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Hearty Vegetable Borscht

Hearty Vegetable Borscht

Borscht. Piping hot and ruby red. Full of veg. Sour and salty. Basically, a hug in a bowl. So many veggies. Like with all my recipes, I don’t believe this is anything close to traditional, however it’s my favourite way to devour borscht. I don’t…

Roasted Sweet Potato & Sage Perogies with Browned Butter Sauce

Roasted Sweet Potato & Sage Perogies with Browned Butter Sauce

If you have not yet had the absolute delight of tasting the sweet potato + sage + browned butter combo then this is your cue to make these perogies.  Sweet potato + sage + browned butter, oh my. Some flavour combinations just make sense. Sweet…

Ukrainian Easter Sweet Bread (Paska) with Lemon Icing

Ukrainian Easter Sweet Bread (Paska) with Lemon Icing

Ukrainian sweet Easter bread, or paska, is quite possibly the plushiest bread ever. Citrusy, soft and topped with a generous drizzle of lemon icing, this bread may be your new obsession. Don’t forget the sprinkles! This bread. Is Heaven. Easter is nearly here and that…

Meat Buns (Pyrizhky)

Meat Buns (Pyrizhky)

Meat buns (aka pyrizhky) are absolutely addicting. I mean, how can you go wrong with a soft, buttery bun surrounding a flavourful meaty filling? Spoiler alert: you cannot. Buns on buns. As I mentioned in my blog post Discovering Ukrainian Recipes: A Memoir, these buns…