Ukrainian-canadian Home Cooking: Perogies, Cabbage Rolls, and Old-world Comfort Foods Culinary Adventures Book

Ukrainian-Canadian Settler Kitchen is a love letter to perogies, cabbage rolls, and the prairie tables that welcomed new arrivals with hot coffee and a full plate.Recent immigrant Anna Kowalchuk lands in Canada with a suitcase, a head full of her baba’s recipes, and a deep gratitude for a country that gives her a new start. In these pages she blends Old World flavors with the ingredients, seasons, and realities of Canadian farm and small-town life—stretching simple pantry staples into meals that feel rich, generous, and grounding.Inside you’ll find 50 comforting, ready-for-supper recipes divided into 10 cozy chapters, including:Perogies every way: classic potato and cheese, cabbage and bacon, mushroom and sour cream, prairie harvest squash, leftover roast beef, and sweet cottage-cheese dessert perogies.Cabbage comforts: traditional holubtsi (cabbage rolls) with rice and beef, Lenten buckwheat and mushroom rolls, lazy cabbage roll casserole, braised cabbage with bacon, and sauerkraut-and-sausage skillet suppers.Homestead soups: beet borscht with sour cream, green sorrel borscht, sauerkraut soup (kapusniak), farmhouse barley soup, and leftover chicken-and-dumpling soup from Sunday roasts.Everyday farm suppers: one-pan roast chicken with garlic potatoes, kielbasa and potato bake, pork chops with cabbage and apples, creamy dill potato-and-ham gratin, and deconstructed cabbage-roll skillet.Prairie breads & baking: soft church-supper rolls, garlic–dill buns, farmhouse white loaf, cheese and green onion biscuit squares, and cabbage-and-potato hand pies for lunches on the go.Sweet treats & holidays: poppy seed swirl bread, kolachky jam cookies, sour cream coffee cake, honey-spice sheet cake, apple dessert perogies, Christmas Eve baked fish, kutia, and Easter-style citrus raisin bread.Every recipe is written for real life, with:Easy-to-follow instructions and familiar ingredients.Cozy, make-ahead friendly casseroles, soups, and bake-once-eat-twice meals.Practical appendices on pantry staples, working with dough, freezing and reheating, plus sample menus for weeknights, Sundays, and holidays.If you loved discovering budget-friendly comfort in Farmhouse Casseroles: 100 Budget-…, stocking your shelves from Plant-Powered Pantry: Real-Life WFPB, layering long-keeping meals from Soups in a Jar: Cozy Meals for Every Season, getting nostalgic with Pineapple & Canned Fruit Everything, or cooking gently seasoned bowls from Low-Salt Soups & Stews: 63 Comforting, this Ukrainian-Canadian collection will slide perfectly onto the same shelf—another everyday workhorse you’ll reach for again and again.Whether you’re reconnecting with your own Ukrainian roots, exploring prairie cooking for the first time, or simply craving honest food that stretches a bag of potatoes and a head of cabbage into a week of satisfying meals, Ukrainian-Canadian Settler Kitchen invites you to roll out the dough, warm up the oven, and fill your home with the smells of a kitchen that says, “There’s always room for one more at the table.”