Posts by Natasha Kravchuk

These mushrooms are stuffed with a mix of cheeses, bacon and onion and are baked to perfection. This recipe is quite scrumptious!

Appetizers

Smoked Gouda and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms

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This Ukrainian waffle cake is so easy, you could make it simply by viewing the pictures. Easiest cake you'll ever make and it's quite fabulous!

Desserts

Ukrainian Waffle Cake with Dulce de Leche

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I learned that condensed milk can be cooked in a crock pot. I took it one step further to ensure the condensed milk remained untainted while cooking.

Desserts

Dulce de Leche; Cooked Condensed Milk

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A blue bowl of creamy cauliflower and potato soup with shrimp

Soup

Cauliflower Potato Soup

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Bread Kvas is uber popular in Russia and Ukraine. You might compare it to a sweet, non-alcoholic beer. Enjoy it cold on a hot summer day.

Drinks

Angelina’s Easy Bread Kvas Recipe

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You must try these simple yet delicious Ukrainian syrniki with Farmer's cheese. They known as tvorog pancakes. Soft on the inside, golden outside. Yum!

Breakfast

Ukrainian Syrniki Recipe (Cheese Pancakes)

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This is my mom's method of making farmers cheese. Grandma made this cheese in Ukraine. Steps are easy and the results are wonderful!

Recipes

Farmers Cheese Tvorog Recipe

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Try this quick and easy tartar sauce recipe and you'll never want store-bought again! | NatashasKitchen.com

Condiments

Tartar Sauce Recipe (with Video)

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This is a party-size carrot and cheese spread recipe that will make your guests wanting more. Spread it on canapes, melt the cheese and enjoy.

Appetizers

Carrot and Cheese Spread

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This punch is easy peasy. It requires very little effort. All you do is stir! I can't really call it a recipe; more like a great idea.

Drinks

Strawberry Party Punch

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A bowl with marinated mushrooms

Sides

Marinated Mushrooms Recipe

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Chicken and veggie skewers

Chicken

Chicken and Veggie Marinade

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These puff pastry cream horns are easy and impressive for any special occasion! This is my Mother's cream horns recipe (aka trubochki).

Desserts

Mom’s Cream Horn (Trubochki) Recipe

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A blue plate with Lena's chebureki on the plate

Main Course

Lena’s Chebureki Recipe

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The classic Spartak cake is absolutely worth making! It is a family favorite layer cake recipe that has been handed down through generations. Fantastic!

Cake

Mom’s Spartak Cake Recipe

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A must try Birds Milk Jello recipe. Inside a layer of creamy mouse topped with raspberry jello. I hope you enjoy this super easy and fancy dessert.

Desserts

Birds Milk Jello Recipe

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How to can lemons. So easy and makes for a darling gift! @natashaskitchen

Recipes

Canning Lemons

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This ptichye moloko cake has mousse sandwiched between biskvit cake layers with a light syrup and a very simple creme chantilly frosting.

Cake

Ptichye Moloko Cake Recipe (Bird’s Milk Cake)

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A plate with red cabbage wreath salad

Salad

Red Cabbage Wreath Salad

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A white, gravy bowl with mushroom gravy

Sides

Mushroom Gravy Recipe

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What I love about this Ptichye Moloko recipe (Bird's Milk) is the texture; a mousse-like creamy base and a thin velvety layer of coco loveliness.

Desserts

Ptichye Moloko Recipe (Bird’s Milk)

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These chicken tenders are easy juicy and delicious. A family favorite | natashaskitchen.com

Chicken

Otbivnaya (Otbivni) Chicken Tenders

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This fruit salad is a real "crowd pleaser" and tends to go fast. You can mix fresh or frozen fruit together which makes it "perfect" for any season.

Desserts

Quick and Easy Fruit Salad

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A white plate topped with eggplant with red pepper sauce and a fork beside it

Sides

Eggplant with Red Pepper Sauce

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Spinach strawberry salad on a white plate

Salad

Spinach Strawberry Salad

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This lip-smacking Jambalaya is surprisingly delicious. I refilled my bowl 3 times... The ingredients are simple and the results are amazing!

Main Course

Lipsmacking Turkey Jambalaya

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A large chicken pizza with creamy garlic sauce

Main Course

Chicken Pizza with Creamy Garlic Sauce

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Serve these meat piroshki by themselves or pair them with that awesome garlic dip you might recall from the potato piroshki. The flavor is fantastic!

Main Course

Meat Piroshki (Belyashi)

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Napoleon Cake

Cake

Napoleon Cake Recipe

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A green plate with Russian pelmeni garnished with dill

Main Course

Russian Pelmeni Recipe + New Dough!

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A California pizza cut into five slices

Main Course

California Pizza Recipe

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Try this is easy and tasty version of “canapky” - little tea sandwiches. These canapes so simple, I'm embarrassed to call this a recipe.

Appetizers

Canapes with Egg and Chives

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This Cheesecake Danish recipe is easy and good - you can't go wrong with that! Self control goes out the window when these danishes are around!

Desserts

Cheesecake Danish Recipe

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A white bowl of shchavel borshct, sorrel soup

Soup

Shchavel Borscht (Sorrel Soup)

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A slice of raspberry pretzel jello on a plate with raspberries beside it

Desserts

Raspberry Pretzel Jello

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Cucumber seeds in someone's hands

Gardening

How to Plant Cucumbers – Sprouting Seeds

This Potatoes with Cream and Mushrooms recipe is one of my favorite recipes for potatoes. This recipe is made commonly at Ukrainian and Russian weddings.

Main Course

Potatoes with Cream and Mushrooms

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A plate of Russian beef stroganoff garnished with chives

Beef

Russian Beef Stroganoff

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A plastic container with planted tomato plants

Gardening

How to Plant Tomatoes – Sprouting seeds

Natasha and her family with a palm tree behind them

Family

MAUI 2011

Cinnamon Apple Pie Recipe with a flaky cream cheese crust. Now THIS is an apple pie. @natashaskitchen

Desserts

Deep Dish Apple Pie Recipe

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Clearly tiramisu is an Italian dessert. I'd call this the Russian adaptation. The frosting is light and fabulous. Hope you enjoy it, my family loves it!

Desserts

Russian Tiramisu Recipe

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These potato pancakes have finely grated, raw potatoes and onion. It's a classic Ukrainian dish called Deruny. Our moms still make these deruny regularly.

Breakfast

Deruny – Ukrainian Potato Pancakes

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This Cheesy Pork and Potato Bake is very satisfying and simple to prepare. I hope your family enjoys it as much as we did.

Main Course

Cheesy Pork and Potato Bake

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Salad

Cucumber Cauliflower and Pasta Salad

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Try this simple cherry cheesecake recipe that your guests will love. Learn the how-to's of this yummy dessert by following step by step photo instructions.

Cake

Cherry Cheesecake

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A white plate of Russian braised cabbage

Main Course

Russian Braised Cabbage

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These buttermilk pancakes are commonly referred to as "oladi" but we called them "blinchiki" growing up. They are loaded with diced apples. Yum!

Breakfast

Oladi Apple Pancakes

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