let it leek If you’re like me and you crave soups year round, including a warm day in June, this flavorful springy leek soup is right up your alley. It’s teeming with flavor from the leek, caramelized lemon juice, and plenty of fresh dill. Packaged gnocchi is a quick and easy way to take this …
don’t buck the buckwheat trend This buckwheat cereal, or “kasha,” is the most perfect, satisfying meal for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner. This gluten-free cereal isn’t made of grains but rather groats, and it has a nice warm, nutty flavor. While you can easily make it a sweet dish, my favorite way to enjoy buckwheat is …
Reminiscing about potatoes This is one of my all-time favorite recipes as a kid, and it take me all the way back to the days when my grandmother would babysit me. Those were the good old days, and I remember fondly the time I would spend just one-on-one with my Bunia. She’s from Ukraine, so …
eggs and lemon and some other stuff One of my favorite cooking pastimes is to take a classic recipe and shake things up a bit. And that’s exactly what I did with this not-so-traditional Greek avgolemono soup. All the bones are there–egg, lemon, rice, dill–but some of the key players have been reimagined. For example, …
berries and…cream? I’m not trying to hate on pancakes or French toast, but one of the most decadent breakfast foods in my opinion is a savory/sweet toast on a fresh slice of crusty bread. It’s like an elevated toast and jam, but with fluffy ricotta and fresh berry compote. It’s extremely easy to make a …
you’ve got the beet In case you didn’t already know, beets are kind of a big deal in Ukrainian cooking. But it isn’t just borscht and boiled beets for a side—there are many different ways to put these carmine veggies to use, including this shredded beet salad (or ‘cwikla’ in Ukrainian). We would typically enjoy …
time to get figgy with it It’s no secret that autumn is full of beautiful colors, magical scents, and scrumptious flavors. Figs are one of those fall fruits that I just can’t get enough of. They’re naturally sweet and so succulent, my mouth is watering just thinking about them. They’re so good that one fresh …
if you think soup season is behind us, think again… While a warm bowl of soup is definitely a key comfort during the frigid fall and winter months, rising temps don’t mean you should forget about your favorite brothy dishes. Take this spring minestrone soup, for example. It’s packed with the freshest of seasonal produce, …
I think what I like most about this dish is how the name rhymes. Ricotta frittata! So fun! In all serious, though, this is such a great recipe and comes together so quickly and easily. You don’t have to do much planning for this and can even decide to whip it up one morning on …
It’s almost Game Day (as in Super Bowl Sunday), and although I’m not an avid American football fan, I do always quite enjoy the get-together that accompanies that particular sporting event. It’s usually at a friend’s apartment where the snacks are plentiful and the company is so good I tend to chitchat through the entire …