Kristina's home cooking

What it is

The TikTok of food creator Kristina Kardanova, with 1.3 million followers and more than 17 million likes. There's nothing fancy or restaurant-style here, just straightforward home cooking of the kind people make every day. Patties topped with a cheesy "cap", a light cabbage "vitamin" salad, garlic pampushki (soft buns served with borscht), Georgian ojakhuri with beef, crepes with ham and cheese, a raspberry pie with a sour cream custard, a vegetable soup with bacon. Each video shows the whole process from chopping to the finished dish, and the caption always has a full ingredient list with weights. The captions are in Russian, but the recipes are easy to follow from the video, and a translation app handles the lists.

Why we picked it

Because it's genuinely practical. Plenty of cooking videos look great but leave you wondering how much of everything to use. Not here: the ingredients are listed point by point, down to a spoon of sugar and a sachet of yeast. It works almost like a cookbook with video, showing you what the dough should feel like and how the mince should look before it goes in the pan.

We also like the calm tone: no shouting, no "you won't believe this", no pushy sales. The ingredients are ordinary supermarket staples, and the dishes are the kind you want on a family table. New recipes come out often; in late September 2026 it was almost daily.

Where to start

• Garlic pampushki for borscht, a perfect weekend project.
• The patties with a "cap", to shake up a regular dinner.
• The raspberry pie with sour cream filling for tea time.
• Beef ojakhuri, a hearty Georgian dish made at home.
• The cabbage "vitamin" salad as a quick side.

Who it's for

People cooking for a family who want fresh everyday ideas. Beginners who need to see the process and know exact amounts. Anyone curious about Russian and post-Soviet home cooking, or tired of recipes full of hard-to-find ingredients.

Quick answers

Where are the ingredients? In the caption of each video, listed with weights.

Are the recipes hard? No, it's everyday home cooking with easy-to-find ingredients.

Is she on other platforms? Yes, as kitchen_kristin on Instagram and YouTube.