"White Chocolate Clusters"

 Simple white chocolate no bake cookies make a perfect sweet treat for coming holidays. Whether you call 'em cookies or you call 'em candy, there's one thing we can all agree on calling 'em - Yummy! My friend Nadia shared this recipe with me. I can't stop eating these delicious treats.

Shrimp Breakfast Burrito

 Here's a quick and easy morning meal that doesn't skimp on flavor. There's something very satisfying about a warm, hearty meal to start your day off right. We really enjoy these burritos for breakfast. Hope you will too :-) 

"Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins"

This is a simple and unbelievably delicious recipe for pumpkin cream cheese muffins, topped with a cinnamon streusel. What a dazzling fall recipe! Perfect for parties.We really enjoyed em, hope you guys will too.

Cream Cheese Tuna Spread

Tuna brings together three kid pleasers: tuna, cream cheese and bagels. It's a simple sandwich spread for breakfast, snacks, or a quick bite. You eat this as a dip on just about anything, veggies, chips, crackers, etc. The flavor of tuna is very subtle in this thick and creamy spread. This delicious recipe came from my aunt.

"Peach Galettes with Cream Cheese Filling"

Summer is almost over but there's still time to enjoy delicious peaches.  There's just something so incredibly intoxicating about the scent of a ripe peach.  These beautiful Peach Galettes made with pastry puff crust that is topped with a layer of creme cheese and slices of fresh peaches on top. 

Cream Cheese Blueberry Muffin Pies

These are a delightful treats, the best muffin pies ever!!! Delicious, perfect summer dessert! Cream cheese and blueberries are baked in a flaky dough and topped with streusel.  And it's surprisingly easy to make. My sister made em for us when we came to visit her. This recipe is definitely a keeper. 

Crispy Mashed Potato Pancakes

Of all the new recipes I've made recently, these Mashed Potato Pancakes are one of the biggest hits in my kitchen. I made them for family lunch, but they were equally perfect for any meal. I find most kids love to eat anything they can hold in their little hands, so these little cakes are a special treat. These are delicious on their own, and with ketchup or sour cream. Use real mashed potatoes instead of boxed. When cooking in butter, resist the temptation to flip them too early, otherwise a crunchy golden crust won't form.  If you've never had crunchy mashed potato pancakes, you're in for a treat.

Hashbrown Breakfast Quiche

If you haven't had quiche lately, it is time to remedy that situation. I could eat quiche for breakfast, lunch, and dinner without ever growing tired. It's easy to make and it taste delicious. This is a perfect gluten free breakfast.

Stuffed Bubliki with Meat {Бублики с Mясом}

Bubliki is like little bagels but they are dry. It turns out that bubliki can be used not only as a great addition to the tea, but also to filled  with the meat. I love dried bubliki stuffed with meat from childhood. This dish is a great for family celebrations. Bubliki with meat can be attributed to the appetizer and to a meat dish. Perfectly suited to the children's table. Adults also have great pleasure in eating bubliki and by the way, you get full very quickly.

Perfect Eggs Breakfast

 Well, this an idea for kids favorite breakfast. Who doesn't know how to make scrambled eggs? But I make eggs with  cream cheese in it. My kids love it:) I was just making my kids breakfast this morning and decided to share, my way of cooking eggs:)

White Chocolate Muffins

These Russian muffins are rich and tender, and white chocolate adds special flavor.  I recommend them anytime you feel like treating yourself to something really special. This is the best white chocolate thing I've ever  made:) My kids loved em!!!
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Farmers Cheese Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce {Сырники}

I make a lot of tvorog ( homemade ricotta, farmers cheese). So my favorite breakfast is syrniki that's farmer cheese pancakes. Syrniki (named for the Russian word, "syr," for cheese), which are fortified with tvorog, a fresh curd cheese similar in flavor and consistency to farmers' cheese. Syrniki are healthy and a wonderful food as for small children as for adults. 

Blueberry Summer Cake

Fresh blueberries are baked into this moist cake for the perfect summer dessert.

   Ingredients:
½ cup buttermilk
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Zest from 1 large orange
2 cups fresh blueberries
1/3 cup brown sugar for top coating 

Sweet Strawberry Vareniki

Vareniki (Ukrainian dumpling) are my favorite childhood food filled with fruits. I went to farmers market and got organic strawberries and blueberries decided to make these yummy vareniki. I couldn't decide which flavor was my favorite; they both taste scrumptious:) I dipped it in whipping cream whipped with powder sugar. 

Apricot Scones

I've got a buttermilk scone recipe that is easy and delicious. These tender scones will have a dark-gold outer crust, and a light-gold, moist inner crumb. They'll taste mildly of butter and vanilla. Perfectly flaky breakfast pastries with a touch of sweetness and just the right amount of apricots. 


   Ingredients:
5 apricots
2 cups flour (I use Canadian)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 tbs sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2.5 oz unsalted butter, cold
1/2 cup buttermilk, shaken and cold
1 large egg

Apricot Spinach Smoothie

Cool off with this delicious fruit smoothie. Perfect summer breakfast. Combine all ingredients in ... until smooth. Adjust sweetness to desired taste with honey. ... may be frozen to make popsicles. My sister in law gave me a lot of apricots. So I tried to use it in creative ways.  My kids enjoy these smoothies:))) You can add any fruits you like or have on hand.

   Ingredients:
Apricots
Strawberries
Blueberries
Spinach
Honey
Ice or water 

Sweet Crepes Filled with Ricotta "Блины с творогом"

 Sweet blini is one of my favorite childhood dessert.  They’re simple to make and the taste is rewarding. 

  Ingredients for crepes:

½ cup warm water
1 cup warmed milk
4 large eggs
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup flour (I used Canadian flour)
2 tbs sugar
1/4 tsp salt

Ricotta Savory Muffins for Breakfast

This is the yummiest breakfast ever. Very healthy too.

Ingredients:
3 eggs
3 tbs whipping cream
2 cups ricotta (tvorog)
1 cup Alex meat bologna or Oscar Meyers wieners
3/4 cup green onion
Colby Jack for topping

Sweet Dumplings "Lenivie Vareniki" (Ленивые вареники)

This is a traditional Russian food. Translation would be lazy dumplings, because its easy to make. These are my family favorite.

Ingredients:
2 cups ricotta
2 eggs
2 tbs melted butter
0.5 cup Sugar
1.5 to 2 cups flour 
Salt 
Butter

Potato Fritters ~ Pancakes~ (Драники)

These are traditional Russian Fritters (Draniki). My mom always made it for breakfast. We serve it with sour cream.

Ingredients:
5 med potatoes
1 large onion
1 egg
4-5 tbs flour
Salt, pepper
Oil for saute