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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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Rosh Hashanah
Jewish New Year
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Festival of Lights
Wigilia
Polish Christmas Eve
Sviata Vecheria
Ukrainian Christmas Eve
Kลซฤios
Lithuanian Christmas Eve
Rizdvo
Ukrainian Christmas
Malanka
Ukrainian New Year’s Eve
Maslyana
Ukrainian Butter Week
Passover
Festival of Freedom
Velykden
Ukrainian Easter
Shavuot
Feast of Weeks
Shabbat
The Weekly Sabbath
Ukrainian Recipes
Polish Recipes
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Traditional Chruลciki Recipe: Polish Angel Wings (Faworki) for Fat Thursday
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Healthy Pฤ czki Recipe: Baked Polish Donuts with Fruit Filling
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Traditional Pฤ czki Recipe: Polish Donuts with Rose Jam for Fat Thursday (Tลusty Czwartek) and Pฤ czki Day
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Traditional ลledzie w Oleju Recipe: Herring in Oil with Onions for Polish Christmas Eve
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Traditional Karp Smaลผony Recipe: Fried Carp for Polish Christmas Eve (Wigilia)
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Healthy Zrazy Woลowe Recipe: Beef Rolls with Mushrooms
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Traditional Zrazy Woลowe Recipe: Beef Rolls with Bacon and Pickle
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Healthy Makowiec Recipe: Whole Wheat, Less Sugar, and a Lighter Fat Blend
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Traditional Makowiec Recipe: Poppy Seed Roll for Polish Christmas Eve and Easter
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Healthy Kopytka Recipe: Lighter Potato Dumplings With a Mushroom Topping
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Traditional Kopytka Recipe: Potato Dumplings Shaped Like Little Hooves
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Healthy Kapuลniak Recipe: Polish Sauerkraut Soup with Turkey
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Traditional Kapuลniak Recipe: Polish Sauerkraut Soup with Pork Ribs
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Traditional Rosรณล Recipe: Clear Chicken Soup with Noodles
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Traditional Uszka Recipe: Mushroom Dumplings for Polish Christmas Eve (Wigilia)
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Traditional Barszcz Czerwony Recipe: Beet Soup for Polish Christmas Eve (Wigilia)
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Traditional Placki Ziemniaczane Recipe: Crispy Polish Potato Pancakes
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Healthy Goลฤ bki Recipe: Lighter Polish Cabbage Rolls with Turkey and Brown Rice
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Traditional Goลฤ bki Recipe: Polish Cabbage Rolls with Pork and Rice, Plus Meatless Goลฤ bki for Christmas Eve
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Healthy Bigos Recipe: Lighter Hunterโs Stew with Pork Loin and Turkey Sausage
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Traditional Bigos Recipe: Hunterโs Stew with Sauerkraut and Mushrooms
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Healthy ลปurek Recipe: Less Sausage, No Bacon, Greek Yogurt
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Traditional ลปurek Recipe: Sour Rye Soup for Polish Easter
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Healthy Pierogi Recipe: Lighter Pierogi Ruskie, Plus Gluten-Free and Plant-Based Versions
Jewish Recipes
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Traditional Tzimmes Recipe: Carrot, Sweet Potato and Prune Stew
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Healthy Cholent Recipe: Two Lighter Ways to Make the Overnight Stew
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Traditional Cholent Recipe: The Sabbath Stew That Cooks Itself Overnight
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Healthy Sufganiyot: Lighter Hanukkah Doughnuts, Baked or Air-Fried
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Traditional Sufganiyot Recipe: Jelly-Filled Hanukkah Doughnuts
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Healthy Babka Recipe: Whole Wheat and Dark Chocolate
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Traditional Babka Recipe: Chocolate and Cinnamon Loaves
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Healthy Holishkes Recipe: Leaner Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
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Traditional Holishkes Recipe: Sweet-and-Sour Stuffed Cabbage
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Traditional Gefilte Fish Recipe: Sweet or Peppery
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Traditional Beet Borscht Recipe for Passover
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Healthy Latkes Recipe: Air-Fried Potato and Zucchini Pancakes
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Traditional Latkes Recipe: Crispy Hanukkah Potato Pancakes
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Traditional Matzo Ball Soup Recipe (Kneidlach)
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Healthy Noodle Kugel Recipe: A Lighter Dairy Kugel for Shavuot
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Traditional Noodle Kugel Recipe: The Sweet Egg Noodle Casserole for Shavuot
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Healthy Challah Recipe: Whole Wheat Braided Bread
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Traditional Challah Recipe: The Braided Bread of the Sabbath Table
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Healthy Blintzes Recipe: Lighter Cheese-Filled Crepes for Shavuot
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Traditional Blintzes Recipe: The Cheese-Filled Pancake of the Shavuot Table
Lithuanian Recipes
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Traditional Kisielius Recipe: Cranberry Kissel for Lithuanian Christmas Eve
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Traditional Kลซฤiukai Recipe: Poppy Seed Biscuits for Lithuanian Christmas Eve
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Traditional Silkฤ Recipe: Pickled Herring with Onions for Lithuanian Christmas Eve
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Traditional Grybลณ Sriuba Recipe: Mushroom Soup for Lithuanian Christmas Eve (Kลซฤios)
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Healthy Kibinai Recipe: Chicken Hand Pies with Whole-Wheat Dough
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Traditional Kibinai Recipe: Meat Hand Pies with Lamb
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Traditional Balandฤliai Recipe: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls with Pork, Rice and Potatoes
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Traditional Bulviniai Blynai Recipe: Crispy Potato Pancakes
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Healthy Koldลซnai Recipe: Lighter Meat Dumplings with Whole Wheat Dough
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Traditional Koldลซnai Recipe: Small Pork Dumplings, Plus Mushroom Koldลซnai for Lithuanian Christmas Eve
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Traditional Cepelinai Recipe: Potato Dumplings with Meat or Curd Cheese Filling
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Traditional ล altibarลกฤiai Recipe: Cold Beet Soup with Kefir, Cucumber, and Dill