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Russian Salad (Olivier)
Russian Salad (Olivier)Usually people outside of former-USSR call it Russian Salad, however its original name is Salad Olivier.This salad was and maybe still is the most traditional dish for the home...
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Meatballs Soup
Meatballs SoupEating soups is healthy, let's make it also tasty!Homemade beef broth, a lot of vegetables and meatballs, sounds good for me, what about you?
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Borscht (Beetroot Soup)
Borscht (Beetroot Soup)Borscht (borsch, borshch) or beet root soup is very popular in a Eastern and Central Europe countries. Who of you didn't hear about russian or ukrainian borscht?It is one of 3...
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Meat with Prunes
Meat with Prunes For meat with prunes you can use either pork or beef. I think, pork tastes even better prepared this way, especially if prunes you have are not too sweet, so I advise you to go with...
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Herring Under Fur Coat (Herring Salad)
Herring Under Fur Coat (Herring Salad) Recipe To prepare russian herring salad, “Herring Under Fur Coat”, you need to have whole salted herring. And of course you need to know how to fillet it, so read...
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Beef Stew with Vegetables
Beef Stew with Vegetables One of the most delicious ways to prepare beef is to stew it with vegetables. Stewed meat shares its juices with vegetables which makes the dish not only nutritious but also...
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Pork Pilaf
Pork Pilaf Typical Pilaf (plov, pilav) is prepared from rice and meat, and seasoned with spices. It is a dish, various recipes of which can be found in Middle Eastern, Central, South Asian and East...
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Chicken Soup with Egg Linguine
Chicken Soup with Egg Linguine I think - and I hope you will agree with me - nothing tastes better in the cold fall weather than a bowl of hot soup. Make it a chicken soup and it will be hard for you...
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Lenten Borscht with Mushroom Dumplings
Lenten Borscht with Mushroom Dumplings In a lot of countries Christmas Eve dinner gathers whole family around one big table. Borscht with mushroom dumplings is the one of 12 dishes which usually are on...
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Bigos (Cabbage and Pork Stew)
Bigos (Cabbage and Pork Stew) Bigos, as a cabbage and meat stew, is very popular second course dish in countries of East Europe. I believe it was originated in Poland, however recipes similar to polish...
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Mimosa (Layered Fish Salad)
Mimosa Salad Mimosa, as a fish layered salad, is very popular in all countries of ex-USSR. As well as Herring Under Fur Coat and Salad Olivier, Salad Mimosa finds its place on the table for big holiday...
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Russian Sauerkraut Soup (Schi)
Russian Sauerkraut Soup (Schi) Sauerkraut soup, also called sour schi, is a traditional russian main first course dish for several hundreds year. Original recipes for schi (there are more that one:...
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Soup-Purée with Broccoli and Chicken
Soup Puree with Broccoli and ChickenThis bright green colored soup-purée (or cream soup) made of chicken, broccoli and some other vegies is probably the quickest to prepare soup I know. It is also...
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Lasagna with Beef and Vegetables
Lasagna with Beef and Vegetables Several weekends ago, when I asked Yuriy what should we prepare for dinner, I got an answer – lasagna, and I was intimidated a bit - I never prepared lasagna before. So...
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Meatballs with Carrot-Tomato Sauce
Meatballs with Carrot-Tomato Sauce Russian meatballs (or “tefteli” how they are called in Russia) are prepared from ground beef and rice mix and cooked under some kind of sauce. They usually have big...
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Chicken Liver Pate
Chicken Liver Pate on Crackers I find dishes from any kind of liver not very popular on this side of the globe. However I can't see anybody not liking this one: chicken liver pâté or “pashtet” like it...
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Buckwheat Soup
Buckwheat Soup This is good soup to cook at winter: time when fresh herbs are not full of flavor and most of vegetables are not as full of nutrients as fresh ones. Root vegetables used in this recipe...
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Easier Borscht with Precooked Beets and Beans
Easier Borscht with Precooked Beets and Beans One of the challenges when cooking classic beet root soup, borscht, is to get all vegetables (and there are quite few) cooked till perfect readiness at the...
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Chicken Pilaf
Chicken Pilaf An easy tweak to classic pilaf recipe – chicken instead of lamb – will make this dish to shine all different colors. Chicken require less time to cook, it is more lean so, let's say it is...
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Russian Lenten Mushroom Soup
Russian Lenten Mushroom Soup This soup doesn't include any meat, it is based on mushrooms and have vegetables (carrot, parsley and celery roots, potato) as well as pearl barley. Such kind of mushroom...
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Lazy Cabbage Rolls
Lazy Cabbage Rolls Lazy cabbage rolls, or “lenyvi golubtsi” how this dish is called in ukrainian, is an easier version of ukrainian cabbage rolls. Since it doesn't require assembling of rolls it is...
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Tomato and Rice Soup
Tomato and Rice Soup Gentle tomato soup with rice filling garnished with freshly chopped basil is a russian variant of tomato-basil soup. It is beef broth based and if you want to make it more tomaty...
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Sorrel and Pork Soup (Green Borscht)
Sorrel and Pork Soup (Green Borscht) Sorrel and pork soup, or as it is called also green borscht (obviously because of the color), is one of these dishes you can rarely eat in US, unless you are...
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Clear Beef Broth with Vegetables
Clear Beef Broth with Vegetables Beef broth with vegetables is easiest liquid food to make, easiest to consume, good for your digestive system. Why not to cook it yourself instead of pouring it out...
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Layered Liver Cake
Layered Liver Cake Layered liver cake, dish of traditional Ukrainian cuisine, is often served as appetizer on various celebrations, in fact I tried it first time on a wedding. For this recipe I used...
