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We Gather, We Grill, We Glow: Fourth of July Recipes for the Culture!

There are cookouts—and then there are legendary cookouts. July 4th is the Super Bowl of backyard grilling, and if you're the one firing up the grill, this is your chance to show up and show out. Whether you're team charcoal or gas, meat-lover or veggie-forward, I’ve got you covered with recipes that bring the fireworks to the table before the sun even sets. Here’s a spread that’ll have your guests waving sparklers in
Russian Soul Sundays

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
Russian Soul Sundays

Vegan Wednesday: Vegetable Soup!

Okay, so for some of you vegans out there, you've probably had vegetable soup. In fact, I can imagine you've probably had a ton of them. But this is new to me (for clarification, I'm not vegan but once a week, I go completely meat-free. I'm also working on going completely dairy-free once a week.) I'm battling a cold and I learned the last time we had illness in the
Russian Soul Sundays

You Might Want To Try These Vegan Fajitas

Originally I was going to make vegan tacos but I figured I already made those. And plus, I needed blog material for the week (smile!) But Google has been my longtime friend and we never fight so I figured it was have a suggestion for me. Enter vegan fajitas. Now here's the end product but let's take it step-by-step on how it got there... I chose four bell peppers, though I only used