Food Recipes and Blogs By a Japanese Mum in the UK
Finally found an easy sponge cake recipe that doesn’t disappoint you with all the effort and eggs that goes into! This recipe should not fail once you follow the easy steps and you don’t even need to separate the egg yolks and whites like other sophisticated recipes, for a soft and delicious basic sponge cake that can be used for any toppings of your choice. For 18cm cake tin (approx 989 cals
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Tuna pasta is my kids favourite and mine, as it’s quick & easy plus eating fish dish makes us feel better. I probably make pasta with tinned tuna the most if our old time favourite bolognese sauce is not available. This one is with olive oil, fresh cherry tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella cheese. But I always use some hidden vegetables because with pasta sauce, it’s very easy to disguise vegetables
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I made a confession to my children today. I told them my most favourite food in the world is CHESTNUTS (栗 kuri)! I can eat them as much as there is in front of me. They can’t hide from me and neither can I. My son said, what about 鰻Unagi ＝ smoke grilled eel, which he knows that I love? Well, it’s actually a very close call but I think
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Great way to create one more dish on your dinner table. Using a well known Japanese dressing, which has vinegar with sweetness and saltiness, called Sanbai-zu 三杯酢 (vinegar x 3), you can add a kick to your plate (in a nice way of course). Serves 4Some crab meatCucumber (about 3 cm of whole cucumber thinly sliced)Red Radish (about 3 thinly sliced) For Dressing1 teaspoon of vinegar (Preferably Japanese rice vinegar)1
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My first attempt to make our nation’s favourite (Japan) Melon Bread became quite a success this evening!!! My friend makes such a wonderful Melon Bread and I never thought I could make it myself, but when she gave me the recipe last week, I thought this might be the chance. Kids encouraged me telling me how delicious they can be and but on the other hand thinking it’ll be messy and
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