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Veal Roast with Pureed Vegetable Sauce
Veal Roast with Pureed Vegetable Sauce If you are looking for a dinner roast recipe, this one is for you: juicy homemade veal roast with pureed sauce prepared from carrots, onions and tomatoes stewed...
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Cabbage and Carrots Salad with Oil
Cabbage and Carrots Salad As you probably guessed already, this simple salad consists of two main ingredients: cabbage and carrots, dressed with oil (I take sunflower oil for this one), ground black...
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Chicken Soup-Puree with Eggs
Chicken Soup-Puree with Eggs If you have hand blender this is a soup recipe to try for you: pureed chicken in vegetable broth thickened with flour and beaten eggs. Hand blender works great to mince...
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Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots
Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe This is a recipe for tender veal stewed with mushrooms, carrots and pickled cucumbers in dry red wine and tomato sauce. If you are searching for some main dish...
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Russian Vinaigrette Salad (Salad Vinegret)
Russian Vinaigrette Salad (Salad Vinegret) Vinaigrette salad (or salad “vinegret” how it is called in russian) is traditional salad of russian cuisine. It is made of boiled vegetables (beets, potatoes...
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Chicken Liver with Mushrooms and Sour Cream
Chicken Liver with Mushrooms and Sour Cream This is tender dish made of chicken livers cooked under sour cream and nutmeg sauce with mushrooms and carrots. I love chicken liver for its texture and...
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Jellied Meat (Kholodets)
Jellied Meat (Kholodets) Another traditional dish of various east and west european cuisines (russian, ukrainian, polish, and many others): jellied meat, also knows as kholodets, studen, dragli, aspic,...
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Fish with Vegetables
Fish with Vegetables Recipe This is my mom's recipe, she used to cook pretty much any fish we had like this. Original recipe calls for parsley roots, but they are hard to come around here, so I used...
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How to Make Vegetable Broth
How to Make Vegetable Broth Recipe Making vegetable broth isn’t such a hard thing to do: get bunch of roots and vegetables, stick them all in a pot and in about 1-1.5h you will get a vegetable broth to...
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Vegetables with Cream
Vegetables with Cream Recipe Vegetables with cream are pretty easy to cook and they make a great side dish for meat or poultry. It can also be served as a no-meat course. I used carrots, broccoli and...
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Fried Rice with Shrimps
Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe One more recipe for fried rice, this time with shrimps. As any fried rice, it is pretty easy and fast to cook, especially if you use frozen vegetables, just don’t forget...
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Carrots, Raisins and Ginger Salad
Carrots, Raisins and Ginger Salad Recipe This is refreshing and somewhat spicy salad made with carrots, raisins and ginger. It tastes great by itself, or with meat or poultry. You can make salad more...
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Carrots and Ginger Soup-Puree
Carrots and Ginger Soup-Puree Recipe So I discovered carrots and ginger combination while working on last week recipe. And I decided to take it one step further: today with carrots and ginger...
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Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole
Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe This is somewhat unusual dish to cook: mushroom and carrot stuffing baked inside of chicken meat “crust”. But I assure you, it is totally worth...
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Korean Style Carrots
Korean Style Carrots Recipe Korean style carrots (“morkovka po-korejski”) is a popular in post-USSR countries dish which is usually served as salad, side dish or relish. Often it is also served on hot...
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Chicken Salad with Cucumbers and Korean Style Carrots
Chicken Salad with Cucumbers and Korean Style Carrots Recipe Yet another one chicken salad to be added to my list of recipes: tender chicken meat, boiled eggs, tasty cucumbers and spicy carrots prepare...
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Liver, Carrot and Egg Salad
Liver, Carrot and Egg Salad Recipe Unusually tasting salad for a celebratory table or if you want to add a bit more liver in your diet (for example to consume more iron or other nutrients it is reach...
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Cabbage and Meat Rissoles (Lazy Cabbage Roll Patties)
Lazy Cabbage Roll Patties Recipe EnjoyYourCooking already has recipe for Lazy Cabbage Rolls casserole, this recipe variation uses almost the same ingredients, but in form of cabbage and meat patties...
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Boiled Beef Tongue
Boiled beef tongue is one of foods I love from the childhood, I love the taste, and it also is nutritious and easily digestible and is a good source of protein. Boiled beef tongue is a perfect dish on...
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Italian Sausage Soup with Cauliflower
Cauliflower and vegetables soup infused with Italian spices and cream is another creation perfect for cold winter weather: it fills and warms you up. And that fact that this soup is pretty easy and...
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Clam Chowder
This is my take on New England Clam Chowder, which I love and always wanted to learn to cook it, and somehow always hesitated. It appeared not as hard as I thought it would. And it doesn’t take too...
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Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Cold weather winter chill favorite, hot (as in temperature) and hearty, broccoli cheddar soup. If you like this one just like I do, but wasn’t sure if you can make it, think no further: the recipe is...
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Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice
Don’t let the amount of ingredients this recipe calls for to scare you: it is not as hard to cook as it may seem (just many pictures). In fact it is pretty easy, especially if you are keen on peeling...
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Butternut Squash Soup Puree
With pumpkin and squash season comes time for vegetable soups using said vegetables. Today’s recipe features butternut squash and some other fine veggies to accompany it. It is full of veggie...
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Pork Soup with Eggs
Recipe for a soup, quick to prepare as it doesn’t require additional time to cook a broth and it also calls for a limited amount of ingredients, yet it is pretty delicious. It is pretty filling, with...
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