Uzvar is a vitamin drink made of fruits and berries, most often – dried ones. In Ukraine, this drink is one of the 12 most important recipes of a Christmas table. The dried fruit compote should be dark and translucent (not cloudy). Used fruits can also be served –...
Carpathian herbal berry tea
A variety of herbal tea blends are available for purchase today but the one made with your own hands, with love and care, values a lot more. That’s love at first sip Let’s brew a cup of nice, fragrant tea that includes only natural herbs and flowers, without any artificial...
Uzvar (Dried fruit compote) – Popular Ukrainian Christmas drink
Christmas is coming and I encourage you to cook the traditional Ukrainian drink uzvar that has a very simple yet refined recipe including fruits and berries that grow in almost every Ukrainian garden) In olden times, uzvar symbolized a good life: fruits meant fertility, while honey meant a sweet...
Berry herbal tea – Fall in a cup
First things that come to mind when thinking about fall are hot soups, warm fresh bakery and by all odds, flavorful herbal teas since autumn is that cozy time of the year when you can enjoy a steaming cup of soothing tea at family gatherings. I invite you to cook with...