“Tarkovanka” – Belarusian cuisine

Vegetables, Vegetarian, Main dishes, Lunch-box, Pies, tarts, casserole

Tarkovanka is a dish of Belarusian cuisine made from grated raw potatoes. Its peculiarity is a combination of such ingredients as potatoes, apples, raisins (dried fruits) and onions. You can serve it with milk.

Oven-baked pancake

Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Breakfast

When the weekend comes, I always want to surprise my household with something delicious for breakfast. Always there is a question: and whether they will eat it? What do they eat, both small and old? Of course, pancakes! What kind of pancakes I did not cook: lace, oatmeal, and buckwheat, etc. But today was not …

Delicious home-made pizza

Boys lunch-boxes, Egg-free, Flour, grains, pasta, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Lunch-box, Pies, tarts, casserole

City of birth: Naples, Italy Year of birth: 1522 Place of becoming famous: US This is one of the easiest food I make every Saturday for my family. Always delicious, and always favorite. My kids say that “mommy’s pizza is the best in the world”. Loving experimenting with the food I am cooking, pizza is …

Rotolo (from pizza dough)

Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Breakfast, Lunch-box, Pies, tarts, casserole

I like it when a dish reveals the taste just of several ingredients, bright and palpable. Do not kill the taste by sugar or seasonings. Yes, it’s for specific taste lovers. But that’s exactly how I cook – for “lovers” of my kitchen – my family. They like – and this is the most important …

Paratha with different stuffings

Egg-free, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Lunch-box

Trying to diversify the contents of my child’s lunch box, I came up with the idea of ​​cooking something less traditional, not from our kitchen. And here we just visited an Indian restaurant (by the way, by my standards, the best Indian food – in the restaurant India Palace in Abu Dhabi in the Mazayah …

Oatmeal fritters with dates

Egg-free, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Breakfast, Starters, Lunch-box

All welcome! Today I share with you a very simple recipe for oatmeal fritters made from 4 ingredients. This is an excellent dish for breakfast, snacks or in a lunch box for children. Bon Appetit!

German potato salad

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Salads

Being from Belarus, the potato for me is like a bread. Without it, we can not imagine any single table. I’m accustomed to the taste of salads with mayonnaise, where our bulb plays our first violin. However, recently I discovered a completely new salad, originally from Germany. They say that the Germans are divided into …

Beetroot carpaccio with cottage cheese and pine nuts

Dairy products, Egg-free, Festive dishes, Gluten-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Starters, Salads

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 …

Marrow fritters with red bell pepper salsa

Eggs, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Breakfast, Starters, Lunch-box

Hello again! Summer holidays have passed and I am on air again. Sunny weather and excellent mood inspired me to new culinary discoveries and unusual taste combinations. I hope that you, my dear readers, will enjoy my taste experiments. Let me remind you of my credo: QUICK AND DELICIOUS! And that’s why most of my …

Coconut macaroons

Dairy products, Egg-free, Festive dishes, Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Desserts, Lunch-box

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

Dairy products, Fruits, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Breakfast, Lunch-box

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

Orient salad

Egg-free, Fruits, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Salads

So, the season of exotic fruits is open. I love their fresh smell and I just can not resist buying them. Recently I discovered a new fruit: a Chinese plum (loquats), little known in our country. The fruits are small, resembling apples, inside there are seeds. Taste like a sweet quince. Today I prepared a …

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!

Zucchini fritters

Eggs, Lactose-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Main dishes, Breakfast, Starters, Lunch-box

Hello! I really like green vegetables. Cucumbers, salads, zucchini, celery, artichoke, green asparagus, small green patissons, and so on. And this is very well seen in my recipes, where very often green vegetables play the main role. Well, everyone knows that they have a lot of calcium and other important vitamins. But they also contain …

Strawberry tart with Patissiere cream

Eggs, Festive dishes, Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Desserts, Pies, tarts, casserole

Hello again to all cooking lovers. It is hard to write when everyone at home is a fan of “apple” products and literally snatch them from my hands. Here and now 7-month-old Nikita stretches his hands to my virtual keyboard on the iPad. Recently, I am often asked: when do I have time to cook? …

Vegetables fritters with tapioca

Flour, grains, pasta, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Lunch-box

I have seen tapioca in the store very often. It can be of different sizes, and is mainly used for preparing a variety of desserts. I wanted to experiment and prepare  from it an savory dish with vegetables. I really liked the result. I will add only that I expected to put the dish in my …

Salad with arugula and apple

Egg-free, Fruits, Gluten-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Salads

Once upon a time … I had a restaurant where one of the main items on the menu were salads. Perhaps this is why the preparation of salads for me is a piece of cake: mentally I mix all the ingredients, add some seasoning and know exactly what taste should I get. And every time …

Lunch-box 6

Boys lunch-boxes

One of the main idea of sustainable kitchen is not to waste food. This means that the food should be planed in a way that allows avoid throwing it. Using left-overs for preparing new dishes is a very common practice in restaurants and many homes. Our home is no exception. I use left-overs in my …

2-ingredients Banana Muffins (flour- and sugar-free)

Eggs, Fruits, Gluten-free, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Desserts, Breakfast, Lunch-box

Every evening, I break my head, what to prepare to my kid to kindergarten. There are few criteria: it should be tasty, healthy and not boring. The main thing it should be eaten? So that is why appeared the recipe for muffins without flour and eggs.

Potato cookies

Eggs, Gluten-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Desserts, Starters, Lunch-box

Every nation has at least one product, which is almost mandatory in the cuisine. For Ukrainians it is pork belly (“salo”), for Russians – bread, for Mexicans – corn, for Italians – pasta, for Indians – rice and for Belorussians – a potato! Bulba is a head of everything”. Grilled, steamed, boiled in their jackets …