First courses Recipes – Healthy and Tasty Ideas
Explore our delightful selection of first courses perfect for starting any meal From light and refreshing salads to comforting soups and flavorful appetizers discover recipes to tantalize your taste buds and set the stage for a memorable dining experience Find inspiration for both everyday meals and special occasions with our diverse collection of easy-to-follow recipes and helpful tips

Borscht for the winter with tomatoes
This delicious aromatic soup will please the family at any time of the year. The main ingredients of borscht are vegetables: beets, cabbage and homemade tomato preparation. And the broth can be made either meat or lean.

Pickle soup with stew
One of the most famous and popular first courses is, of course, rassolnik! There are many variations of its preparation. Canned meat, everyone's favorite stew, is used as the main ingredient in this recipe. Thanks to it, the soup cooks faster.

Lenten cabbage soup with mushrooms
Shchi is a traditional first course of Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian cuisine. It tastes like borscht, but shchi is less rich and rich, more liquid. An essential component of shchi is cabbage. It can be either fresh or pickled. The basis of shchi

Children's borscht
Pediatricians recommend including soups in the menu for children. They normalize digestion processes and charge little fidgets with energy. One of the healthiest soups is children's borscht. In the recipe, unlike the adult one, the use of garlic

Okroshka on kefir without meat
Okroshka is one of the most summery dishes. And it is not surprising, because it is quick and easy to prepare, brings coolness on a hot summer day and is quite filling. According to this recipe, you can prepare the lightest and most dietary version o

Okroshka with kvass and beef
For those who prefer to make their menu lighter and refreshing on hot summer days, the recipe for okroshka on kvass will come in handy. The dish is served cold, so it is especially pleasant to eat in the heat. And the pieces of beef in the compositio

Borscht in a jar
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you want soup? Borscht! And what if you want borscht in the winter? Then why not prepare it for the winter in advance? For this recipe, we take beef as the main meat, but not everyone likes it in sou

Classic okroshka
You can easily guess from which verb the word "okroshka" comes. Its recipe can be described in one word - "to crumble". And indeed, almost the entire process of preparing the right okroshka consists of cutting the ingredients. The

Pork shurpa
Shurpa is a dish that is both a first and a second course. It is a tasty, thick, rich soup with lots of vegetables and spices. Experienced cooks recommend taking fatty meat to prepare shurpa from pork. The ideal option is brisket or pork ribs. You ca

Suvorov-style soup
The Suvorov-style soup recipe necessarily includes chicken and fresh mushrooms. The combination of chicken and mushrooms has already become a culinary classic. You can use any mushrooms for the soup: wild or store-bought. When picking mushrooms yours

Solyanka with potatoes and sausage
Initially, in Rus', solyanka was the name for a hot dish of cabbage with vegetables and meat with the addition of brine or vinegar. Only in 1830 did solyanka as a soup appear in the cookbooks of that time. At that time, solyanka was suggested to

Pea soup with pork
Aromatic pea soup is one of the favorite first courses of many Russians. Usually, it is based on a rich meat broth. If you want to prepare a dietary version of the dish, take chicken, but if you are for satiety and calorie content, choose pork. This

Cream of champignon soup with potatoes
Cream of champignon soup is a recipe for a nutritious and easily digestible dish that can be prepared in an hour. It is a low-calorie product that does not harm your figure at all. Champignons are equally useful both fresh and frozen. When buying fro

Vegetarian Pea Soup
Pea soup is a hearty and tasty first course, which is one of the traditional dishes in Russian cuisine. A popular version of its preparation is with smoked meats, but you can also make a Lenten version, which is perfect for vegetarians. In this case,

Soup with dumplings
In Central Asian and Caucasian cuisine, there is a dish called chuchvara. This is a soup made with unleavened dough products with meat filling. It is believed that it served as the basis for the recipe for soup with dumplings and vegetables. Pork fil

Pea soup with stewed meat
Want to give yourself and your family a tourist mood? Prepare this version of pea soup. The taste of stewed meat will remind you of summer hikes.

Kharcho with walnuts
Even those who have never been to Georgia know kharcho soup. The basis of the dish is beef or pork, tkemali, and tomato paste. The soup has a rich tomato flavor, thick consistency, and a bright spicy aroma. The main secret of making a successful khar

Gazpacho Soup with Feta
Once a worker's dish, gazpacho is now served in the world's most fashionable restaurants. In 2013, the soup was even served at a reception for the Queen and King of Spain. Gazpacho is a light vegetable soup containing tomatoes and olive oil.

Georgian Solyanka
Georgian meat solyanka differs from the classic recipe that is usually prepared in Russia. In Georgia, this is a fragrant and spicy hot dish based on beef, pickles, vegetables and spices. If desired, this solyanka can be made thick or thin. Its consi

Cabbage soup with dried mushrooms
During Lent, believers follow strict dietary rules. For example, it is forbidden to eat meat, dairy products, eggs, etc. Cabbage soup with dried mushrooms becomes one of the main dishes of this period. It is based on vegetable broth. Vegetables becom

Sauerkraut soup with chicken
Shchi is a traditional first course of Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian cuisine. It tastes like borscht, but shchi is less rich and rich, more liquid. The basis of this first course is meat broth - beef, pork, lamb or chicken. An indispensable compo

Pea soup with hunter's sausages
Pea soup is a hearty and tasty first course, which is one of the traditional dishes in Russian cuisine. A popular way to cook it is with smoked meats, such as hunter's sausages. In combination with spices and fresh herbs, they will give the soup

Cream of spinach soup
For the spinach cream soup recipe, you can use either fresh or frozen spinach. You can use low-fat cream, but do not neglect the butter, replacing it with vegetable oil - in the first case, the finished soup turns out much more aromatic and tender. T

Beef Lagman
There are many reasons to love this dish. Beef lagman is rich, tasty and very filling. One serving can easily feed several hungry people! To make classic lagman at home, you need to cook the noodles. But if you want to do it faster, store-bought will
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