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Recipes

Hungarian Cabbage and Potatoes

Posted by littlemafia  

Originally made with lard, but we try to eat healthy and use oil. MORE»

Recipe #398467

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Moscow Chicken

Posted by GingerlyJ  

My best friend is half Russian and this is his Russian grandmother's sunday Chicken recipe MORE»

Recipe #398330

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Mom's Nalesniki (Surprisingly Easy Polish Crepes)

Posted by CoCaShe  

I was always so afraid of this recipe, because it seemed so difficult and I always messed it up when I tried it. BUT, when I learned a few tricks from my mom, these are so easy: don't be afraid of the batter being too thin on the pan, make sure... MORE»

Recipe #398087

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Bulgarian Potato Salad

Posted by littlemafia  

A simple potato salad and easy to put together. MORE»

Recipe #397694

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Easy Rice Pilaf

(2 reviews) Posted by littlemafia  

The fried onion makes this recipe. Originally made with Vegeta or Delikat , a food seasoning. Chicken cube will work just fine. As it's quite salty no salt needed. MORE»

Recipe #397692

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Transylvanian Potato Bread

Posted by littlemafia  

It's the heavy Eastern European bread. My mom's been making it for ages. MORE»

Recipe #397688

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Czech Dumplings

Posted by PA-Dave  

This is a recipe from my Czech grandmother. The dumplings are a mess while they are boiling, but they plate nicely. Serve with drawn butter. We always had these served with boiled ham and sauerkraut. The recipe yields one dumpling — which is... MORE»

Recipe #397091

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Romanian Gingerbread

(1 reviews) Posted by littlemafia  

It's similar to the German one and it's called Turta Dulce. Refrigerate overnight is required, so keep that in mind before starting. I'm not sure if the original recipe calls for ginger or not, but I always add it. MORE»

Recipe #396755

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Transylvanian Cabbage Pie

Posted by littlemafia  

If you like Cabbage and Noodles probably you'll like this too. MORE»

Recipe #396752

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Mlinci (North Croatian Pasta)

Posted by nitko  

This is traditional North Croatian pasta, popular only in Zagreb and Zagorje region (north of Zagreb). We eat this for Christmas, Halloween, Easter, St. Martin’s day and every time we roast poultry. I recommend using lard, because dough will be... MORE»

Recipe #396712

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Anti Dracula Garlicky Beans

Posted by littlemafia  

Just in case you'll run into Dracula. If not, than just if you need a garlicky dip. This is a Romanian dish, so there's a reason Dracula's name is in there. MORE»

Recipe #396504

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Chicken Paprikash

(1 reviews) Posted by LizP  

This is a family favorite! My husband's mother used to make this recipe for him as a child, and she passed it down to me and now I make it for my children. I admit to lightening up the recipe a bit, but I did not sacrifice any flavor. This is... MORE»

Recipe #396413

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Pyzy Drozdzowe

Posted by CoCaShe  

This is a recipe for "pyzy" which are balls of dough, which my mom serves with ghoulash. This is my dad's all-time favourite dinner, so my mom finally perfected a recipe for the bread-machine so she wouldn't have to keep doing them by... MORE»

Recipe #395173

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Littlemafia's Transylvanian Cabbage & Noodles

(2 reviews) Posted by littlemafia  

That's comfort food for me. I think it's very similar to the Hungarian cabbage and noodles. MORE»

Recipe #394885

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Kolobki (Russian Cottage Cheese Donuts)

Posted by Lighty  

Posting this for safe-keeping, will tweak it later. Kolobok (kuh-luh-bOck) is a dough ball from a Russian fairy tale. These fried gems are fun for kids, tasty calcium for adults. To be clear, I wouldn't feed this to my toddler because of the... MORE»

Recipe #394831

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Littlemafia's Dumplings With Plums

Posted by littlemafia  

My mom used to make them a lot when I was growing up. Now we make them ahead and freeze them. Cut the plums in half and double the amount of dumplings. MORE»

Recipe #394765

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Holiday Nut Rolls

Posted by i_luv_chocolate  

This was an old Yugoslavian recipe that my mom found in one of her old cookbooks, she made it one year and we all loved it. It is one of my favorite things to bake, although it does take a little bit of effort to make but it is so worth it. MORE»

Recipe #394702

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Apple Coffee Cake With Crumble Topping

(1 reviews) Posted by rachtach123  

I got this recipe from food network and it tastes amazing it even has an optional brown sugar glaze MORE»

Recipe #394463

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Apple Coffee Cake With Crumble Topping

Posted by rachtach123  

I got this recipe from food network and it tastes amazing it even has an optional brown sugar glaze MORE»

Recipe #394197

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Littlemafia's Potato Paprikash

Posted by littlemafia  

Need something fast? Here you go...Oh, it can be done without the peppers too. Fry a sausage next to it if looking for something more consistent. Or slice it and add it to it, like my mom used to do.These days she doesn't eat a lot of potato... MORE»

Recipe #393102

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