Description: Crunchy yam potatoes go really well with bacon and melted cheese. If you do not finish your raclette cheese in your previous meal, this is one of the best ways to use leftover cheese the next day.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients Yam potatoes - sliced in 5 mm width, 200g Bacon - sliced … Continue reading Grilled yam potato with bacon and raclette cheese
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Pork mince steak with lotus roots (蓮根おろしバーグ)
Description: Amazing homemade pork mince steak in Japanese style. It is a very healthy and filling mince steak. You may use chicken or turkey mince instead. Serves: 4 pieces (200g per piece or smaller size and more numbers)Cooking time: 40 minutes Ingredients Pork mince (4%) - 500g Medium egg - 1 Onion - cut in … Continue reading Pork mince steak with lotus roots (蓮根おろしバーグ)
Padrón Peppers spanish style – Pimientos de Padrón
Description: This is not a hot crazy dish. Nicely soft and some part could be still crunchy. It is one of popular and famous Spanish tapas dishes. You can cook at home easily 🙂 This goes well with white wine too!Serves: 2Cooking time: 3 minutes Ingredients Padrón peppers - 100g Olive oil - 1 tablespoon … Continue reading Padrón Peppers spanish style – Pimientos de Padrón
Fried lotus root with aonori seaweed powder (蓮根の磯辺揚げ)
Description: A nice and crunchy side dish or even a starter. It is easy and fast to cook, but it is also fast to go inside our stomach. This can be also a good canapé.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Lotus roots - slices 3 to 5mm width, 120g Potato flour (Alternatively, wheat flour) - … Continue reading Fried lotus root with aonori seaweed powder (蓮根の磯辺揚げ)
Bruschetta spaghetti
Description: Bruschetta in pasta. Fresh, light, and filled with flavour. You can serve hot or cold. Alongside a glass of white wine would be my favorite to share with a friend. It can be either a main dish or a side dish if you use different types of pasta such as farfalle.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 … Continue reading Bruschetta spaghetti
Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Description: Easy and fast to prepare. This can be a small appetiser or a side dish. It is crunchy and very refreshing.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Beansprout - 200g Tuna tin - half tin, 55g Ponzu - 1 tablespoon Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon Chive - chopped, 1 teaspoon Method 1. Steam the bean … Continue reading Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Spicy Konnyaku Japanese style (こんにゃくのピリ辛炒め)
Description: A low-calorie Japanese dish. Amazingly, konnyaku has only 5 kcal on its own per 100g. The best ingredient to control weight and aim for a healthy diet.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Konnyaku - chopped and made incision, 1 piece (250g) Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon Sesame oil - 1/2 tablespoon Mirin cooking wine … Continue reading Spicy Konnyaku Japanese style (こんにゃくのピリ辛炒め)
Creamy scrambled egg with salmon on Rye
Description: One of the best breakfast dishes. Easy and quick, yet very delicious. The combination of creamy scrambled egg and smoked salmon makes a perfect match to the bread. I personally like Finnish rye bread but it goes well with any type of rye bread. Serves: 1Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Large egg - beaten, … Continue reading Creamy scrambled egg with salmon on Rye
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
Kinpira Burdock – Sautéed burdock Japanese style (きんぴら牛蒡)
Description: One of the Japanese traditional dishes. It is nutritious, delicious, and easy to cook. In addition, you can cook a large amount and eat it the next day, or adding it to a bento box would be nice too. You can eat it hot or cold and it goes really well with a pint … Continue reading Kinpira Burdock – Sautéed burdock Japanese style (きんぴら牛蒡)