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Pineapple Upside Down Cake
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple upside down cake baked in a cast iron pan! This was a new trick for me, I never baked a cake in a cast iron pan. I was so happy it worked out great!  I used a box cake mix but you can use a basic yellow cake recipe. […]

nut roll
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Two Hour Nut Roll

TWO HOUR NUT ROLL Nut roll like kiffles does not have to be eaten only during the holidays. I consider this dessert like a box of cupcakes, they can be eaten any time! That might make it obvious I’m the youngest of 5 girls and by the time they got around […]

string bean soup
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Creamy String Bean and Potato Soup

STRING BEAN SOUP String bean soup is a month of June tradition in our family. In northeast PA the month of June is string bean picking time.  That doesn’t mean I only crave this soup in June!  A reminder that I said  in an earlier post that I don’t have […]

NEWS!

UKRAINIAN EASTER TRADITIONS

Easter is in a few days and I wanted to share two very special traditions with you. Both traditions involve food but neither is a recipe. The first tradition is that we always have Paska Bread at our home during Easter. It’s an Easter tradition shared by Russian and Ukrainian […]

NEWS!

Yummly and why You should use it

This is exciting! I am a Yummly Publisher! I started using a recipe site called Yummly. You may have noticed the YUM button on my posts along with pinterest G+ and twitter.  I use Yummly myself to save recipes I like. With Yummly I can save recipes from any website and look them up […]

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COLESLAW WITH SECRET INGREDIENT-HONEY

Coleslaw with honey Going through my Ukrainian grandmother’s recipes I found a real treat! Coleslaw and the secret ingredient is honey. I’m sharing this recipe with you and it’s a good one! This is the perfect side dish to accompany many entrees! I don’t make coleslaw on a regular basis. […]

kiffles
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HUNGARIAN KIFFLES

Hungarian Kiffles Hungarian Kiffles are an Eastern European pastry cookie.  The dough is rolled out thin and spread with a fruit or nut filling before rolling.  I am using my Hungarian Grandmother’s recipe for these kiffles. This dough is VERY easy to work with. My challenge has always been the […]

Halupki
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HALUPKI RECIPE (stuffed cabbage) The Ukrainian Way

The Perfect Halupki I have to include my family’s halupki recipe here, it only makes sense being raised in a Ukrainian/Hungarian home. Growing up we had halupkis often, my father loved them. In fact, my father would go to our local church bazaars to get a halupki as often as […]

apple cake
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APPLE CAKE

Apple Cake This apple cake recipe is a recipe that belonged to my Baba. Baba is Ukrainian for Grandmother. My Baba came to this country at 14 years old in 1905. I am honored to have this recipe and I am happy to pass it along to you.  I am […]

cake mix cookies
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CUSTOM CAKE MIX COOKIES

CAKE MIX COOKIES Custom Cookies with endless possible combinations! Be creative and combine different mixes to create individual custom cookies.   3 ingredients Plus morsels,fruit or nuts (You Decide!) All you need is a box cake mix, one stick of butter, 2 eggs and whatever you’d like to add to make your […]