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The full collection of traditional Eastern and Central European recipes, alongside their healthy modern adaptations — browse by cuisine below, or jump straight to the kind of dish you are cooking.
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Kūčios
Lithuanian Christmas Eve
Rizdvo
Ukrainian Christmas
Malanka
Ukrainian New Year’s Eve
Maslyana
Ukrainian Butter Week
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Ukrainian Recipes
Healthy Halushky Recipe: Buckwheat Dumplings With Mushrooms
Traditional Halushky Recipe: Poltava’s Dumplings With Their Own Monument
Traditional Pisni Pyrizhky Recipe: Lenten Cabbage and Mushroom Pies for Ukrainian Christmas Eve
Traditional Oseledets Recipe: Marinated Herring with Onions for Ukrainian Christmas Eve
Traditional Kolach Recipe: The Braided Bread of Ukrainian Christmas Eve
Traditional Uzvar Recipe: Dried Fruit Drink for Ukrainian Christmas Eve
Traditional Kutia Recipe: The Sacred First Dish of Ukrainian Christmas Eve
Healthy Paska Recipe: Whole-Wheat Ukrainian Easter Bread with Less Sugar
Traditional Paska Recipe: The Ukrainian Easter Bread Blessed Before It’s Eaten
Healthy Kapusniak Recipe: Sauerkraut Soup with Chicken and Millet
Traditional Kapusniak Recipe: Sauerkraut Soup with Pork and Millet
Healthy Syrnyky Recipe: Oven-Baked Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Traditional Syrnyky Recipe: Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Traditional Kulish Recipe: Millet Field Porridge with Salo
Healthy Banosh Recipe: Cornmeal Porridge with Milk and Mushrooms
Traditional Banosh Recipe: Hutsul Cornmeal Porridge in Sour Cream
Healthy Nalysnyky Recipe: Buckwheat Crepes With Cottage Cheese
Traditional Nalysnyky Recipe: Crepes Rolled Around Cottage Cheese
Traditional Deruny Recipe: Crispy Grated Potato Pancakes
Healthy Holubtsi Recipe: Turkey and Brown Rice Cabbage Rolls
Traditional Holubtsi Recipe: Ukrainian Cabbage Rolls with Pork and Rice, Plus Lenten Holubtsi for Christmas Eve
Healthy Varenyky Recipe: Buckwheat Dough and Lighter Fillings
Traditional Varenyky Recipe: Potato, Cheese, Cherry and Lenten Fillings
Traditional Pampushky Recipe: Soft Garlic Rolls for Borscht
Polish Recipes
Traditional Śledzie w Oleju Recipe: Herring in Oil with Onions for Polish Christmas Eve
Traditional Karp Smażony Recipe: Fried Carp for Polish Christmas Eve (Wigilia)
Healthy Zrazy Wołowe Recipe: Beef Rolls with Mushrooms
Traditional Zrazy Wołowe Recipe: Beef Rolls with Bacon and Pickle
Healthy Makowiec Recipe: Whole Wheat, Less Sugar, and a Lighter Fat Blend
Traditional Makowiec Recipe: Poppy Seed Roll for Polish Christmas Eve and Easter
Healthy Kopytka Recipe: Lighter Potato Dumplings With a Mushroom Topping
Traditional Kopytka Recipe: Potato Dumplings Shaped Like Little Hooves
Healthy Kapuśniak Recipe: Polish Sauerkraut Soup with Turkey
Traditional Kapuśniak Recipe: Polish Sauerkraut Soup with Pork Ribs
Traditional Rosół Recipe: Clear Chicken Soup with Noodles
Traditional Uszka Recipe: Mushroom Dumplings for Polish Christmas Eve (Wigilia)
Traditional Barszcz Czerwony Recipe: Beet Soup for Polish Christmas Eve (Wigilia)
Traditional Placki Ziemniaczane Recipe: Crispy Polish Potato Pancakes
Healthy Gołąbki Recipe: Lighter Polish Cabbage Rolls with Turkey and Brown Rice
Traditional Gołąbki Recipe: Polish Cabbage Rolls with Pork and Rice, Plus Meatless Gołąbki for Christmas Eve
Healthy Bigos Recipe: Lighter Hunter’s Stew with Pork Loin and Turkey Sausage
Traditional Bigos Recipe: Hunter’s Stew with Sauerkraut and Mushrooms
Healthy Żurek Recipe: Less Sausage, No Bacon, Greek Yogurt
Traditional Żurek Recipe: Sour Rye Soup for Polish Easter
Healthy Pierogi Recipe: Lighter Pierogi Ruskie, Plus Gluten-Free and Plant-Based Versions
Traditional Pierogi Ruskie Recipe, Plus Sauerkraut and Mushroom Pierogi for Polish Christmas Eve
Jewish Recipes
Traditional Tzimmes Recipe: Carrot, Sweet Potato and Prune Stew
Healthy Cholent Recipe: Two Lighter Ways to Make the Overnight Stew
Traditional Cholent Recipe: The Sabbath Stew That Cooks Itself Overnight
Healthy Sufganiyot: Lighter Hanukkah Doughnuts, Baked or Air-Fried
Traditional Sufganiyot Recipe: Jelly-Filled Hanukkah Doughnuts
Healthy Babka Recipe: Whole Wheat and Dark Chocolate
Traditional Babka Recipe: Chocolate and Cinnamon Loaves
Healthy Holishkes Recipe: Leaner Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
Traditional Holishkes Recipe: Sweet-and-Sour Stuffed Cabbage
Traditional Gefilte Fish Recipe: Sweet or Peppery
Traditional Beet Borscht Recipe for Passover
Healthy Latkes Recipe: Air-Fried Potato and Zucchini Pancakes
Traditional Latkes Recipe: Crispy Hanukkah Potato Pancakes
Traditional Matzo Ball Soup Recipe (Kneidlach)
Healthy Noodle Kugel Recipe: A Lighter Dairy Kugel for Shavuot
Traditional Noodle Kugel Recipe: The Sweet Egg Noodle Casserole for Shavuot
Healthy Challah Recipe: Whole Wheat Braided Bread
Traditional Challah Recipe: The Braided Bread of the Sabbath Table
Healthy Blintzes Recipe: Lighter Cheese-Filled Crepes for Shavuot
Traditional Blintzes Recipe: The Cheese-Filled Pancake of the Shavuot Table
Lithuanian Recipes
Traditional Kisielius Recipe: Cranberry Kissel for Lithuanian Christmas Eve
Traditional Kūčiukai Recipe: Poppy Seed Biscuits for Lithuanian Christmas Eve
Traditional Silkė Recipe: Pickled Herring with Onions for Lithuanian Christmas Eve
Traditional Grybų Sriuba Recipe: Mushroom Soup for Lithuanian Christmas Eve (Kūčios)
Healthy Kibinai Recipe: Chicken Hand Pies with Whole-Wheat Dough
Traditional Kibinai Recipe: Meat Hand Pies with Lamb
Traditional Balandėliai Recipe: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls with Pork, Rice and Potatoes
Traditional Bulviniai Blynai Recipe: Crispy Potato Pancakes
Healthy Koldūnai Recipe: Lighter Meat Dumplings with Whole Wheat Dough
Traditional Koldūnai Recipe: Small Pork Dumplings, Plus Mushroom Koldūnai for Lithuanian Christmas Eve
Traditional Cepelinai Recipe: Potato Dumplings with Meat or Curd Cheese Filling
Traditional Šaltibarščiai Recipe: Cold Beet Soup with Kefir, Cucumber, and Dill
