Russia ~ Olad'yi ~ Breakfast

 Olad'yi

(Pancakes)

You might be thinking, wow Danielle you sure like breakfast, and in all honesty you would be 100% right! Mornings are nice. I wake up before my kids do, I let out my gaggle of canines who then settle back down if I want to have some quiet time to myself, and it is nice to wake everyone up with the smell of a hearty meal where we all sit down and eat before we begin the day. How was that for a run on sentence? 

For some of you, mornings may mean a mad dash from the shower out the door to drop kids off at school, go to work or really any number of errands that we need to prepare for once we wake up. Breakfast, by no means, can only be served in the morning. 

Beetroot ~ Are you Scared?

 

Do You Fear the Beet?

How many of you eat Beetroot? Go on I will wait while you either count on one hand the number of dishes that you prepare each month using Beets or search through your childhood memories to try and bring up what it even tastes like. Oh don't worry, I am not about to say anything as I honestly don't remember using it in many dishes myself. I think in a way I feared it. Sure it is one thing in a can, already peeled, sitting in its own processed juices surrounded by metal and placed on a shelf for far longer then is natural for any fruit or vegetable. Even then, in a setting that is familiar, especially for Americans who enjoy the ease and convenience of prepackaged food products, the beet rarely made it onto my monthly meal planner. My childhood memories were of these red vegetables being dumped into a pot, heated and served with whatever protein my mom cooked that night. 

Russia ~ Glazky ~ Breakfast

 Glazky *Basically Fried Eggs* Russian Style

I have not been intentionally neglecting the blog, really I haven't! I have still been cooking new recipes and even taking pictures with the intent of sitting down and updating everyone else. It is not that I don't want to share all these tasty new dishes with everyone so that they can enjoy them as well, it is just that here lately, with all the things I need to be doing, blogging seemed like a luxury that I felt guilty indulging in. With school back in session, I truly feel a bit scattered. Now that I have properly explained myself, or at least made myself feel better about ignoring you all, lets get back to the task at hand, and that is cooking!

The recipe I have today irritated me a bit, it was one I stumbled upon, easy to remember and make without needing "notes" and once I closed the site I found it from, it was lost to me until just recently. Now that I have found it once more however, here it is.

Russia ~ Kartoshka s Gribami

Kartoshka s Gribami

Or, Potatoes and Wild Mushrooms *If you use store bought cheap mushrooms I wonder if you can still call it that* 

Many of you *do many of you even read my blog?* may be wondering where in the heck I ran off too! I mean no new recipes! No new photos! Did this month scare me off? 

The answer is NO, this month did not scare me off :) 

I have been a horrible Blogger, not updating, not adding new content and even though I have made a few more things, I have neglected to sit down and share it with the rest of you. Booooo,.. I know. So lets remedy that shall we?

Russia ~ Breakfast ~ Sirniki

Sirniki

Feeling bad about my lack of motivation to heat up my kitchen for hearty meal, I decided that I would cook early in the morning to avoid my summer heat wave induced coma come 7 pm. My air conditioner did not complain too badly about the stove being on and all in all my house stayed cool, my kids stayed full and I stayed happy, not to mention, I have another recipe to blog about. 

What you see before you is pretty much a pancake, Russian style.

Preparation is a bit different, but the list of ingredients is minimal and today I could really get into minimal. It might come as a big surprise but I really don't dig the heat. 75 and below with a cool breeze and the sun out is pretty much perfect for me, anything over 85 and you will find me parked in front of a fan with an ice cold drink complaining. 

Right so, enough about me, on to the recipe.