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
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Octopus Carpaccio (たこのカルパッチョ)
Description: Fresh homemade carpaccio. It is nice to have as appetizer to share. No need to go to a fancy restaurant. All we need is to slice them, place them and pour dressing over them!Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Boiled octopus (alternatively, 200g of uncooked octopus and boil at home) - thinly sliced, 100g … Continue reading Octopus Carpaccio (たこのカルパッチョ)
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
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
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
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Chicken and Asparagus cream penne pasta
Description: Simple yet delicious creamy chicken and asparagus penne pasta. One of the indulged pasta dishes. It goes very well with white wine.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Penne pasta - 140g Asparagus - cut into 4 pieces, 230g Chicken - cut in bite size, 180g Single cream - 150ml Garlic - chopped, 2 cloves … Continue reading Chicken and Asparagus cream penne pasta
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Toshikoshi Soba (年越し蕎麦)
Description: Japanese traditional meal to end the year and welcome the new year. No matter where I spend my new years’ eves, this would be something I cannot miss! This tradition lets go of the hardships of the year because soba (buckwheat) noodles are easily broken off while eating compared to other noodles, Soba’s thin … Continue reading Toshikoshi Soba (年越し蕎麦)
Salmon Soup (Soupe au saumon)
Description: Creamy soup with salmon and a variety of vegetables. It will warm you up when the weather is cold. It can be served with a slice of bread, rye is the best but it can go well with any other bread too. I tried a real Finnish salmon soup “Lohikeitto” in Helsinki myself several … Continue reading Salmon Soup (Soupe au saumon)
Okra Natto (オクラ納豆)
Description: A Japanese “superfood”, Natto is also called fermented soyabeans. It is very simple to prepare and it is full of important nutrients. We Japanese eat natto like French eat their (various) cheeses. Ignore the smell or the looks… just eat it. Combining with rice is one of the traditional way to consume it.Serves: 2Cooking … Continue reading Okra Natto (オクラ納豆)
Mignonne Nutri-Cuisine 