About Me

Hi,
I’m Alyona the maker of the recipes behind Alyona’s Cooking. I started our families food blog in August 2015. Here you’ll find ALL kinds of tasty 🍓🍕 FOOD! Some EASY. Some using elbow 💪 grease. Some Ukrainian 🥒goodies. And many 🍩other tasty recipes.

I am married to my wonderful husband Alex and together we have 4 children with one son taking the name to the 3rd generation. With a love for almighty God and a family desire for homesteading someday there is lots to learn like gardening and making life simpler with easy and tasty recipes.

I ❤️ sharing recipes! Cooking has molded many ideas to my cooking experience, so stay tuned because you may just find some new favorites, God bless!

26 comments

Barbara McGranahan July 28, 2019 - 6:28 pm

I was just introduced to pickled tomatoes by a Russian friend. The Ukraine ones from my European store has some oil in the jar and your recipe does not include oil. I am looking forward to preserving tomatoes in a few weeks. Please clarify. Thank you

Alyona's Cooking July 30, 2019 - 11:57 am

Hi Barbara, Russian pickled tomatoes will vary in recipes so it wouldn’t be a surprise if the ingredients differ. However, my recipe is with a simple syrup not sure what the oil would do but you can try to add a few Tablespoons to the syrup.

Eva Mugisa June 22, 2019 - 2:16 pm

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Zdrastye, Alyona! My name is Eva from Uganda. My mum is Ukrainian, and dad Ugandan. I love to cook, and my dishes range from African to Ukrainian. I love Selyodka, but we only get it over here when friends travel back home. Can this recipe work with tilapia? We have plenty of it here in Kampala from lake Victoria. Would like to try it. Thanks for the awesome posts. Gbu

Alyona's Cooking June 23, 2019 - 11:00 am

Hi Eva,
Interesting range of dishes! How does African food taste like? I think only certain fish will work for selyodka since it’s usually a whole fish to work with but if you have a whole tilapia fish you could always try it out, I wouldn’t recommend trying it from the store fillets though.

Irma June 15, 2019 - 11:34 am

I keep getting an error message when trying to sign up on your e mail list, so am trying this route.

Alyona's Cooking June 20, 2019 - 9:08 am

Thank you for contacting us, my husband will try to troubleshoot the issue.

Jillian April 27, 2019 - 9:05 am

Homeschoolers here too! Loving all of your recipes but especially the ones loaded with eggs. Our hens are laying mountains of eggs after taking a (well deserved) winter break!

Alyona's Cooking April 27, 2019 - 12:47 pm

Hi Jillian, thanks for stopping by our blog, I’m only homeschooling one for now. The Ukraine potato salad (aka olivye salad) is one that uses half a dozen eggs so definitely check out some of the salads. One of our crepes recipe calls for 10 eggs so if you like crepes be sure to check that out too.
Crepes link:https://www.alyonascooking.com/nalisniki-налесники-with-farmers-cheese-filling/
Olive salad link:https://www.alyonascooking.com/classic-olivye-salad-оливье-cалат/

Cindy Gayle January 7, 2019 - 8:15 pm

Tomorrow I am going to make the Southern Buttermilk Biscuits. It will be nice to have these in the freezer when the grandchildren come. Your name caught my eye. Two months ago, my daughter had a baby girl and named her Alona. I had not heard this name before until I say your name but with a “y” in it. I wonder if they are pronounced the same. My granddaughter is A-lo-na. I look forward to making your recipes since I am new to your site.

Alyona's Cooking January 8, 2019 - 3:57 pm

Hi Cindy, your making one of my staples! I love the freezer biscuit recipe, even though I try different biscuit recipes, I come back to this one. The y is silent in my name so it is pronounced like your granddaughters. Welcome to our blog, I hope you find many favorites!

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