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Eastern European Skillet in a cast iron skillet.

Eastern European Skillet

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By Shelley Young
This is a one-skillet dish that my whole family loves. It's great to serve with ...
(6 ratings)
My homemade ukranian vegan borscht

Linda’s Vegan Ukranian Borscht

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By Linda Kauppinen
I have my grandmother’s recipe for Borscht from the Ukraine, which of course has meat ...
Kugelis ready to be sliced.

Kugelis

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By Jamie Burris
My great-grandparents immigrated from Lithuania in the early 20th century and brought with them this ...
(24 ratings)
Two delicious cabbage rolls stuffed with beef and hot Italian sausage in a gorgeous well-seasoned tomato sauce.

Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

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By Francine Lizotte
This isn’t your Grandma’s recipe. Tender, moist and flavorful, these are a tasty comfort food ...
A well-seasoned borscht topped with a dollop of sour cream and garnished with fresh chopped dill.

Best Beef Borscht

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By Francine Lizotte
With a few added ingredients, this hearty and satisfying recipe is a great comfort food ...
Cup of elderberry tea with fresh elderberries on the table

How To Make Elderberry Tea (4 Ways)

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By Vladka Merva
While making ordinary herbal tea requires dried herbs and hot water, elderberries won't release their ...
This Chicken Stroganoff is classic comfort food at its best with golden brown chicken breasts, onions, garlic, and mushrooms all in a rich and creamy stroganoff sauce.

Chicken Stroganoff

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By Beth Pierce
Chicken Stroganoff combines lightly seasoned golden brown chicken breasts with onions, white button mushrooms, and ...
A delicious cold tarator soup garnished with chopped roasted walnuts, fresh dill and walnut oil.

Tarator Soup

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By Francine Lizotte
Slightly different from the traditional one, this delicious dish is great to enjoy during the ...
Mom's Stew

Mom's Stew (a Family Recipe)

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By Cindy Pritchett
If I had a family recipe, this would be it. My Mom's stew is what ...
Egg free waffles, crunchy on the outside fluffy on the inside.

Betty's Egg Free "belgian" Waffles

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By Betty Bramanis
Light and fluffy on the inside and crunchy on the outside. These are rich ...
Albanian Butter Scones

Albanian Butter Scones

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By Chef Potpie (Laurel)
While researching Albanian recipes, I saw several versions of this one. Called Albanian Butter Cookies, ...

Sauerkraut Mushroom Soup With Pasta

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By Barbara Lentz
So tasty with the savory and sour flavors.
My adaptation of Šunkofleky, Czech ham and noodle casserole.

Šunkofleky (ham And Noodle Casserole)

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By Ruth Ann Vokac
I grew up as a southern IL farm girl, but I was married to my ...
Almost My Grandpop's Kapusta on a plate.

Almost My Grandpop's Kapusta

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By Janet Iagulli
I grew up on Ukrainian foods that my grandpop prepared almost every day when I ...
(1 rating)
Paska bread an Easter favorite

Paska Bread

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By Tessa Tes
This bread is a show stopper at your next holiday meal. It’s slightly sweet with ...
 It is traditionally served with egg noodles however it is equally delicious over mashed potatoes.

Beef Stroganoff

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By Beth Pierce
This family friendly comfort food dish combines tender seared beef, sweet onions, savory meaty mushrooms ...
Marble Rye Bread cream Cheese Cranberry Sauce Sandwich

Cranberry Cream Cheese Sandwich

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By Barbara Miller
This simple little sandwich is delicious, easy, nutritious and filling. * Marble Rye (I use ...
I found a recipe for Pork with Cumin on the Facebook group

Czech Pork With Caraway Seed

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By Ruth Ann Vokac
I found a recipe for Czech Pork on the Facebook group "From Our Czech Kitchens." ...
A glass filled with cider sitting on a beige table mat along with cinnamon sticks, star anise, orange, red napkins and biscotti.

Mulled Cider - Slow Cooker

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By Francine Lizotte
With its beautiful aroma and subtle spicy flavor, this Mulled Cider is the perfect drink ...
This Rugelach Recipe is an easy to make pastry with a five ingredient flaky butter crust wrapped around pecans, brown sugar, raisins and cinnamon.

Easy Rugelach Recipe

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By Beth Pierce
The dough for these bite sized treats comes together in a food processor in minutes. ...
Really just wanted to show off my new dishes, can you guess the main colors?  Oh, and the soup is really good too!!

Old World Peasant Soup

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By James McGraw
This is one of those soups that while your cooking it and the aroma fills ...
(1 rating)
Sugar and a few vanilla beans on a grey cutting board.

Vanilla Sugar

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By Francine Lizotte
Many items at the grocery or specialty stores are costly but when you make them ...
These are so good and they say CHRISTMAS to me.

Czechoslovcian Kolache Cookies

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By Janice Splaha
This recipe was given to me many, many years ago. So long ago that ...
A white plate filled with egg noodles with a meat sauce over and topped top with sour cream and  sprinkled with chopped parsley.

Beef Stroganoff

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By Francine Lizotte
Cooked in a lovely mustard cream sauce and served over buttered egg noodles, this is ...
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