Special Occasions

Favorite Plant-Based Holiday Recipes

Here comes the annual round-up of our favorite, plant-based holiday recipes. We’ve got you covered on mains and hearty...

Corn and Zucchini Bisque with Paprika Oil

This delicate, silky bisque is all about the intersection of summer and fall. Corn and zucchini are summer epitomized, y...

Marinated White Bean Salad

We have a marinated zucchini recipe in the blog archives that’s a favorite to which we keep coming back to every year,...

Summer Garden Pasta Salad

I put this salad together on a whim a few weeks ago following a craving, and we liked it so much that we’ve been makin...

Zucchini and Herb Hummus

There is a stand at the local St. Petersburg farmer’s market that sells the most delicious hummus. I got to talking wi...

Holiday Veggie Roast with Oven Cranberry Sauce

This post was created in partnership with OXO. Today we’ve got a festive veggie roast recipe that’s ma...

Vegan Cauliflower and Leek Pie with Onion Crust

Way back in the day when I was first getting interested in vegetarian cooking, I came across Mollie Katzen’s recipe fo...

No-Cook Marinara Sauce

We became obsessed with this recipe back in our raw food days and have been making it every summer since. It’s the epi...

Summer Squash Caviar

Summer Squash Caviar is a lovely Russian vegetable side that offers the perfect way to utilize all the summer squash and...

Super Green Gazpacho

Stopping by with another refreshing recipe today. The weather’s been extra balmy lately, and somehow, icy cold smoothi...

Fruit Shrub, The Most Refreshing Summer Drink

And just like that, summer is here, and so is the very first heat wave. I’m deeply devoted to having warm and cozy dri...

Spring Vegetable and Quinoa Pot Pie

Spring has been super rainy for us (it’s been raining for almost a full week now!), with only a sprinkling of a few ni...

Candied Chocolate Dipped Citron + Video

New Year Glow Meal Plan: Spaghetti Squash (Pho, Lasagna, Tacos, Pesto Noodles)

The New Year Glow Meal Plan is here! All kinds of carb-on-carb, dessert-every-day type of holiday indulgence happened f...

Poppyseed Dukkah-Stuffed Baked Apples with Coconut Caramel

Popping in really quickly today to share the recipe for this holiday table dessert contender – baked apples! These bab...

Salsa-Style Nectarine Panzanella from Cook Share Eat Vegan

Today we are sharing a super refreshing and summery recipe from the beautiful new cookbook Cook Share Eat Vegan by Aine...

Simple Mango Gazpacho

I’ve been on a raw food kick lately. I find that it’s what my body craves in the summer heat, and it always helps me...

Cold Almond Butter Noodles, Our Weeknight Go To

We lean on this meal at least once a week, especially in the summer. It’s dead simple to make, requires pantry staple...

Vegan Chickpea Nicoise Salad

We recently spent a week in Upstate New York. It was magical. Masha has been going there every summer for the past coupl...

Ciabotta – Easy Summer Vegetable Stew from Abruzzo

Today we are continuing with our Abruzzo recipe series, in which we share traditionally plant-based dishes from Abru...

Peach and Beet Watercress Salad with a Multi-Seed Dukkah

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Just a quick check-in today with a salad we made for lunch during the week that�...

Peach and Zucchini Smoothie

I love those stands at the farmer’s market, where the fruit is a little too ripe and bruised, and therefore discounted...

Berry Kombucha Float

A confession – I’ve never actually tried a classic root beer float, but if it’s anything like this kombucha float,...

Summery White Bean ‘Tuna’ Sandwich

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. Everything tastes better on the be...

Strawberry Cardamom Milk

I didn’t grow up drinking strawberry milk and thus have no nostalgic connection to it, nor did I have any particular i...

Strawberry Guacamole

Earlier this spring, I talked a little bit about what an explosive strawberry season we experienced this year. I couldn...

Spring Vegetables with Smoky Chickpea Croutons and Avocado Aioli

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. By the time this post is up, I will...

Miso Caramel Popcorn

This popcorn is the treat I’ll be gifting my friends and bringing to holiday parties this coming week. After spending ...

Miso-Date Ghee Brussels Sprouts and How to Make Ghee at Home

I’ve recently been putting more emphasis on having plenty of good fats in my diet. Hormonal balance, healthy brain fun...

Apple Pecan Pie with Salted Pumpkin Caramel

Focusing on love, peace and hope today and sending all those vibes your way, but we know you come here for the pie, amon...

Whole Braised Holiday Cauliflower

This post was created in partnership with San-J. Happy November! It’s so hard to believe that the year i...

Sweet Potato and Brussels Sprout Gratin

This post is created in partnership with Truffle Toast Home. Hey! It’s good to be back after a week off....

A Summer of Ice Cream

Somehow, we’ve reached the weekend that is considered by many to be the last hurrah of summer. It always goes by in a ...

