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Creamy hot chocolate (lactose-free)

Hello! Every morning at our home starts from hot chocolate milk for my kids. This routine happens because they wake hungry very early (around 5:45 am). So the easiest way make our sons happy so early is chocolate milk. Breakfast is served later, around 6:45 am). This is the alternative recipe of chocolate milk, where …

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Chicken and potato burgers

Hello. Continuing the potato theme, let me introduce to you one more tasty dish, which you can feed the whole family. These are fritters from potatoes and chicken minced meat. Like two in one: meat with a side dish in one piece. I serve them with fresh salads and vegetables. An excellent dish for lunch …

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Lazy potato and beef fritters

In Belarusian cuisine there is a dish from potato filled with meat or mushrooms. It is called “potato zrazy”. This dish takes some time to prepare and needs some practice. Well, as a mother of two boys I don’t have too much time so I find my easy way to cook “zrazy”. I call them …

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Bulgogi beef (korean bbq)

I want to sing an Ode to my lovely husband who wants to make us happy and loves to cook meat! He is a BOSS! No more words are needed… 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

Lemongrass Coconut Soup with Noodles and Veggies

What can I do that I really love orient food. I get my inspiration from Thai, Korean, Japanese, Chines and Vietnamese cuisines. They are full of taste, aromas, flavors and textures. They are always following the rule of “4 S”, meaning the balance in saltiness, sweetness, sourness and spiciness. Frankly speaking, it took me a …

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Lunch-boxes 38-42

Time is flying. I didn’t notice when my kids grow so fast and when I’ve prepared more than 400 lunch-boxes!!!!! As they come every day, I have decided to share lunch-box ideas weekly. First, it is more convenient for you to plan your own lunch-boxes with some of my ideas. Secondly, for sure it is …

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Chicken soup with bulgur and lentil

Happy New 2019 Year to All! I wish you all successful year, full of joy and happiness, love and respect. This is my first recipe on the blog this year. Not that I didn’t cook anything before. Moreover I was cooking all time but that were special dishes for new year eve celebration. For sure …

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Eggplant and walnuts salad

Eggplants are not too popular in traditional central european cuisine. The most common reason is that it is not produced in our climate. The eggplants imported from other countries (mainly from the Netherland) are very bitter in taste. Before cooking anything from them you need to soak eggplants’ slices into the salted water for minimum …

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Colored sugar cookies

Sometimes my inspiration is activated from just one word. This time, the key word turned out to be “burger”, as my husband was preparing hamburgers for dinner, and the children ate them all without a rest. Since I only EAT meat, not cook, I decided to make my own “burgers” by using colored shortcrust pastry …

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«The Pasha of Cuisine» by Saygin Ersin

Book that transfer you directly to the times of Ottoman Empire and its senses, flavors and aromas. Just imagine you know all secrets of the flavors and aromas and can influence hearts and minds, health and emotions, memories and reality by the food… Then you are a Pasha of Cuisine. No more words. Just plunge …

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Dumplings with meat

There are many people around the world that transform making dumplings from “just cooking” category into “an art”. I am not the one of them. I just love food… and I am a mother. So if you are a mom for sure you know that feeling when after many food fails finely the kids say: …

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Quick and Easy RYE BREAD rolls

What can be better than a divine aroma of freshly baked bread that gives us a feeling that we are at home 🍞❤️. I’ve just filled our home with this pleasant aroma 👩‍🍳. Ordered by my kids home-made rye bread is done! It is crisp outside as newly picked fruit, soft inside and tasty as …

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Super-moist Chocolate & Almond cake „Garden bed”

And finally we have SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!! Oh, we can have “Pajamas day” every day, without going outside, seeing people, just do whatever we want!

Shortcakes with buttercream

Good day! Oh, how I missed the tastes of my childhood! I’ve remembered how many cakes, pastries and cakes we used to prepare with my sister as kids. But butter cream and biscuits were not frequent guests due to scarce products at that time – butter and eggs.

Basic buttercream with icing sugar

Butter creams are very easy to take a variety of relief forms and sustain them. Butter, which is the basis of butter creams, should be unsalted, without any tastes and odors. Basic creams vary in composition of products, cooking methods, shelf life and taste. Any of the main creams can be given a different taste …

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Home-made spinach noodles and Farfalle

Where do I get inspiration for the recipes? Directly from my fridge!!!! Yesterday I opened my fridge and found a pack of spinach.

Energy balls

Just a perfect vegan bite with afternoon tea or coffee ☕️. These little sweet treasures are made from only healthy ingredients.

Breakfast veggie rolls

Summer is coming in Dubai – and this is the main reason of my new ideas for light and fresh breakfasts. Today I’ve served for my husband and mother-in-law delicious vegetable rolls.

Colorful breakfast

Good morning to everyone! Recently my friend Sengul has sent me a picture of Turkish breakfast. It looked so delicious and at the same time easy to make that it inspired me for some new breakfast ideas for my family. Colorful breakfast 🍽☕️Here are what I put on the plate, but it can be anything …

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Chestnut and chocolate cake with yogurt

Good day to everyone! Sometimes the muse come to me as a life guard when I am really tired, exhausted and nervous. In the moment I cross the entrance to the kitchen with an idea for a new recipe I change to a different person: calm, patient and always smiling. This works as the best …

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