Description: Simple, easy to prepare and is one of your 5-A-Day. Frozen spinach can be used too.Serves: 2Cooking time: 5 minutes Ingredients Spinach - steam or boiled, 160g Soy sauce - 1 teaspoon Bonito flakes (alternatively, ground sesame seeds) - 2 teaspoons Method 1. Steam the spinach briefly.2. When they are soft enough, squeeze and … Continue reading Japanese spinach with soysauce “Ohitashi” – 法蓮草のお浸し
Small dishes
Burdock crisps with aonori seaweed
Description: Simple and healthier snack. Instead of having potato crisps, why don’t you try this?Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 mins Ingredients Burdock - thinly sliced, 150g Flour - 2 tablespoons Salt - 1 dash Aonori seaweed - 2 tablespoons Sunflower oil - 2 tablespoons Lemon - 1 slice Method 1. Remove the excess water by patting … Continue reading Burdock crisps with aonori seaweed
Chikuwa & carrot kinpira
Description: One of the Japanese traditional dishes, “kinpira”. Kinpira can be very simple, just cooked with only one ingredient or with a lot of vegetables. It’s your choice.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Chikuwa fish cake - chopped diagonally, 160g Carrots - chopped into thin strips, 50g (You may use more carrot according to your … Continue reading Chikuwa & carrot kinpira
Sausage and green pepper curry flavour sauteé
Description: It’s so simple and good. Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Sausage - chopped, 4 pieces, 80g Curry powder - 1 teaspoon Garlic - chopped, 2 cloves Ground black pepper - 2 dashes Salt - 1 dash Asparagus - cut in 4 pieces, 230g Method 1. Steam the asparagus.2. Meanwhile, in a large non-stick frying … Continue reading Sausage and green pepper curry flavour sauteé
Stir-fried pork, potato and green pepper
Description: Just a simple stir-fried vegetable. Use somehow left vegetables at home and cook for no special reason.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Pork loin - chopped into thin strips, 100g Baby potatoes - chopped into thin strips, 4 to 5 pieces, 150g Green pepper - chopped into thin strips, 160g Sesame oil (Alternatively, sunflower … Continue reading Stir-fried pork, potato and green pepper
Burdock carrot & green beans roll
Description: For those who wish their family to eat vegetables and for those who enjoy vegetables.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Carrot - chopped into thin strips, 80g Burdock - chopped into thin strips, 80g Green beans - cut into two pieces, 80g Sake cooking wine - 1 tablespoon Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon Black … Continue reading Burdock carrot & green beans roll
Aglio e olio peperoncino shitake mushroom
Description: Simple but delicious shiitake mushrooms. This can be canape, finger foods or appetiser. Serves: 10 piecesCooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Shiitake mushrooms (alternatively chestnut mushrooms) - 10 pieces or 200g Garlic - chopped in fine pieces, 2 cloves Olive oil - 1 tablespoon Dried chili - chopped, 1 piece Salt - 1 dash Black pepper … Continue reading Aglio e olio peperoncino shitake mushroom
Aubergine and green pepper in miso flavour
Description: A lot of seasonings, but heating only 10 minutes. Extremely soft aubergine has such a nice flavour of miso.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Green pepper - chopped, 1 small pieces or 80g Aubergine - chopped, 1 piece or 200g Pork belly - chopped, 60g Soy sauce - 2 teaspoons Mirin cooking wine - … Continue reading Aubergine and green pepper in miso flavour
Stuffed green pepper (ピーマンの肉詰め)
Description: Somewhat nostalgic dish. Very common dish that parents prepare to make their children eat vegetables.Serves: 2Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients Mincemeat (5%) 200gGreen pepper - cut in half, 5 pieces (small) or 160g Onion, ½ piece or 75gGarlic - chopped, 2 cloves Soy sauce - ⅔ tablespoon Ground black Pepper - ½ teaspoon Sesame … Continue reading Stuffed green pepper (ピーマンの肉詰め)
Beef, lotus roots, chikuwa, and green beans kinpira
Description: One of the Japanese traditional dishes, “kinpira”.You can add your favourite vegetables and meat, and make your own style.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Lotus roots- cut into half moon slices 2-3 mm width, 100g Chikuwa fish cake - chopped diagonally, 160g Green Beans - 80g Thinly sliced beef (rib eye) - 50g Mirin … Continue reading Beef, lotus roots, chikuwa, and green beans kinpira