Here I have listed a few of my family's favorite Ukrainian recipes. Just about every Ukrainian family has a different way of making these foods - these are my family's own particular variations. Just click on the thumbnail to go to the black and white drawing of a pysanky that you can print off, and give to your children to colour. When I was a small child, I was told this story about Ukrainian Easter eggs.
Legend has it that there is a huge evil creature chained to a hillside.
Every year when Easter Eggs are made, the number of eggs is counted. If only a few eggs are made, the creature's bonds are loosened, and evil flows through the earth. One of the predominant occupations of Ukrainians was that of farmer. They had many customs involving decorated eggs. There was a custom of rolling an egg in green oats, and burying it in the field to ensure a good crop.