Description: Easy and fast to prepare. It looks like a small appetiser or a side dish, but this dish fills you up 🙂 Tuna-Mayo is a popular ingredient in Japan. I personally love Tuna-mayo onigiri rice balls 🙂 This was applied to lotus roots this time. Hope you enjoy some popular Japanese flavour. Tuna-mayo matches … Continue reading Lotus Roots and tuna-mayo salad
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Daikon Radish Steak (大根ステーキ)
Description: One of Japanese signature dishes. A popular Japanese grilled seasoning “butter ponzu: バターポン酢 / バタポン” was used for this dish. Butter ponzu is an amazing seasoning and it is a mixture of sourness from ponzu and mild flavour from butter. You can use it for other recipes too.Serves: 3Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients Daikon … Continue reading Daikon Radish Steak (大根ステーキ)
Tuna Mayo Aubergine pasta
Description: It can be either a main dish or a side dish and you may use different types of pasta such as Tortiglioni or Conchiglie rigati. This dish can be served hot or cold. Some salads go really well with this as well. Tuna-Mayo is a popular ingredient in Japan. I personally love Tuna-mayo onigiri … Continue reading Tuna Mayo Aubergine pasta
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
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
Fresh Tomato and Aubergine Pasta
Description: Fresh vegetable pasta. No need to use tomato tins but easy to cook tomato sauce for spaghetti. This can be either a main dish or a side dish if you use different types of pasta such as farfalle, penne, or tortiglioni pasta. It can be served hot or cold. Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes … Continue reading Fresh Tomato and Aubergine Pasta
Slightly simmered lotus root with chili in Japanese style
Description: This can be served as an appetiser or a side dish and can be served hot or cold. Crunchy delectable lotus root perfectly matches with a little bit of chili flavour with a scent of sesame oil. It goes well with rice and can be a nice snack with beer or bubbly wine too! … Continue reading Slightly simmered lotus root with chili in Japanese style
Beaten cucumber with spicy miso (たたき胡瓜味噌味)
Description: Easy and quick to prepare, yet the delicious flavour of miso amazingly matches with cucumbers. One of the popular Japanese side dishes. Cucumbers are not boring if you use the right seasonings. It is low-calorie and can be a refreshing appetizer or a side dish. You can beat the food while preparing. What a … Continue reading Beaten cucumber with spicy miso (たたき胡瓜味噌味)
Ajillo with courgette and mushrooms
Description: One of the popular Spanish tapas dish. Simple and quick to cook, yet it gives a nice smell of garlic and herbs. A bit of spiciness from chilli which imbues the oil makes this dish fantastic. This can be served as a side dish or even main along with garlic bread or bruschetta!Serves: 3Cooking … Continue reading Ajillo with courgette and mushrooms
Mignonne Nutri-Cuisine 