisine. As the name itself says, the dish is based on cereals. It can be buckwheat, millet, pearl barley, etc. There is one more ingredient, without which krupenik doesn’t exist. It’s cottage cheese. And as with all simple dishes, the secret of taste is …

Baked cheesecake with sour cream

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This dish comes from my childhood. In principle, I can not say anything more 😍.

Shortbread cookies Leaves and Flowers

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Hello! I prepared this recipe for the first time 25 years ago! Uh, how it sounds! Time flies imperceptibly. That time I cooked to surprise my parents and be creative with my sister. Today, the cookies disappear in a second thanks to my wonderful children and husband. It is also an excellent dessert for tea …

White beans fritters with Parmesan cheese

Dairy products, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Main dishes, Lunch-box

Good afternoon! I am very glad that I woke up the desire to continue to lead my culinary blog. Since it is absolutely non-commercial, the only inspiration for it is myself and my culinary passion, which, it must be said, never fades away, but only occasionally goes on vacation hahaha. Recently it was on vacation, …

Spinach salad with halloumi cheese and melon

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Hello again! As often happens, that buying a melon in the store, we expect too much from it 😂. Whatever one may say, I get a sweet melon once in five. And it always covers such disappointment. Especially when you still remember the taste of honey melon from childhood, where you could eat all by …

Beef salad with halloumi cheese

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My most successful recipes appear when the guests are at the doorstep. So I prepared this salad on the go and it turned out to be my trademark. In it all those products that I really love: beef, fresh cucumbers, cheese Halloumi and onions. And this salad tastes of course oriental, as it was not …

Cottage cheese patties

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I really love cottage cheese pie according to the classic recipe (from the cookbook “1000 culinary recipes”). It was very popular dish in former Soviet Union and was served in every nursery for kid scouts menu. Even now I’m ready to eat it every day. But only in lunch-box, for some reason, we do not …

Yogurt muffins with blueberries

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What a yummy muffins it turned out! The yogurt and the whole bucket of blueberries stayed in the refrigerator and asked “eat me!” (there was market day in the store – and that said it all). It was necessary to invent what can be cooked from these ingredients, so even such that you could put …

Beetroot carpaccio with cottage cheese and pine nuts

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Hello again! Sometimes it’s so good not to dig in virtual reality, but just enjoy life. To notice all details and to write down in my memory (instead of phone) the best and cheerful moments with family and friends. However, the desire to cook did not disappear and I cooked many nice and delicious dishes …

Coconut macaroons

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Hello. Today’s recipe is for coconut lovers. I can eat it in any form. For the first time I tried coconut shavings when I was at school. And there was this all known chocolate bar Bounty. Ate and wanted more! When I tell this to friend from Thailand, they immediately break away: “How? At school …

Cottage cheese fritters with banana and carrot

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Sometimes I want to diversify the bored dishes. That’s just such an option. Cheesecakes with carrots and bananas. Bon Appetite.

Millet porridge with pumpkin

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We can eat porridge for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Immediately remembered a fairy tale, how the soldier cooked porridge ? True, in our case, we do not need an ax or a boot for a porridge. Millet, milk, butter and pumpkin is enough. Have a nice cook!

Sponge roulade with cheese cream and berries

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I love to cook cakes without any reason. Just when I am in a good mood, or want something sweet to eat, or simply to please my home inhabitants?. Sometimes it’s way to leave my thoughts in another, culinary world of dimensional spoons and scales, as desserts like precision. And how huge positive energy I …