When summer is in full swing and markets are loaded with fresh courgettes, it would be a crime to not enjoy these fabulous veggies. And we have a stunning recipe for squash pancakes with fragrant herbs and a light garlicky flavor. These fritters are a fan, easy, and yummy snack for both working days and free days. When taken from a frying pan, crispy and golden brown, and dipped in fresh sour cream, the pancakes blend a variety of textures into one insanely delicious bite. They taste really fabulous....
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 life. What exactly is uzvar? Uzvar is a yummy fruit-berry drink which has an old, time-proven recipe that is popular, loved, and widespread until today. This drink is most often cooked and served on Christmas Eve. Its main ingredients are...
The kingdom of purple beetroot – Where it came from and popular modern life of the beet
Beet is a vegetable with a juicy root of a round or conical form with a dark red/purple color. When this veggie is cut in half and viewed in cross-section, you can see light circles. From the very outset people valued only leaves of this vegetable, not the roots. In the Ancient Rome they ate beet leaves soaked in wine and topped with pepper. Romans even paid a tribute to their owners with beetroot. To Ukraine beetroot was brought from Byzantium at the time of Kyivan Rus. This vegetable has...