--- title: "Food blogger Yana Gordunovska reveals her pantry staples: what's in her fridge for mood-based breakfasts" description: "Food blogger Yana Gordunovska told Wave RBC.UA about her pantry staples: eggs, cottage cheese, grains and seasonal vegetables allow her to cook different breakfasts every day without excessive stockpiling." date: 2026-08-24T06:26:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/food-blogger-yana-gordunovskaya-fridge-staples-for-breakfasts tags: [food-blogger, breakfast, healthy-eating, cooking, lifestyle] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Food blogger Yana Gordunovska reveals her pantry staples: what's in her fridge for mood-based breakfasts ![Food blogger Yana Gordunovska in a white embroidered blouse against green foliage shares her pantry staples for mood-based breakfasts](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/24/fudblogerka-yana-gordunovskaya-baza-dlya-zavtrakov/fudblogerka-yana-gordunovskaya-baza-dlya-zavtrakov-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - Yana Gordunovska's fridge always has eggs, cottage cheese, milk, plain yogurt, kefir, cheese, butter, meat, as well as seasonal vegetables, fruits, berries and herbs. - On her kitchen shelves she keeps grains, flour, bread, chia seeds, cocoa, baking powder, nuts and spices β€” this base is what she uses for sweet and savory breakfasts. - Among her favorite recipes are lazy oatmeal (banana, oats, yogurt, milk, chia, cocoa), which she prepares in the evening, and sugar-free banana pancakes. In an exclusive conversation with the lifestyle project WAVE by RBC-Ukraine, food blogger Yana Gordunovska talked about what her fridge actually contains and why it doesn't hold dozens of products sitting around unused for years. Her main principle is to keep a trusted "base" of ingredients at home, from which she can quickly put together different dishes depending on her mood, without any extra planning, rather than buying things that will eventually go bad on the shelf. Read more about her approach to food and her favorite set of ingredients in the article on [Wave RBC.UA](https://wave.rbc.ua/ukr/taste/fudblogerka-pokazala-svoyu-produktovu-bazu-1787315030.html). ### Fridge staples: minimal extras, maximum usefulness Among the permanent residents of Gordunovska's fridge are eggs, cottage cheese, milk, plain yogurt, kefir, cheese and butter. In addition to dairy products and eggs, there is always meat for preparing various dishes, as well as seasonal vegetables, fruits, berries and fresh herbs. According to the blogger, this set of ingredients keeps her fridge from turning into a "food warehouse" and prevents her from storing things that won't be eaten in time. ### Kitchen shelves: a dry base for variety Separately, the food blogger keeps grains, flour, bread, chia seeds, cocoa, baking powder, nuts and spices on her kitchen shelves. It is precisely this simple dry base, she says, that allows her to avoid eating the same breakfast every day, combining ingredients according to her current mood and available time. ### Mood-based breakfasts: sweet and savory options If she's in the mood for something sweet, she can make pancakes, syrniki (cheese cakes) or fluffy oladyi (buckwheat pancakes) from the same base. For a savory breakfast, waffles, croque madame or shakshuka work well. Gordunovska makes both sweet and savory versions of pancakes using one universal recipe, changing only the filling. For a sweet version without added sugar, she uses banana pancakes, where the sweetness comes from a ripe banana. ### Her favorite recipe: lazy oatmeal A special place in her diet is occupied by lazy oatmeal β€” a recipe for mornings when she doesn't feel like spending time cooking. It requires a banana, oats, yogurt, milk, chia seeds and cocoa: everything is mixed in the evening and left in the fridge overnight, and in the morning she simply takes out the ready oatmeal and adds fresh berries or fruit. "This is one of those recipes that best matches my approach to food: minimal effort, maximum pleasure," the blogger explains. She also singles out cottage cheese, which is used in several dishes β€” from classic syrniki to lazy vareniki (dumplings) and homemade waffles. ### The philosophy of repetition, not novelty Gordunovska admits that she doesn't try to constantly buy new products just for the sake of variety: her kitchen is built around a few favorite ingredients that are easy to combine with one another. "I love recipes that you want to repeat in real life. Not just to photograph beautifully once, but to cook today, then again next week and a month later," she says. According to her, this set of ingredients is enough to cook something new every day, and beyond that, "imagination takes over." ## πŸ” Fact-Check Verification - [What's in a food blogger's fridge? Pantry staples for quality breakfasts](https://wave.rbc.ua/ukr/taste/fudblogerka-pokazala-svoyu-produktovu-bazu-1787315030.html) - ЕдинствСнный источник: эксклюзивноС ΠΈΠ½Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€Π²ΡŒΡŽ Π―Π½Ρ‹ Гордуновской для WAVE (Π Π‘Πš-Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°ΠΈΠ½Π°). 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ΠŸΡ€ΠΎΡ‚ΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡ€Π΅Ρ‡ΠΈΠΉ с Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠ³ΠΈΠΌΠΈ источниками Π½Π΅Ρ‚, Ρ‚Π°ΠΊ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠ³ΠΈΡ… Π½Π΅ прСдоставлСно. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What products are always in Yana Gordunovska's fridge? **A:** According to her, these are eggs, cottage cheese, milk, plain yogurt, kefir, cheese and butter, as well as meat for various dishes and seasonal vegetables, fruits, berries and fresh herbs. ### Q: What does the food blogger keep on her kitchen shelves? **A:** Grains, flour, bread, chia seeds, cocoa, baking powder, nuts and spices β€” she uses this dry base so as not to eat the same breakfast every day. ### Q: How is her favorite recipe β€” lazy oatmeal β€” prepared? **A:** You need a banana, oats, yogurt, milk, chia seeds and cocoa. Everything is mixed in the evening and left in the fridge overnight, and in the morning fresh berries or fruit are added to the ready oatmeal.