Description: A nice and crunchy side dish or even a starter. It is easy and fast to cook, but it is also fast to go inside our stomach. This can be also a good canapé.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Lotus roots - slices 3 to 5mm width, 120g Potato flour (Alternatively, wheat flour) - … Continue reading Fried lotus root with aonori seaweed powder (蓮根の磯辺揚げ)
Author: Haruka Sugiyama
Beef mince dice steak bite
Description: Easy and quick to prepare. Can be served as canapé or finger food for parties, appetizers, side dishes, or main.Serves: 12 piecesCooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Beef mince meat (10%) - cut into one bite-size, 200g Garlic - chopped in small pieces, 2 cloves Salt - 2 dashes Ground black Pepper - 3 dashes … Continue reading Beef mince dice steak bite
Bruschetta spaghetti
Description: Bruschetta in pasta. Fresh, light, and filled with flavour. You can serve hot or cold. Alongside a glass of white wine would be my favorite to share with a friend. It can be either a main dish or a side dish if you use different types of pasta such as farfalle.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 … Continue reading Bruschetta spaghetti
Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Description: Easy and fast to prepare. This can be a small appetiser or a side dish. It is crunchy and very refreshing.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Beansprout - 200g Tuna tin - half tin, 55g Ponzu - 1 tablespoon Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon Chive - chopped, 1 teaspoon Method 1. Steam the bean … Continue reading Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Spicy Konnyaku Japanese style (こんにゃくのピリ辛炒め)
Description: A low-calorie Japanese dish. Amazingly, konnyaku has only 5 kcal on its own per 100g. The best ingredient to control weight and aim for a healthy diet.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Konnyaku - chopped and made incision, 1 piece (250g) Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon Sesame oil - 1/2 tablespoon Mirin cooking wine … Continue reading Spicy Konnyaku Japanese style (こんにゃくのピリ辛炒め)
Creamy scrambled egg with salmon on Rye
Description: One of the best breakfast dishes. Easy and quick, yet very delicious. The combination of creamy scrambled egg and smoked salmon makes a perfect match to the bread. I personally like Finnish rye bread but it goes well with any type of rye bread. Serves: 1Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Large egg - beaten, … Continue reading Creamy scrambled egg with salmon on Rye
Okra and Bacon spaghetti
Description: One of 5 A Day pasta. You would hardly see this pasta in a restaurant but it is actually nicer than you would expect. A touch of Japanese flavour, “soy sauce butter” : バター醤油… one of the most popular seasoning combinations in Japanese cuisine.Serves: 2 Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Spaghetti - 180g Garlic - … Continue reading Okra and Bacon spaghetti
Kinpira Burdock – Sautéed burdock Japanese style (きんぴら牛蒡)
Description: One of the Japanese traditional dishes. It is nutritious, delicious, and easy to cook. In addition, you can cook a large amount and eat it the next day, or adding it to a bento box would be nice too. You can eat it hot or cold and it goes really well with a pint … Continue reading Kinpira Burdock – Sautéed burdock Japanese style (きんぴら牛蒡)
Grilled celery cheese
Description: Very easy and quick-to-cook yet healthy recipe. This helps to achieve one of 5 A Day. Serving celery with cheese and garlic, it actually gives a nice taste with a punch of black pepper flavour for both celery lovers and haters.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Celery - cut into a bite-size, 3 stalks … Continue reading Grilled celery cheese
Daikon radish and mince meat sauté
Description: One of the nice Japanese flavour side dishes. This dish really goes well with steamed rice and miso soup which are traditional in a Japanese meal. Dashi and meat tastes are well infused in daikon radish.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients Daikon radish - cut into a quarter slice, 200g Beef mince (10%) - … Continue reading Daikon radish and mince meat sauté