My hard boiled egg recipes
January 9th, 2010 in Salad Recipes by Julia Volhina Mimosa, as a fish layered salad, is very popular in all countries of ex-USSR. As well as Herring Under Fur Coat and Salad Olivier, Salad Mimosa finds its place on the table for big holiday celebrations, such as New Year, Christmas, birthdays and others.
It is easy and fun to cook, and due to the layered structure of the salad it should be prepared several hours in advance before serving to allow layers to soak. So the good idea would be to assemble the salad a night before you are going to put it on the table.
By the way this salad name – Mimosa – comes from the bright yellow color and a texture of its last layer which looks very similar to the yellow blossoms of the plant called “mimosa” in Russia.
Tags: boiled rice, carrot, christmas food, fish, green onion, hard boiled egg, mayo, salad, sea food, ukrainian
August 29th, 2009 in Cold Soups, Soup Recipes by Julia Volhina Okroshka is traditional russian cold soup. It is perfect meal for hot summer weather as it is prepared on the base of kvass – russian bread drink – and it is light and very refreshing.
Finding good fresh kvass for okroshka can be challenging outside of former-USSR. You may try russian or ukrainian shop, or, of course, you can prepare kvass yourself. But If you are not lucky with any of these, you can also replace kvass with mineral water, kefir diluted with boiled cold water or even light beer.
Tags: bologna, cucumber, dill, green onion, hard boiled egg, lunch, peas, potato, radish, russian, soup, vegetables
July 11th, 2009 in Salad Recipes by Julia VolhinaYou can take any kind of cabbage for this salad, however I prefer napa cabbage (one of variants of Chinese cabbage), as it is more soft and tasteful.
In general this salad is easy to make (as I think any slaw is), very fast to do and of course is nutritious: napa cabbage is rich on vitamin A/Carotene and vitamin C.
If you use napa cabbage, don’t make more salad than you will eat for one meal, napa cabbage salads are best to be eaten fresh and loose taste after stored in fridge.
Tags: cabbage, coleslaw, dill, hard boiled egg, mayo, no meat, salad, vegetables
March 29th, 2009 in Salad Recipes by Julia VolhinaRadish and Fresh Cheese Salad is a tasty way to feed yourself and your family a bit of calcium 
I did have some troubles finding a suitable fresh cheese for this recipe, it should be fresh white quark (russian: tvorog), neither cottage cheese nor cream cheese will work here.
So if you have the same problem finding quark style fresh cheese like I had, try local Russian / Ukrainian / Polish store, most probably they have it. Of course, you can also make homemade soft cheese yourself, but guess I am too lazy for this, who isn’t?..
Tags: dill, fresh cheese, green onion, hard boiled egg, lunch, mayo, radish, salad, ukrainian, vegetables
March 14th, 2009 in Salad Recipes by Julia Volhina One more option for your everyday food. Healthy and tasty, and easy to make salad.
Egg & Ham Salad is perfect for breakfast or midday break food as it doesn’t contain onions.
Tags: bell pepper, corn, cucumber, dill, ham, hard boiled egg, lunch, mayo, salad, vegetables
February 22nd, 2009 in Salad Recipes by Julia VolhinaUsually people outside of former-USSR call it Russian Salad, however its original name is Salad Olivier.
This salad was and maybe still is the most traditional dish for the home New Year celebration for russian people.
Tags: bologna, carrot, cucumber, dill, green onion, hard boiled egg, mayo, peas, potato, russian, salad, vegetables
December 28th, 2008 in Salad Recipes by Julia VolhinaEverybody who tried my crab stick salad fell in love with it after first bite. Now I have no problems deciding what to bring to the party.
This salad is easy and fast to do and the taste is just great. Try it, you will like it!
Tags: crab sticks, dill, green onion, hard boiled egg, lunch, mayo, rice, russian, salad, sea food
