Description: Feeling like eating pasta, but want to eat healthy? If today is one of those days, here is the right dish. One of the healthy balanced pasta dishes with a root vegetable. The nice texture and the crunchiness of lotus roots match with pasta amazingly. This can be served with different shapes of pasta … Continue reading Lotus root and mincemeat chilli spaghetti
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Daikon radish and pork
Description: Japanese-style izakaya dish. This can be served as a starter or a side dish. You can cook a large portion and eat it the next day too. Flavour is well-absorbed into the ingredients, so the next day dish becomes even tastier.Serves: 3Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Pork belly - 100g (1 slice) Daikon radish … Continue reading Daikon radish and pork
Tofu with Negi Shio sauce (ネギ塩豆腐)
Description: Simple and easy to prepare. Tofu can be very nice with seasonings. This can be added into a salad as well. It is healthy and refreshing.Serves: 1 Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Tofu - 150g Spring onion - chopped, 15g Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon or squeeze from 1 wedge … Continue reading Tofu with Negi Shio sauce (ネギ塩豆腐)
Lemon cream chicken pasta
Description: It is a simple elegant pasta yet easy to prepare for the weekday dinner. A splash of lemon gives a fresh flavour to the cream sauce. Creamy yet not heavy and it has a lemony, garlicky with a little nutty taste from the parmesan cheese.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Spaghetti - 140g Chicken … Continue reading Lemon cream chicken pasta
Mushroom cheese bake
Description: Can be served as a canapé, finger food for parties, snack or an izakaya-style dish. Just a bit of twist (or what you may call a ‘left-over recipe’) can make mushrooms much nicer than just simply grilled mushrooms in the oven.Serves: 2 (10 pieces)Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Mushroom - 250g or 10 pieces … Continue reading Mushroom cheese bake
Hasselback Style Baked Aubergine
Description: Just a simple aubergine baked, but you can make it impressive. This can be served hot or cold. Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Aubergine - 1 piece or 200g Soy sauce - 1 teaspoon Mirin cooking wine - 1 teaspoon Sake cooking wine - 1 teaspoon Ginger - pureed, 1 teaspoon Sesame oil - … Continue reading Hasselback Style Baked Aubergine
Prosciutto Caprese Bites
Description: Easy and quick canape to prepare for a party or appetiser at home. You may even add a piece on the side of your salad or main dish. It would look pretty as decoration too. You can make it with your children as it does not really involve using knives. As a carb-free canapé, … Continue reading Prosciutto Caprese Bites
Japanese pork soup (豚汁)
Description: Amazing Japanese pork soup “Butajiru”. It warms you up in winter or when you are ill. This soup has a lot of ingredients, so it is a well-balanced meal. Serves: 8Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients Pork Belly - chopped in small pieces, 200g Carrot - chopped into one bite-size, 1 piece Konnyaku - 1 piece … Continue reading Japanese pork soup (豚汁)
Lotus Roots and tuna-mayo salad
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
Pancetta and spinach gigli pasta with pecorino cheese
Description: Enjoyable pasta not only for its amazing taste but also cute appearance. On top of that, spinach boosts the nutritional value of the dish. If you find a funny shape of pasta, you can try it. We eat pasta with our eyes too. If you don’t have any funny shapes, of course, you can … Continue reading Pancetta and spinach gigli pasta with pecorino cheese
Mignonne Nutri-Cuisine 