Description: Healthy creamy pasta. Using ‘’the butter from the forest’’, it can be served hot or cold. Without using any cream or cheese, this pasta is still very creamy and yet a healthier pasta option. This can be a main or side dish.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Salmon - cut in small pieces, 300g … Continue reading Salmon Avocado Pasta
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Pan-fried Chicken breast strips (ささみのチーズフライ)
Description: No deep fry but still crispy and tasty. A nice dish for a special occasion such as Christmas. It goes well with white wine, sparkling wine or beer. Serves: 2 (4 pieces)Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients Chicken breast strips - make an incision or open, 8 strips or 280g Cheese (Swiss, alternatively Emmental) - … Continue reading Pan-fried Chicken breast strips (ささみのチーズフライ)
Spaghetti aglio e olio peperoncino with Octopus
Description: This can be served cold or warm. Parsley gives off great aromas and freshness, and garlic and chilli give a nice punch, perfect for a sunny summer.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Spaghetti - 180g Boiled octopus (alternatively, uncooked octopus and boil at home) - chopped in small pieces, 160g Garlic - chopped, 2 … Continue reading Spaghetti aglio e olio peperoncino with Octopus
Beef meatballs with creamy mushroom sauce
Description: Homemade meatball with creamy mushroom sauce. No additional sugar but a sweet and savoury dish. You may keep leftovers and cook some other dishes such as pasta later on.Serves: 3 (15 meatballs)Cooking time: 45 minutes Ingredient Meatballs Beef mince (5%) - 500g Onion - chopped in small pieces, 2 pieces or 150g for meatballs … Continue reading Beef meatballs with creamy mushroom sauce
Lemon Chicken herb pasta
Description: Refreshing pasta. The combination of chicken, lemon and herbs are just amazing. This dish goes well with some green salad or steamed vegetables on the side. Also enjoyable with white wine :DServes: 2Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients Spaghetti - 160g Extra virgin olive oil- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice - 2 tablespoons (squeezed from half … Continue reading Lemon Chicken herb pasta
Spicy chikuwa fish cakes and burdock (竹輪と牛蒡のピリ辛煮)
Description: Nice combination of burdock and chikuwa fish cake. It really goes well with rice and beer. You may eat them as a Japanese izakaya dish (similar to Spanish tapas).Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Chikuwa fish cake - chopped diagonally, 160g Burdock - chopped diagonally, 100g Dry chilli - chopped, 1 piece Sesame oil … Continue reading Spicy chikuwa fish cakes and burdock (竹輪と牛蒡のピリ辛煮)
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
Oyako-don (Chicken and Egg Bowl, 親子丼)
Description: Easy and fast to prepare. One of the popular Japanese dishes. Soft and creamy egg and chicken with slightly sweet tastes go really well with rice. I use “Clarence Court” eggs (UK) for this recipe as they are so creamy, vibrant and intense. It works really well for this dish as you can fully … Continue reading Oyako-don (Chicken and Egg Bowl, 親子丼)
Salmon olive spaghetti with Lemon & Thyme
Description: Refreshing olive oil-based pasta. It goes well with white or rosé wine. This can be a nice weekend lunch or even dinner 🙂 I would say this is a balanced pasta meal which contains, protein, carbs and fat nicely. You may eat some salad or steamed vegetables as well then that would be ideal … Continue reading Salmon olive spaghetti with Lemon & Thyme
Aubergine and mincemeat pasta
Description: It can be either a main dish or a side dish if you use different types of pasta such as farfalle, penne, or tortellini pasta. It can be served hot or cold. This dish gives a nice meaty taste of pasta with a nice punch of chive and black pepper. Without eating a large … Continue reading Aubergine and mincemeat pasta