Description: Feeling like eating pasta, but want to eat healthy? If today is one of those days, here is the right dish. One of the healthy balanced pasta dishes with a root vegetable. The nice texture and the crunchiness of lotus roots match with pasta amazingly. This can be served with different shapes of pasta … Continue reading Lotus root and mincemeat chilli spaghetti
Author: Haruka Sugiyama
Daikon radish and pork
Description: Japanese-style izakaya dish. This can be served as a starter or a side dish. You can cook a large portion and eat it the next day too. Flavour is well-absorbed into the ingredients, so the next day dish becomes even tastier.Serves: 3Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Pork belly - 100g (1 slice) Daikon radish … Continue reading Daikon radish and pork
Tofu with Negi Shio sauce (ネギ塩豆腐)
Description: Simple and easy to prepare. Tofu can be very nice with seasonings. This can be added into a salad as well. It is healthy and refreshing.Serves: 1 Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Tofu - 150g Spring onion - chopped, 15g Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon or squeeze from 1 wedge … Continue reading Tofu with Negi Shio sauce (ネギ塩豆腐)
Pan-fried salmon cutlet
Description: No deep fry but still crispy and tasty. It goes well with white wine, sparkling wine or beer. Serves: 3Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients Salmon - cut into bite size 2 pieces or 280g Mayonnaise - 1 tablespoon Bread crumb - 30g Dill (Dry) - 1 tablespoon Sunflower oil - 1 tablespoon Method 1. Put … Continue reading Pan-fried salmon cutlet
Lemon cream chicken pasta
Description: It is a simple elegant pasta yet easy to prepare for the weekday dinner. A splash of lemon gives a fresh flavour to the cream sauce. Creamy yet not heavy and it has a lemony, garlicky with a little nutty taste from the parmesan cheese.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Spaghetti - 140g Chicken … Continue reading Lemon cream chicken pasta
Chicken breast and okra salad
Description: Healthy and fresh salad. It is easy to prepare and you can prepare it in advance and keep it in the fridge. One of 5-A-Day dishes and this can be a small appetizer or side dish.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Chicken breast - 150g Okra - chopped, 160g Sake cooking wine - 2 … Continue reading Chicken breast and okra salad
Mushroom cheese bake
Description: Can be served as a canapé, finger food for parties, snack or an izakaya-style dish. Just a bit of twist (or what you may call a ‘left-over recipe’) can make mushrooms much nicer than just simply grilled mushrooms in the oven.Serves: 2 (10 pieces)Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Mushroom - 250g or 10 pieces … Continue reading Mushroom cheese bake
Hasselback Style Baked Aubergine
Description: Just a simple aubergine baked, but you can make it impressive. This can be served hot or cold. Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Aubergine - 1 piece or 200g Soy sauce - 1 teaspoon Mirin cooking wine - 1 teaspoon Sake cooking wine - 1 teaspoon Ginger - pureed, 1 teaspoon Sesame oil - … Continue reading Hasselback Style Baked Aubergine
Bolognese
Description: Healthy homemade Bolognese pasta. For those who are not a big fan of vegetables, this would be one of the best dishes to eat vegetables with meat. If you have left-over red wine, This is the moment to splash it into the pasta sauce.Serves: 4Cooking time: 60 minutes Ingredients Beef mince (5%) - 400g … Continue reading Bolognese
Prosciutto Caprese Bites
Description: Easy and quick canape to prepare for a party or appetiser at home. You may even add a piece on the side of your salad or main dish. It would look pretty as decoration too. You can make it with your children as it does not really involve using knives. As a carb-free canapé, … Continue reading Prosciutto Caprese Bites
Mignonne Nutri-Cuisine 