Recipes for Pascha and St. Nicholas Day
Cookie recipes for St. Nicholas Day, and treats for Pascha. To find a particular recipe quickly, check the index.
Make red eggs for Pascha using onion-skin dye
Orthodox Christians make beautiful deep red eggs for Pascha. It’s an ancient tradition, perhaps going back to the time of the apostles. The eggs, along with meat and cheese and wine, are brought to church in baskets. The baskets are blessed at the end of the Paschal...
Bacon-wrapped dates
When you read Catherine’s Pascha, you’ll see Catherine loading her plate with hot dogs and chocolate cake. And in the background, someone is asking whether Andrea brought her bacon-wrapped dates this year. Andrea is a real person, and this is her recipe...
Double chocolate chocolate chip cookies (yes, they’re gluten-free!)
You might have noticed that I haven’t been posting as much as usual lately. Summer has gotten busy! We went camping with friends, in the Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forest. Then my husband, and my children, and my grandchildren all descended on my sister’s house. It’s...
Dairy-free Paska Cheese
Paska cheese is a traditional Russian dessert that is made with lots of farmer’s cheese, butter, and eggs. It’s eaten with a sweet, rich bread that is (usually) called kulich. Kulich is sometimes called paska, and paska sometimes has other names, too. But...
Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Date-Sweetened Banana Bread
I didn’t think I’d ever have banana bread again. But this recipe for date-sweetened banana bread – oh, my goodness, is it good. It is so good that it’s now the bread I make for Pascha. Just spread it with paska cheese spread and pour a cup of tea. Heaven. This...THE MAGIC OF BOOKS
Share the joy of the Pascha through the magic of a book: Catherine's Pascha.
