Chebureki is a traditional Crimean dish. It is also part of the cuisine of Greeks living in the Mariupol area. Traditional cheburek is made with fatty mutton. But today I’ll share with you a vegan recipe! I made these vegan chebureki in the first days of the war. I wouldn’t think back then that writing…
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Vegan Green Borsch (Ukrainian Sorrel Soup)
With all those spring greens around it’s about time I share with you the recipe of simple vegan green Borsch (Borscht). Green Borsch is also known as Ukrainian sorrel soup. Apart from sorrel you can use any spring greens that you can forage or buy at your local farmers market. Our Holy Trinity is sorrel,…
Vegan Lvivsky Syrnyk (Ukrainian Cheesecake)
Lvivsky Syrnyk is Ukrainian type of cheesecake made of cottage cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla. As I replaced cottage cheese with firm tofu many times before, I though it should work great in this recipe too. Usually Lvivsky Syrnyk has denser and a bit grainy consistency than a normal one, yet my vegan version of…
Vegan Holubtsi (Ukrainian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Ok now, when we all have more time to spend home, let’s use this moment to cook some ultimate Babushka’s comfort food. Which is vegan Holubtsi aka Ukrainian stuffed cabbage rolls. Honestly I was never a huge fan of this dish so now I am making not only vegan version of classics, but also an…
Slavic Braised Potatoes with Mushrooms
This dish is so Slavic that you’ll start speaking with Russian accent after having it. I warned you. Behold the majestic slowly braised potatoes with mushrooms! All you have to do is to peel and chop the veggies, quickly sauté them with mushrooms, cover with vegetable stock and let your oven do the magic. Forget…
Slavic Millet Pumpkin Porridge (Vegan)
Funny, but I used to hate pumpkin porridge as a child. It took me a while to start eating pumpkin and winter squash again and still I enjoy it only in creamy blended soups or spicy dishes. But recently I’ve received a request to make this Slavic pumpkin porridge so I had no choice but…
Vegan Chicken Pineapple Salad
As I mentioned before Soviet New Year’s feast can’t happen without a variety of mayo salads on a table. That’s why I feel obligated to post veganized recipes of it even though I rarely eat such food myself. But this vegan chicken pineapple salad is a mix of Soviet and Western culture and I think…
Vegan Soviet No-Crab Salad
This is the time of the year when mayo is the top selling product in post-Soviet grocery stores. And today I’m gonna make vegan no-crab salad. With lots of mayo of course. Funny, but original recipe doesn’t even call for real crab meat. Main ingredient of this gourmet Soviet dish is highly processed fish by-product…
Vegan Banosh (Ukrainian Corn Grits with Mushrooms)
Banosh is a highlight dish of Ukrainian Carpathian cuisine. It is extremely far from being vegan or healthy. Basically it is cornmeal cooked in homemade sour cream which is high in fat and topped with very salty Brynza cheese, fried pork skin, onions, mushrooms and so on. You can imagine how terrible it is. But…
Vegan Nalisniki (Russian stuffed crepes)
Today I’m making one of the classic Russian breakfast dishes – vegan nalisniki or stuffed crepes. Originally they are stuffed with sweet cottage cheese and simple tofu works here perfectly. Make sure to add vanilla to cover off-soy taste of tofu. Also some lemon or lime zest will do the trick but I prefer to…