I love baking. I've always had a love for it, back when I was a little girl. I was always in the kitchen baking something. My mother even gifted me two small cookbooks when I was younger because I loved to bake so much. I'm the type to take three apples and make a miniature apple pie because I want something yummy in the home.
So now I'll present to
Category: Russian Soul Sundays
I love to experiment with different foods because it's nice to wake up your palate now and again. I learned a few years back I have a penchant for spicy and sweet - think chocolate and pepper. I also like to combine different things to see how they'll turn out.
I found this recipe and I was a little taken aback by it. You see, it doesn't have exact measurements.
So, I'm a bit late on writing this. Orthodox Christmas was actually two days ago when you read this blog post.
Ever since Maks and I have been together, we've always celebrated traditional Christmas and the Orthodox one. For those wondering, we don't have two days of gifts; the Orthodox one we celebrate with food, drink, and just enjoying each other.
So let's count the number of occasions we celebrate from
Say it with me... yabloko. Very good. Again - ya-blah-kah.
You just learned apple...in Russian!
Over the weekend, I made apple pie and it turned out hella good! Of course, I learned this is a once in a year apple pie as the calories per slice came out be around 600 calories. Yeah, 600! But hey, it's the holidays and I need to enjoy myself.
So here's a before picture. Everything is
I actually discovered this recipe by accident. A while back, I only had one egg but I wanted to make chocolate chip cookies. Can I tell you how much I love Google? Anyway, I discovered there are a ton of recipes for one-egg chocolate cookies! But I found a personal favorite.
I usually make these without the baking soda (for some reason I can really taste it when I cook
I made this recipe weeks ago but now I'm getting around to posting the results for it.
I don't know how to grill ribs. I just don't. I'm sure if I care to learn, I could make some awesome ribs. But I don't care to learn so I don't grill my ribs. I do slow cook them, though.
The ribs are in Stubbs BBQ sauce and a little water. That's it. Nothing
So I only have two cups of flour in the home. Yeah, I just went grocery shopping, spent an insane amount of money, and I somehow forgot flour on my list. Go figure.
Originally, I wanted to make this cinnamon roll cake recipe but since it called for 3 cups of flour, I decided not to chance it. I searched (and searched and searched) for a recipe that only called
Okay, so I'm posting a Russian Soul Sunday recipe on a Monday; forgive me. It was my birthday weekend and it was super fun! More on that later. Here is the recipe I'd used.
I should've taken pictures of it but take my word on it, it was great! I added sausage and potato to make it more filling. I usually add a side of hot water cornbread but I
Today, for Russian Soul Sunday, we're going to do either Eggplants Mezhivo or just plain ol' fried eggplant.
As it's (finally!) starting to get cooler in L.A., we're incorporating more baked and fried dishes in our diet. During the summer and warmer months, it's usually a lot of salads or very light dishes (and honestly, who wants to spend a lot of time in the kitchen when it's 100 degrees
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Sometimes I'm Black Betty Crocker. Sometimes I'm just Shitty Crocker, LOL.
So remember that recipe I posted yesterday? Well, things turned out interesting.
Now, the recipe had European measurements which meant I had to spend more time Googling that I'd originally intended. That's fine. I can still do a little something something.
So the first thing I had to do is chop up the mushrooms and sauté them. No biggies. I