Pea Salad (With Bacon)!!
This herby and refreshing pea salad is a great way to use up that bag of frozen peas sitting in your freezer. It’s also a...
Category: Side Dish
Sweet Potato Mash
So much more than a pie filling, sweet potatoes are incredibly versatile and delicious. From the Japanese candied daigaku imo to West African peanut stew,...
Potato Zrazy
Potato Zrazy are a popular Ukrainian food common as a side with lunch or dinner. It is a great way to use up leftovers so...
Nasu Dengaku (Miso Eggplant)
Eggplants are so versatile it is no wonder many countries have tasty eggplant recipes. Nasu Dengaku is a Japanese eggplant dish that is extremely simple...
Creamed Corn
When you think of creamed corn you think of a tasty, rich, and maybe a little bit cheesy side dish to go with your steak....
Ukrainian Meatballs (Котлети) Recipe
See the big pot in that picture? That was the amount of Ukrainian meatballs, or Котлети that Alona‘s babusya made for a holiday party. No,...
Zucchini Fritters
When it’s zucchini season, it’s ZUCCHINI season. There’s a reason that ‘zucchini recipes’ are so prevalent – these vegetables grow like weeds! Of course there’s...
Pampushky (Ukrainian Garlic Bread) пампушки
Getting a bread roll with dinner is popular all around the world, but in Ukraine that dinner roll is likely to be a pampushky, or,...
Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Bread
So I have to admit I’m jumping on the trend a bit here. This recipe for peanut butter bread recently soared in popularity thanks to...
Soy Sauce Roast Eggplant
Soy Sauce Roast Eggplant is a more Asian inspired version of my Roasted Eggplant with Balsamic Glassa by basically substituting Soy Sauce for the Balsamic...
Roasted Eggplant With Balsamic Glassa
Oh the Sheet Pan. Such a versatile tool which basically amounts to a flat piece of metal. The perfect thing about the sheet pan is...
Tsukune (Japanese Chicken Meatballs) | つくね
One of my favorite things to do in Japan is go to a yakitori bar and eat the entire menu. Of course my favorite thing...
