Posts by Natasha Kravchuk

A plate of mandarin apple salad with a whole apple behind it

Salad

Mandarin Apple Salad Recipe

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These Scalloped potatoes are rich and wonderful. This is a very nice dish for any special occasion. Just follow these simple photo instructions.

Sides

Classic Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

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A bowl of marinated vegetable salad

Salad

Marinated Vegetable Salad

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Parsley rice on a paper plate

Main Course

Parsley Rice Recipe

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These Meringue Cookies are worthy of being on the Christmas cookie list! These meringue cookies are soft, chewy and crisp. Beautiful and delicious!

Desserts

Finnish Meringue Cookies Recipe

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A close up of Mom's creamy beet salad on a green plate garnished with chives

Salad

Mom’s Creamy Beet Salad Recipe

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Creamy garlic mashed potatoes in serving bowl

Sides

Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe (VIDEO)

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Two white glass bowls with pumpkin creme brûlées

Desserts

Pumpkin Creme Brulee Recipe

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Desserts

Chocolate Spartak Cake Recipe

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Cabbage and cucumber salad on a green plate with a fork beside it

Salad

Cabbage and Cucumber Salad Recipe

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What I love about these Apple and Cottage Cheese Pancakes (besides being delicious), is they're so quick and easy to make. So fluffy, you have to make them!

Breakfast

Apple and Cottage Cheese Pancakes

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This two-ingredient plum jam recipe is really a cross between plum jam and plum preserves. It's awesome paired with breakfast pancakes or crepes.

Recipes

Plum Jam Recipe (No Peel, No Pectin!)

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A must try perfect and simple Chocolate Cake, aka Prague Cake. I I added a nice little twist to this recipe by including raspberries. Sweet and tart, Yum!

Desserts

Chocolate Raspberry Cake (Prague Cake)

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Oven-roasted potatoes with bacon and cheese in a plate

Sides

Crisp Oven Roasted Potatoes With Bacon and Cheese

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This Plum Fruit Leather was a hit, especially with the kiddos! Follow these step by step pictures with only two ingredients. What a treat!

Desserts

How to Make Plum Fruit Leather

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A bowl do cauliflower, cucumber and tomato salad

Salad

Cauliflower Cucumber and Tomato Salad Recipe

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Anthill or Russian Muraveinik cake is perfect with your morning coffee or evening tea. It tastes wonderful and is easy to prepare. Yum!

Cake

Russian Cake “Muraveinik” (Anthill Cake)

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A plate with potatoes in alfredo sauce

Sides

Potatoes In Alfredo Sauce

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A little white bowl of cut green onion

Recipes

Storing and Freezing Green Onion

Roasted corn

Sides

Grilled Corn on the Cob with Garlic Lime Butter

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How to make peach preserves - just 3 ingredients: peaches, sugar, lemon juice! No pectin required in this peach jam recipe! Make your own peach preserves.

Recipes

Country Peach Preserves

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A plate of beef stuffed bell peppers with two raw green peppers behind the plate

Beef

Beef Stuffed Bell Peppers

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A plate of chicken kotleti lined up in a row with a bowl of buckwheat behind it

Chicken

Chicken Kotleti (you will dream about) Recipe

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These spicy, roasted almonds with honey and raw sugar are addictive. This recipe is the best we've tried and we think you'll agree. Easy and not too sticky.

Appetizers

Spiced Honey Roasted Almonds

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A must try Russian Cold Holodnik Soup recipe on a hot summer day. Wild looking, but gorgeous! Holodnik is a a little like cold borscht, but tangier.

Soup

Holodnik – Russian Cold Soup

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A bowl of tortellini salad with red, cloth napkin with a fork on top beside it

Salad

Tortellini Salad Recipe

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This apricot berry fizz has definitely been the flavor of the week at our house. Combining the three makes the most tantalizing apricot punch.

Drinks

Apricot Berry Fizz

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Pickles on a long tray with a piece of dill besides them

Sides

How to Pickle Pickles (Refrigerator Pickles that is)

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These Buchty are amazingly soft. Mom made these while our relatives were visiting and I received several phone calls requesting the recipe.

Desserts

Buchty – Sweet Cherry Filled Buns

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Kompot is a fruit juice made by nearly every Russian and Ukrainian family. There are a gazillion ways to make it, a must try.

Drinks

Homemade Juice (Kompot)

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A bowl of fresh cucumber salad in a bowl garnished with dill, dill and garlic cloves beside it

Salad

Fresh Cucumber Salad Recipe

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These Ukrainian Pan fried potatoes aren't difficult but there is a trick to getting that crispy crust and tender, buttery interior consistently. Here's how.

Sides

Ukrainian Pan Fried Potatoes Recipe

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Natasha and another woman posing for a picture

Family

Sveta’s Beautiful Baby Shower

A plate of buckwheat with mushrooms

Main Course

Buckwheat with Mushrooms

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A bowl of mom's meatball soup with a cloth napkin and spoon beside it

Soup

Mom’s Meatball Soup Recipe

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The bell pepper adds gorgeous color and a very healthy veggie to your morning. Impress your family and breakfast guests with this Bell Pepper egg-in-a-hole.

Breakfast

Bell Pepper Egg-in-a-hole

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Stuffed Potato Pancakes with buckwheat and egg filling. Pair these pancakes with a generous dollop of sour cream. Step-by-step photo instructions.

Main Course

Buckwheat Stuffed Potato Pancakes

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Russian Tefteli are basically amazing meatballs in a cream sauce which can be served for lunch, dinner or as an appetizer with toothpicks. Amazing.

Main Course

Tefteli in a Cream Sauce

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Avocado feta Caesar salad on a plate

Salad

Avocado Feta Caesar Salad

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Vegetable Tain in a glass pan

Sides

Vegetable Tian Recipe

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There's nothing fresher than catching your own trout and making it sizzle that same evening. The lemon and parsley butter are a great combination!

High Protein

Trout with Parsley and Lemon Butter

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A trout being filleted on a cutting board

Recipes

How to Fillet a Fish and a Funny Story

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These dressed eggs are super easy to make! If you have way too many Easter eggs in your fridge, this stuffed eggs recipe is for you.

Appetizers

Dressed Eggs Recipe

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Boccone Dolce has 3 crunchy meringue layers, chocolate, cream and plenty of berries. Drizzled with a berry syrup - this Boccone Dolce Cake is delicious! | natashaskitchen.com

Cake

Boccone Dolce Cake Recipe

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Yellow baby shower decor

Family

Anna’s Baby Shower

This Portuguese Easter Bread recipe makes 2 beautiful loaves; one for you and one for the neighbors. This also makes the most phenomenal french toast.

Breads

Portuguese Easter Bread

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This Easy Mashed Potato Pancakes Recipe works for breakfast, lunch or dinner and it's a perfect use for left over mashed potatoes. Serve with sour cream.

Breakfast

Parmesan and Herb Potato Pancakes

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Mom's recipe for Savory Crepes. All you need to make this crepes recipe is a blender and non-stick skillet. Meat-filled crepes are a family favorite.

Main Course

Savory Crepes (Meat and Mushroom Nalesniki)

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