Russian Cheese Pashka

Russian Cheese Pashka
I know Jennifer posted a Pashka recipe already, but I wanted to add what we made this year. It was a very simple, traditional Russian recipe that I altered to suit our tastes. I used melted chocolate to add the decorations. An Orthodox Pashka is usually decorated with a Russian cross and the...

Know From Emotions, Really Love From Notice through Gian Kumar ISBN

Know From Emotions, Really Love From Notice through Gian Kumar ISBN
Understanding As Well As A Obvious.. Through saturday day, while you wolf morning meal, shed the children in school and also battle some of the visitors operate, maybe you have idea, "If only i possibly could be at liberty!" or more, "If only i possibly could produce times of comfort!" In this...

Basic Paska for Easter

Basic Paska for Easter
After reading a Ukrainian folktale to my girls this morning, we got busy baking our Hot Cross Buns for Good Friday, Easter Doves, and Paska!  Jennifer recently posted her beautiful Paska recipe, but since I didn't have all the ingredients necessary, and I wasn't going to be able to...

Easter Doves (Paska Dinner Rolls)

Easter Doves (Paska Dinner Rolls)
This morning I asked my girls to choose a book for us to read from our Lent and Easter Book Basket and they picked The Birds' Gift: A Ukrainian Easter Story.  This sweet book, unfortunately out of print at the moment, is a folktale describing the origin of pysanky.   After...

GF Lenten Tea Menu

GF Lenten Tea Menu
The following post was submitted by Summer from Home.  Thank you Summer! When we discovered that our seventh baby had gluten sensitivites, one of my first thoughts was, "What about our liturgical feasts?" I know, a little crazy, but my family loves to celebrate with a special saint day treat...

Passion Pita Pizzas

Passion Pita Pizzas
The following post was submitted by Lori from Busy with Blessings, sharing the "Passion Pita Pizzas" she created with her children last year on Good Friday. Thank you Lori! First we took a pita and discussed how the stripes remind us of Our Lord's scourged body and that by His stripes we are healed. We...

Holy Thursday Gumbo Z'herbes (Green Gumbo)

Holy Thursday Gumbo Z'herbes (Green Gumbo)
The following recipe for Holy Thursday was submitted by Frank Speyerer. Thank you Frank! Gumbo z'herbes is the least common of the three traditional gumbos we eat in New Orleans, and it's nothing like the other two. For one thing, it doesn't usually contain a roux. In its most rigorously constituted...

Pascha: Easter Sweet Cheese Spread, Updated

Pascha: Easter Sweet Cheese Spread, Updated
In 2009 I posted about Festive Easter Breads and Cheese. My cookbooks are full of margin notes, so I thought I would update my notes on the recipes. This is crossposted with my food blog, Family Food in Feast and Feria.We enjoy spreading Pascha, the Easter Sweet Cheese Mold on the Paska, just like in...

Paska: Ukrainian Easter Bread, Updated

Paska: Ukrainian Easter Bread, Updated
In 2009 I posted about Festive Easter Breads and Cheese. My cookbooks are full of margin notes regarding these recipes, so I thought I would update and share my notes. Crossposted with my food blog, Family Food in Feast and Feria. For the Ukrainian Easter Bread, Paska, I now adapt a recipe from Celebration...