Berry Creamsicles with White Chocolate Drizzle – Ice Cream Sunday

Every time I feel a hint of sadness towards the closing of August, I have to remind myself that summer is not at all ov...

Marinated Summer Vegetables and Beans over Freekeh

Today I thought I would share an everyday recipe that I make quite often, great for satisfying a vegetable craving, and ...

Summer Greek Salad

I’m getting over a bad cold that really took me down by surprise, and finding myself craving plates of vegetables an...

Green Smoothie Pops — Ice Cream Sunday

This Sunday, we are going for something very light, summery, fruity, and very nutritious. More particularly, a green sm...

Strawberry and Asparagus Black Rice Sushi

My kid is completely obsessed with sushi rolls, and I’m starting to figure out that it’s the format itself that elic...

Smoky Summer Vegetable Tangle

This is a simple plate of tangled summer vegetables – tender zucchini noodles and carrot ribbons, gently blistered gre...

Tropical Soba

The hotter the weather gets, the more I find myself substituting meals with just a ton of watermelon, mango or papaya, o...

Emma’s Strawberry Thai Basil Sorbet — Ice Cream Sunday

Florida is on its own schedule when it comes to growing seasons, and we usually have our local strawberries in March. Th...

Summer Vegetable Saute

It’s been a month since we came home from our stay in Russia. School is back in session (second grade for Paloma), and...

Welcome Summer Multigrain Salad with Strawberries and Asparagus

By the time this post goes up, Paloma and I will be in Russia spending some much anticipated time with grandma. I will t...

Dovga – Azerbaijani Wedding Soup

I recently talked a bit about my home region in Russia, and its array of food cultures and cuisines. Its unique geogra...

Melon Basil Summer Rolls

We’ ve been traveling quite a bit for the past couple of weeks, mostly within Florida. One of the beautiful places we ...

Summer Market Salad

It is hot, so hot. The air is still and humid, and we are the sun’s own toast. Tiny green dots of fireflies are lighti...

Late Summer Oat Milk Smoothie with Figs and Grapes

This post is also available in: French More often than not, a new post on Golubka is born o...

Tipsy Watermelon Salad and Summer Cooking

I’ve been cooking a whole lot lately, which tends to happen to me every summer. I don’t know if it’s the energy fr...

Raw Summer Fruit Samosas and a Guest Post for My Sweet Faery

Thank you all for participating in the Wholistic giveaway. The rose mist goes to The Best Decade, please email us your a...

Peach and Raspberry Summer Tart and a Guest Post for Scandi Foodie

Hello from chilly San Francisco! We just arrived, and the weather forecast is promising sun and high 60s all week. A ver...

Mango Salsa and an Ayurveda Birthday

Masha with Raspberry and Lemongrass Tiramisu Well, hello there. Another round of warm gratitude to the won...

Spring Tea Party by The Rose Journals

Today’s guest post features new and exciting talent. Noelle and David run The Rose Journals, and from the moment we fi...

Valentine’s Day Dessert – Rose Ice Cream, Pomegranate Sorbet, Rose Mille-Feuille

Today we continue our series of posts, describing the preparations for our Argentinean tango inspired 3D gathering, whic...

Raw New Year Doughnuts

We’re deep into New Year’s preparations this morning. There’s salad to be chopped, coconuts to be cracked, ice cre...

Vietnamese Summer Wraps

Here is another dish that I crave during the hottest months of the year. These wraps are great for long, lazy summer con...

Raw Fruity Panna Cotta, Easter Style

Last week, I promised to make a savoury dish for the next post, but I’d completely forgotten that Easter is just aroun...

Raw Holiday Macarons

The first time I tried macarons was at the Macaron Café in Midtown, Manhattan. I had seen many photos of them prior to ...

Raw Thanksgiving

Oh Thanksgiving, how it snuck up on us this year. It seems as if just yesterday it was summer, and now there is a chill ...

Raw Halloween Cookies

This Halloween is not only the first one that Paloma can understand as a holiday, but, in a way, the first one for me. A...

Fruit Leather Puzzle

Paloma loves to eat. In that way, we are very fortunate. It’s quite a rarity for her to turn down food, and she’s al...

Raw Chocolate Truffles and Mango Sorbet on Paloma’s Birthday

Paloma turned two on Friday, and we can hardly believe how fast time flies. Last year, for her first birthday, we had a ...

Summer Squash Herb Salad

Here is a nice way to prepare summer squash in a salad. The beauty of these squashes is that they’re harvested with th...

Raw Summer Snack Basket

Today we’d like to share a few recipes for fresh, seasonal snacks. Crackers and spread are such friendly, unpretentiou...

Lemon & Basil Ice Cream with Raspberry Sauce and Summer Fruit

We’ve finally gathered up the courage to buy an ice cream maker. Very quickly, this smooth white friend ...