Not only am I a Reluctant Cook, I’m quite clearly a Reluctant Webmistress as well!

I’ve allowed this website to fall by the wayside as I haven’t updated it for some time. BUT I will.. soon!

I have a passion for not cooking.

In fact, I’d prefer to do almost anything else – but someone has to feed the ravenous horde, and in my family that task is often left to me.

Every now and then I make something which they like and sometimes my friends and family have been known to ask me for the recipe! So instead of writing recipes on napkins or in emails, I have decided to create this website and leave them here.

Now that my three sons are adults, and occasionally dabble in the kitchen, this blog is primarily for them. A place they can visit, to recreate some of their favourite dishes which we’ve shared as a family.

/Olya xx

Featured Recipes

Individual Dip Cups

by Olya Lutrov | September 7, 2014 | Entertaining, Vegetarian | 0 Comments

Everyone loves dips at a party – but no one loves the double-dippers! Problem solved.. your own individual dip and veggie cup!

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Pumpkin Soup

by Olya Lutrov | September 7, 2014 | Soups, Vegetarian | 0 Comments

Make a big pot of hot, steaming pumpkin soup and watch them come back for seconds! This recipe is so easy – the family will love it.

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Ukrainian Beetroot Relish

by Olya Lutrov | July 4, 2014 | Ukrainian, Vegetarian | 0 Comments

We make this dish each year for Ukrainian Easter. The horseradish gives it a really good ‘punch’. This is my mum’s recipe.

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Blue Punch

by Olya Lutrov | August 20, 2014 | Entertaining | 0 Comments

Sure it looks like ‘Windex’ but it’s a delicious drink for a gathering. Make a punch bowl full and watch is disappear. Made it at our son’s 21st birthday party recently.

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