Russian Soul Sundays

Delicious Honey-Soy Baked Chicken Thighs

I've always had baked honey-soy salmon, a regular favorite in my household; it even satisfies a very picky Bear! And now I have a new favorite to add to the mix: honey-soy chicken thighs It's quick, easy, and you'll have dinner ready in about 45 minutes or less! Just enough time to help with homework and do laundry as they cook! Are you ready? Let's go! Grab a large bowl
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Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Now, I've made homemade spaghetti sauce using cans. I'm talking real, authentic, oh-my-goodness-this-is-sooooooo-good! homemade tomato sauce using only fresh tomatoes. Cause, look! So, how was this lovely creation made? With our fresh homegrown tomatoes, of course! There is something so thrilling and satisfying to pick a vegetable from your garden to cook for dinner. It really is like growing money. And plus, when you know it's truly organic? Well, you really
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Garlic Parmesan Crescent Rolls

So, a funny thing happened the other day. I decided to make pasta for dinner and I was on the hunt for garlic bread. I went to one store and they were sold out. So, I went to another store. No luck there. I wasn't about to try my luck at a third store. I remembered an old trick a friend's mother used to do when she didn't have
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Ukrainian Kotleti (Meatballs)

Disclaimer: Though I usually post a lot of vegan and vegetarian dishes, the following dish is NOT vegan.  My husband is Ukrainian. Russian-Ukrainian-Polish-Slavic and whatever else is in that Heinz 57 goodness of him. I have to admit, though we've been together for a long while, I haven't been making that many Ukrainian or Russian dishes. Yes, I'm a bad wife on that part. But I'm getting better! I wanted to
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Homemade Chicken (Noodle) Soup

I know I normally post vegan recipes on Wednesdays but I'll include a long-favorite recipe I'm making tonight at the end of this post. Lately, my hubby has come down with something that has made him sick. It seems everyone at his work is sick and well, it was his lucky turn to get it. Funnnn. So, I went to Trader Joe's to pick him up some of their yummy chicken
Russian Soul Sundays

#RussianSoulSunday: Cauliflower edition

Okay, I'm going to keep it 100 here: I was never a fan of cauliflower growing up. In fact, it ranked up there with lima beans and peas in terms of food I would never ever eat again in my adult life. (I tend to be a bit more lenient on peas but if I can avoid them, I do.) Lately, I've seen a ton of cauliflower posts pretty much