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All recipes are meant for busy families, adventurous eaters and anyone looking to eat well using what is seasonal, available and accessible.
Chilled Asparagus and Fingerling Potato Soup
Dressed up with hardboiled eggs, cucumbers and fresh summer herbs As the summer heat sets in, traditional cuisines around the world have long relied on cold soups to bring refreshment and nourishment. In Eastern Europe, cold soups aren’t just a seasonal treat, they’re a cultural staple. From Lithuania’s šaltibarščiai to Poland’s chłodnik, these soups are…
Creamy Summer Pasta with Farmer Cheese, Peas, and Lima Beans
If you’re looking for a fast, flavor packed summer pasta that celebrates the season’s freshest produce, this is it. This creamy summer pasta with farmer cheese, peas and lima beans is an herbaceous, lemony dream: sweet peas and lima beans are blended into a rich green sauce with farmer cheese, garlic, fresh basil and parsley.…
Smashed Radished and Herby Farmer Cheese Dip
Spicy, crisp radishes are smashed and quick marinated the spooned over creamy herby framer cheese is THE summer snack. Radishes, dill, scallions, garlic, jalapeños, and farmer cheese are The Brady Bunch of Eastern European flavors. Maybe not the jalapeños, but the rest is a spring dream team of fresh and nutritious flavors. Boost your next…
Meltdowns, Burnt Toast & Other Delicious Reasons to Cook at Home
Cooking at home may seem like a luxury, but it’s far more essential than many realize. More than just a way to save money or eat healthier, cooking at home provides powerful psychological, emotional, physical, and economic benefits that impact our well-being and lifestyle. The best part? There’s no secret to becoming a great home…
Malted Cherry Pie Kefir Cookies
chewy crinkle cookies with a toasty malt flavor and cherry pie filling Cherry season is on the horizon BUT you don’t need to go cherry picking to make these cookies. A canned tart cherry filling is the perfect shortcut for these chewy, butter free cherry pie inspired cookies. No crimping or chilling or fussing about…
Ryazhenka Walnut Cranberry Spice Cake
Ryazhenka Walnut Cranberry Spice Cake with whipped ryazhenka chantilly If I had to commit to only one kind if kefir it would be ryazhenka. It has all the usual benefits of kefir, like probiotics, proteins, calcium and gentle on lactose sensitive stomachs BUT it also has the added creamy nutty and sweet flavor of slow…
Easy and Delicious Garlic Butter Peas and Carrots
a classic side ready in under 10min Don’t toss away the option of adding peas and carrots to the weekday or weekend line up. Peas and carrots are a classic combination, that when done right are delicious, nostalgic, affordable and easy. It’s so easy to get caught up in newer recipes, and unexpected pairings that…
Kefir Flight and Snacks
Kefir Flight and Snack Pairing. Kefir goes with everything, savory or sweet. You can make most things using kefir: meat marinade, cake, crepes, sauce, add it to a soup or enjoy it straight from a glass. Kefir is often referred to as the champagne of dairy; it has a slight sweet tang and effervescence. Kefir…
Barley with Mushrooms and Scallions
Swap out the usual rice or pasta with nutty chewy barley with scallions and mushrooms. Barley is one of the forgotten grains. Outside of soup, barley is an after thought or not a thought at all. It is an incredibly nutrient dense grain, packed with protien, fiber, potassium, folate, b vitamins and selenium. Valued for…
Cultured Homemade Butter
Baklava inspired cultured butter Fresh cream cultured with tangy kefir and whipped into a probiotic packed butter What is cultured butter? Standard butter is heavy cream that is churned or whipped until the milk solids/fats separate and clump together to form butter. The liquid left over is buttermilk. It in fact contains no butter. Cultured…
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