My Mom always had some favorite “go-to” recipes that found themselves on the table at many family get-togethers or community events. She concentrated on foods […]
Month: March 2019
Potato Pampushki – Cheese Stuffed Potato Cakes
Pampushki are starchy bites usually served with soup, such as borscht. Much of the time, pampushki are yeast rolls, usually drizzled with butter and garlic. […]
Pagach (aka “Pierogi Pizza”)
Pagach is made of mashed potatoes and dough (sometimes with cabbage or sauerkraut instead of potatoes). It originated as a Lenten dish in Slavic regions. […]
Kolacz Slaski – Sweet Cheese Bread
Kołacz (from Polish: Koło: “disk”, “circle”, “wheel”) is a traditional Polish pastry, originally a wedding cake (Kolacz Weslney) dating to the start of the 13th […]
Easy Homemade Farmer’s Cheese
Farmer’s cheese is a fresh or un-aged cheese. It is also known as dry curd cheese or peasant cheese. This type of cheese is used […]
Italian Easter Pie (Pizza Rustica)
Lent, the season preceding Easter, is a time of penance and abstinence; in Italian households this pie, stuffed full of cheese, meats, and eggs is […]
Super Easy Garlic Pull Apart Bread
Sometimes, there is nothing better to me than a warm piece of garlic bread dipped in my favorite pizza or pasta sauce. Forget the pasta […]
Irish Soda Bread
As St Paddy’s Day approaches, our thoughts often turn to irish foods and traditions. Soda bread is a quick bread traditionally made in a variety […]
Red Beet Horseradish – Cwikla
Grated horseradish with beets is known as cwikla (CHEEK-wah) in Polish. Horseradish root is native to the warmer areas of Eastern Europe and it appears in […]
Paska Bread
Paska is a traditional Easter bread originating in countries with predominant Eastern Orthodox religion or cultural connections to the ancient Byzantine Empire and are a traditional element in […]