25 Popular Dishes from Ukraine

I don’t know about your life, but mine is quite busy with work and different side projects. Besides, to tell you the truth, I am not a big fan of cooking – spending hours in the kitchen every day just doesn’t excite me. At the same time, I like to eat healthy and nutritious food – junk and fast food doesn’t appeal to me at all. You can easily see my dilemma here. Originally from Ukraine, I’ve been living and working in different countries, and although I like trying things from other cuisines when I eat out or travel, I do miss and prefer the daily foods of my own culture. I’ve never considered myself a great cook; in fact, I believed that the things I normally make at home are too simple and wouldn’t impress anyone. However, when I happen to share my dishes with foreign friends who visit my house, to my surprise they always remark how delicious those are and often ask for the recipe. So I decided to put together a number of common recipes from my culture, simplify and even healthify them a little to my own current cooking and eating standards, and share them with anyone interested in trying them out. Hence this first book in my collection of Ukrainian cooking, with more to come soon. Happy tasting!