The simplest food to make when you need a quick fix for your hunger. Served warm or cold, these are always a great start to make you feel satiated.
Beetroot roulade with cream cheese and herring is a fantastic way to use beetroot. It looks wonderful and has a great taste. The sponge for the roulade is based on beetroot, while the cream with which the roulade is filled is a combination of cream cheese and capers. In addition, the roulade contains herring, which…
Eggplant and walnut rolls, or Georgian badrijani nigvzit, are one of the most popular dishes in the country’s cuisine. This dish is served cold as an appetizer, often as an accompaniment to Georgian wine. Badrijani nigvzit consists of thin, fried eggplant slices, which are filled with walnut paste and pomegranate seeds. Walnut paste has a…
Lard with onion is a dish that I make quite rarely. Even though, I love its taste, I can’t imagine eating it every day. Traditionally, I serve it with bread and pickled cucumber, and it works best as a snack. This dish is very easy to make, and to prepare it, you need a piece…
Brioches are small French butter buns. These buns are soft, intensely buttery and have a beautiful golden crust. You can make them from plain dough or add chocolate or dried fruit to it. These buns are fantastic served for breakfast or as an addition to soups or cold snacks. I like to eat brioche with…
This time, I have a fish dish for you, or more precisely marinated herring tartare. As usual tartare, all ingredients used in its preparation are cold, nothing is cooked or heated up. This tartare is based on pickled ingredients, because both the herring itself and accompaniments such as mushrooms or capers are marinated. After pouring…
Mushrooms with garlic and thyme is a vegetarian dish that works well as a side dish and a snack. It is a simple dish, because it is made from a few ingredients only, and its preparation does not require any particular skills. The main ingredients of this dish are mushrooms, fried with thyme and olive…
Buns with chicken and vegetables are savoury buns that can be served for breakfast, as a snack or as an addition to red borscht. These buns are fluffy, soft and very tasty. I start preparing the buns by making a yeast dough consisting of flour, milk, olive oil, egg, yeast, a little sugar and salt….
After grilled meat and cheese, it’s time for grilled vegetables. This time I chose zucchini, because I have quite a lot of it on my plot. I cut the zucchini into slices, seasoned it with salt and put it aside with a little bit of oil for a while to let it release the juice…
Roasted carrot dip is a delicious vegetarian dish that works well with baked vegetables, cheese, meat, cold cuts and bread. I start the preparation of this vegetarian dip by chopping the carrots and roasting them with a little salt, oil and honey. Once the carrots become soft, I use a blender to combine them with…
Green asparagus is a long-stemmed perennial plant eaten cooked, baked and raw. Young asparagus shoots are the best and most frequently used, as older ones have a hard and even woody texture. As a vegetable, asparagus is rich in vitamin B6, calcium, vitamin C, zinc, magnesium and many other valuable vitamins. It is also a…
Turkey pâté with apricot is a meat dish that works great as a cold snack, breakfast and supper meal. The basis of this pate is turkey meat, in my case a leg, which I combined with dried apricots, eggs, a roll and spices. In order for the pâté to be creamy, I pressed the meat,…
Terrine is a dish originating in France, similar to pâté, but with a slightly less creamy consistency. The terrine can consist of meat, vegetables or fish. Traditional terrines are baked in a so-called water bath, however, cold terrines are made from, for example, grilled vegetables or salmon, and do not require baking. Terrine is served…