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How to Bake Russian Mennonite Meat Pirozhki
May08

How to Bake Russian Mennonite Meat Pirozhki

It is my pleasure to present to you today my very 1st special guest on my show, my mother – Ingrid Turner from IngridTurnerToday.com to show you how to bake a coveted family recipe that’s been passed down many generations to make it to your screen today, and hopefully, into your home & heart. This is a Russian or German Mennonite recipe called Pirozhki. Now, today, we will be filling it with the most traditional...

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How to Cook Mennonite Style Borscht
Jan18

How to Cook Mennonite Style Borscht

Learning how to cook Mennonite Style Borscht is something we don’t take lightly in our family. We make this cabbage soup often, especially in the colder months of the year. One side of my family has Mennonite roots. We are German, but hailing from Russia, on my mother’s side. My other side is Ukrainian and they are well known for eating borscht too! “I love Borscht! I’m giving you our secret family recipe...

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How to Cook Mennonite Green Bean Soup + Video
Dec24

How to Cook Mennonite Green Bean Soup + Video

Mennonite Green Bean Soup is a family tradition on my Mother’s side…This is Grandma’s recipe, and likely her mother’s, and so on… How to Cook Mennonite Green Bean Soup: This recipe is a food of love that you must feel in your very nature. You work with the ingredients you have on hand, and adjust according to the amounts you are using. An ideal or general recipe, depending upon how you look at it, is...

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Web Chef Review: Ontario Savoy Cabbage at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Aug31

Web Chef Review: Ontario Savoy Cabbage at Harvest Barn Country Markets

Take a look at this beautiful specimen of Ontario Savoy Cabbage from Harvest Barn Country Markets. It is in perfect condition with nice, green, shiny leaves. It’s heavy, crispy, fresh and ready to use. There are no ugly outer leaves with holes in them that need to be discarded. so I can use every bit of this cabbage for my recipes. As usual, I am satisfied that whatever I cook with this cabbage from Harvest Barn Country Market,...

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How to Start Bean Seedlings Indoors for the Vegetable Garden + Video
May04

How to Start Bean Seedlings Indoors for the Vegetable Garden + Video

If you’ve never planted a kitchen garden at home, or you just haven’t had much luck with your green thumb, this tutorial for How to Start Bean Seedlings Indoors for the Vegetable Garden is very helpful. There is such excitement when you go out to your vegetable garden and have the opportunity to pick beautiful bush or pole beans for your family dinner, only to notice that the next day, the plants have replenished...

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How to Bake Grandma Kasper’s Zwieback Buns
Apr18

How to Bake Grandma Kasper’s Zwieback Buns

Ahhh…Zwieback!!! What could represent a soul food for German & Russian families better than Zwieback buns… I can remember the smell of zwieback baking in my grandmother’s farmhouse kitchen, my mother’s kitchen, as well as all of my aunts’ kitchens… …It is an ultimate goal of just about every extended-Kasper female in our family to have this recipe on hand, and hopefully learn to bake them...

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How to Cook Kimberly’s Fejoida – The Brazilian National Dish
Oct10

How to Cook Kimberly’s Fejoida – The Brazilian National Dish

Fejoida is the national dish of Brazil. It is a stew that has pork, pork and more pork in it and is traditionally eaten with white rice, cooked greens and slices of fresh orange. This is a peasant-style dish that the slaves of Colonial Brazil created using parts & pieces of pork the farmers discarded such as the ears, feet or hocks, and tail; however, today, other delicious forms of pork meat are used to enhance the flavor and...

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How to Cook Heavenly Breakfast Hash
Aug12

How to Cook Heavenly Breakfast Hash

Plan ahead for the weekend, by saving this recipe for how to cook Heavenly Breakfast Hash! This breakfast hash is a melange of deliciousness in your pan to wake you up & fuel your day – pasta, browned potatoes, peppers & ground beef! Serve up with a few fried eggs, and you’re golden. Heavenly Breakfast Hash: This recipe is a spin-off of my mother’s German potatoes and pasta (she calls it Kartofel & Kleisa...

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