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
Low Carb
Tuna Mayo Cucumber Burger
Description: Carb free canapé. Can be served as canapé or finger food for parties, appetizers, and side dishes. You can prepare it in advance and chill it in the fridge before serving.Serves: 16 piecesCooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Cucumber - chopped in about 5 mm thick, 200g (I had 32 slices to make 16 pieces … Continue reading Tuna Mayo Cucumber Burger
Maguro Tatsuta-yaki
Description: No deep fry, simple, and delicious. Nostalgic Japanese dish. Serves: 2 Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients Tuna - cut into bite-size, 160g Potato flour - 2 tablespoons Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon Sake cooking wine - 1 tablespoon Lemon juice - ½ teaspoon or squeeze from ½ wedge of lemon Sunflower oil - 2 tablespoons Method … Continue reading Maguro Tatsuta-yaki
Pork Ginger & courgette Sauté
Description: The fresh lemon flavour with a little ginger punch matches with the fatty pork and courgette.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Sliced pork belly- chopped, 80g Courgette - chopped, 1 piece or 200g Ginger - chopped into small pieces, 5g Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon or squeeze from 1 wedge of lemon Olive oil … Continue reading Pork Ginger & courgette Sauté
Stir-fried chicken and green pepper
Description: Simple and Fast to prepare. For one of your lazy day meals. You may want to eat this with a bowl of steamed rice.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Minced meat (chicken or turkey) - 100g Green pepper - 160g Ginger - pureed, 1 teaspoon Soy sauce - ½ tablespoon Sake cooking wine - … Continue reading Stir-fried chicken and green pepper
Chicken and cabbage soup
Description: This soup is as good as mulled wine in the winter. When cold, just having this soup makes you really warm.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Chicken breast - chopped into bite-size, 150g Cabbage - torn, 150g Spring onions - chopped, 20g Chicken stock cube - 1 piece Water - 450 mL Ground black … Continue reading Chicken and cabbage soup
Stuffed mushroom
Description: Just a little bit of twist can make mushrooms special. This can be a canape, finger food or an appetiser. This is also one of the common ippin-ryori (一品料理) which is Japanese à la carte.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Mushrooms (shitake, chestnut or portobello) - 200g or 10 pieces Minced meat (chicken or … Continue reading Stuffed mushroom
Spicy garlicky chicken and broccoli
Description: Simple homemade dish. One of the best recipes to eat a large amount of broccoli.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Broccoli - cut 1 in bite-size, 160g Chicken - cut 1 in bite-size, 160g Garlic - chopped, 2 cloves Olive oil - 1 tablespoon Sake cooking wine - 1 tablespoon Ground black pepper - … Continue reading Spicy garlicky chicken and broccoli
Summer vegetable salad
Description: Refreshing salad using summer vegetables. A salad but it’s quite filling.Serves: 2 Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Aubergine - 1 piece or 200g, chopped into small pieces Fresh Tomatoes - chopped in small dice, 3 pieces or 180g Cucumber - 160g Olive oil - 2 tablespoons Garlic - pureed, 1 teaspoon or 1 piece Salt … Continue reading Summer vegetable salad
Marinated Aubergine and tomato in a basil sauce
Description: Can be served as an appetiser or side dish. In summer, you can serve it chilled and this is a perfect dish to cool down. The flavour of basil makes tomatoes and aubergine special.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients Aubergine - 1 piece or 200g Tomato - sliced, 2 medium size or 120g Basil … Continue reading Marinated Aubergine and tomato in a basil sauce