Potato fritters with halloumi cheese and tobiko

Boys lunch-boxes, Eggs, Healthomania, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Starters, Lunch-box

Draniki (potato fritters) for Belarusians is sacred! In principle, every Slavic cuisine has a similar dish. And the ingredients are almost the same, but it’s in proportion. The real Belarusian draniki are made from potatoes, grated extra fine (“good-bye fingers”). Flour is used, but in very small quantities. Required salt and egg. In a foreign land, I began …

Chicken rolls with omelette

Dairy products, Eggs, Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

And another original recipe for minced chicken. This time we will stuff it with an omelet :). Chicken rolls with omelettes are easy to cook. They can be fried, baked, steamed. And in any form they turn out very tasty.

Onion soup (alcohol-free)

Egg-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Soups

One of the most famous French soup – ONION SOUP – traditionally was served as a morning meal to the workers and porters of Les Halles Market in Paris back in 80-s XIX, which was opened overnight (from 9 pm till 8 am). Onion soup has been in French cuisine so long that it is …

PISSALADIÈRE or Onion Pizza

Festive dishes, Flour, grains, pasta, Healthomania, Sustainable Kitchen, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pies, tarts, casserole

What do we know about the onions? That they are considered as one of the veggies that prevent both infection and infestation. They belong to the allium family. Many of them are grown in the gardens, some as ornamentals in flower borders, others as herbs and edible plants.Why does the onion have so intense smell? …

Vegan scramble “eggs” (egg-free)

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

I am not a vegetarian or vegan, but I love discovering new flavors and simply experimenting in my kitchen. Currently my mother-in-law is visiting us in Dubai for school spring break. She is Polish (from the North-West) and I should say that it is very popular to have scramble eggs for a breakfast there. So …

Eggplant salad

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

Eggplant salad is one of my favorite dish from eggplants (aubergines). Easy to make, delicious in taste. It is very similar to Tunçilik – roasted eggplant salad, which comes from southwestern part of Turkish Thrace around Tekirdag. The different is that I use tomato instead pepper. This recipe comes from my best friend – Sengul …

Baked pancake with kale and sausages

Eggs, Meat, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Pies, tarts, casserole

After amazing holidays in my parents house in Belarus and house of my parents-in-law in Poland it is time to come back to my own kitchen. I really missed my island of invention! As our back flight was from Poland, we bought in Warsaw airport some traditional meat products, incl. sausages, without any conservatives, which …

Beets salad with feta cheese

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

Who said that beautiful plating is only for restaurant? When food looks pretty and appetite it even tastes better. And no, I don’t try copy great chefs or restaurants’ trends in plating. It is like painting… I just put my soul and love to each dish, each plate. Bon appetite!

Chicken liver with apples

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Meat, Main dishes

I think this is one of product that I really love to eat, but feel disgusted with liver while cooking. The rest of the family run away from the kitchen when hearing I am going to cook it. But even this doesn’t stop me! Because chicken liver with apples is just delicious! Worth to try!

Gyoza with beef

Egg-free, Meat, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Lunch-box

Prepare Russian pielmieni (dumplings), it would seem, is not such a big deal. However, it always stops me that the dough needs to be rolled out, cut, flour everywhere and waiting for the cleaning to happen. And what a lucky thing that the Japanese also have a similar dish. And this means that for their …

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 …

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 …

Quick soup with beans and sausages

Boys lunch-boxes, Dairy products, Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Main dishes, Soups

When there is not a very large selection in the refrigerator, and there is no energy, time or desire to go to the store, I cook Italian soups for my family. Why exactly them? Because they almost always contain pasta! And pasta in any form is edible for children of any age. Well, we adults …

Салат из авокадо и манго

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

Бывает, что в моей коллекции появляются “позаимствованные” или “подсмотренные” рецепты. Сегодняшний салат как раз из этой оперы. Мы были вчера на гриле и как обычно на таких мероприятиях, собралось там международное общество. Каждый внёс какую-то лепту в приготовление общего стола. И вот на этом столе я обнаружила настоящую жемчужину! И настолько простую, что сама не …

Meat salad in apples

Festive dishes, Salads

New Year! This is a special holiday for me. And every time I, like a little girl, wait for gifts under the Christmas tree from Santa Claus. After all, faith works miracles. The more we believe in something, the faster our desire will come true. When I’m in such a festive mood, I take great …

Finnish fish soup Lohikeitto

Gluten-free, Soups

A couple of years ago we spent 1.5 months in Helsinki. Everything was amazing: the weather, food, traditions and people. For example, the day of the vernal equinox was on Friday and a long weekend was declared. All shops, banks, offices, pharmacies, etc. worked until 12 pm on Friday and opened again only on Monday. …

Fried pies with meat

Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Lunch-box, Pies, tarts, casserole

As a child, when we went with the whole family to the city center for shopping, our parents always bought us pies, which were sold by the big aunt from a cart right on the street. They came with meat, fish or jam. And it doesn’t even matter how much meat there was in the …

Pies with buckwheat

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

Knysh is a dish of Belarusian cuisine, unfortunately forgotten even in its homeland. Extract from Wikipedia: “Knysh is a small round pie typical of Belarusian cuisine with cottage cheese baked inside (or placed on the surface, between the raised edges) or other filling: jam, or sauteed onions with cracklings. Knishes with buckwheat were very characteristic …

Avocado and Shrimps Salad

Egg-free, Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Gluten-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Starters, Salads

Salads are what we usually dine on. Every evening – a new salad, unlike the previous one. Very often I don’t have time to write down the recipe – the salad disappears faster than I can take a photo. However this time I managed to write down all the ingredients. Very delicious and perfect as …

Eggs “à la tripe”

Dairy products, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Vegetarian, Breakfast

Once the amount of wrinkling on the cap chef spoke about how many meals he can cook eggs, thus putting it on a certain level of the career ladder. Today, most of the restaurants offer breakfast like a “standard” set. But you want something new. The roots of the recipe that I want to share …