Farmer Cheese Buns with Seeds Baked in Jars

Bake it in jars, close while still hot with lids, wait for click-sound from lids… These buns can stay in cool place about a month. Any time you can open it, add whipped cream, or jam, or liquor, or nothing and have it with cup of tea. Cottage cheese, cream cheese and ricotta can be used. Use any favorite seeds, I added flax and chia, but sunflower and sesame works great too. Recipe adapted from La Perla Blog (Russian).

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Black Radish and Fried Onion Salad

If you do not know how to use a strange black ball-like roots, here’s an option. A simple salad of two ingredients – black radish and onion. The sweetness of onions reduces the sharpness and bitterness of radish. This salad is perfect for the Central Asian rice dishes, such as a pilaf or plov. If you fill that radish taste too sharp, cover it with cold water for half an hour, then drain in a colander and use.

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Plain Cabbage (Pan)Cakes

Easy vegetable cakes, great hot, with sour cream. Some add chopped scallion and curry, but this Russian version – with dill and garlic. Plain and simple.

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Banana-Almond Cream Cheese Roll

I just love all kind of sweet rolls. In this roll filling and dough are baked together. Fast and very tasty dessert with no much fat. Cream cheese can be substitute with any smooth cheese, like Russian tvorog. Recipe adapted from Cooking with Ayn blog (Russian).

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Pita Sandwich with Homemade Chicken Sausage and Carrot Salad

This is plain lunch sandwich with Homemade Chicken and Turkey Sausage Loaf with Ham and Russian-Korean Carrot Salad in pita or pocket thins. Just idea for using it.

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Homemade Chicken and Turkey Sausage Loaf with Ham

This is replica of Bologna sausage, made with chicken and turkey breast meat with ham cubes, but any other ingredients (like pepper, mushrooms or pistachio) can be added. Great for sandwiches.

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Russian Low-fat Sour Cream Cake – Zebra Cake

It’s old Soviet cake. Many countries have two-color cakes, but everyone is a little different. This recipe uses sour cream, eggs and flour only. Oh, and sugar and cocoa too. No oil or butter at all. Some add sweet condensed milk into dough, some use yogurt instead of sour cream.

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