Food Recipes and Blogs By a Japanese Mum in the UK
Making sushi rice is simple as long as you have Japanese rice (never any other rice please!) and vinegar, sugar and salt ready. Make sure you cook the rice slightly harder than usual considering the vinegar mixture you have to add after cooking the rice. Here is the measurement for the sushi-vinegar mixture. Mix it with the freshly cooked rice while it’s hot. Another tip is the cutting motion while
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This was the best summer drink so far. Just a thought of getting rid of a massive bottle of lemonade in the fridge changed our life. So no extra sugar was added (..well a bit of honey couldn’t be avoided) and sweetness from fruits were just enough. If you don’t have Lemonade, you can add any other fizzy drink but the fizziness will disappear but the only the taste so
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I thought a life without washing machine was hard when I went to Nepal (but now they have that too), but now I live my life without my oven and microwave.. there is a problem with our electric circuit and some parts of kitchen doesn’t work and it’s been more than a week now!!! I miss them so much especially the oven! As hob is working so microwave isn’t so
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It’s HOT! over 30 degrees for the last 5 days! We lose appetite but need energy to move on.. Here is my kids favorite yogurt drink that he ask after coming back from school, which can make them cool down and is a great alternative from sugar-full icecream! Yogurt drink with Blueberries (serves 4 / picture top right) 2 cup of natural yogurt (unsweetened) 1 cup of frozen blueberries 1
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Kids love carrot soup. So I put secret ingredients so the goodness can be taken all together. Carrot Soup (with vegetables) (serves 5) 5 medium carrots 1 small Onion 1 garlic Clove 1 small Tomato Chicken Stock (approximately 200ml) Optional – Other vegetables 1/2 Broccoli Stem 1 small boiled Beetroot Brown onion and add garlic before adding rest of the ingredients Boil them until everything is cooked and soft. Usually
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It has been the easiest growing and harvesting experience after planting the seeds directly into the prepared soil later in April in 2017. Now in early June, we have enjoyed the young beetroot leaves in our salads a few times already. Kids enjoyed picking the leaves and pulling the weeds around it. Of course, they do not have any complains eating them too. I believe one way of the easiest way to
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Sprat is so cheap and easy to cook with. Whenever I see the fresh ones in the counter, I get them. OK, the other day, I bought a bunch and found an odd one out. Can you spot it?
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It was my pleasure making my son’s favorite food before he was off to PGL school trip earlier this week. He was away for 5 days and he is due to be back this afternoon. Really looking forward to hearing what he’s experienced out there. My kids love making the little parcels with me (although their shaping skill is quite not upto the standard to be in the picture yet) and we
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It was my first feet experience in the kitchen! I always wanted to try it but next had the guts to do it. Here I am, I did it and it was an interesting journey to make it how I wanted them to be. Kids loved it as expected and with all the Chinese herbs and Japanese ingredients that I added in, I think I can call it a success.
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I have been experimenting some Chinese herbal soup since we had some health issues and our Chinese friend kindly given us the ingredients to start up the habit! It is great. I was always interested in the Chinese herbal medicines but didn’t know where to start. Now, here I am. Thanks to our lovely friend, Rinh! OK, this is something she has recommended me to begin with. We’ve added white
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