By the end of the winter I’m going to share with you great recipe that will cheer you up with its bright color and refreshing flavor! And it is my mixed grain and beetroot salad with extra flavorful orange vinaigrette dressing. I love the addition of wheat berries here cause they add amazing chewy texture,…
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Creamed Buckwheat with Roasted Beetroot and Sunchoke Purée
The ingredients in this dish may sound weird to you but they are the most common foods here in Ukraine that every Babushka cooks at her home. If you skip the sauce this is gonna be the cheapest and at the same time the fanciest meal on my blog so far. I must warn you…
Homemade Beef-Style Seitan
Sexy Zesty Chilled Beetroot Soup
If you find the flavors of raw garlic and ginger attractive then this chilled beetroot soup is exactly what you need. Or if you are Slavic and garlic with beetroot is what you live on. When it’s so hot outside it’s such a pleasure to take out from the fridge the bowl of sexy, zesty,…
Healthy Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Beetroot and Tofu Patties
Look how adorable these vibrant pink beetroot patties are! They are juicy and flavorsome as they appear on a picture! I love to sneak tofu into lots of my recipes for extra protein and calcium. Plus tofu is an excellent binder to make such things like patties or vegan meatballs. And you can’t taste it…
Vegan beetroot risotto
When I’m thinking about main dish for Valentine’s Day I’m getting an image of beetroot risotto or pasta. This time it’s vegan beetroot risotto – fresh, creamy and slightly sweet, garnished with crispy truffle polenta hearts. Use this recipe to make polenta. You can prepare it while your beetroot is cooking.
Vegan Shuba (Eggplant under the sea)
Vegan Shuba or vegan Herring under the fur coat or Seliodka pod Shuboy – one of the Soviet symbols of the New Year. Veganized. Mostly all classic Soviet salads are made of boiled vegetables, some kind of meat or/and egg that are smothered with greasy Mayonnaise. As awful as it sounds but from time to…
Vegan Borsch
Borsch is a King on Ukrainian table. Every Borsch tastes different. I’m going to share with you this family recipe of vegan Borsch. Originally it is made with meat like almost everything in Ukrainian cuisine. So for umami flavor of the stock I’m using porcini mushrooms. The closest substitute is dried shiitake. But regular button…
Roasted beetroot with garlic cashew cheese
This is extremely delicious combination: roasted beetroot, garlic goat-style cashew cheese and truffle vinaigrette. Maybe these Pisa towers turn into colorful mess on a plate when you start to eat them, but it tastes Oh So Good! I love beets. They are sweet, have vibrant pink color and full of nutrients. Together with rich in…