Food Recipes and Blogs By a Japanese Mum in the UK
Lilia’s Cookie Dough Recipe Eating cookie dough out of the bowl is sooo fun. It takes minutes to make and its really good! Its quick an easy to make and it tastes really great. Prep Time: 15 mins Baking Time: 20 mins minutes Total Time: 45 mins Yield: Makes 20 small cookie doughes 60g butter 60g light brown sugar 3 tbsp white sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp milk of choice 60g plain flour 30g
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We are in 2020. It has been a challenging year for all of us and has been the time we were forced to review our lives and the way we live on this planet. I have been lucky enough to say, no one I personally know was affected by the virus and suffered, but must add, “so far”. I also know and feel very sad about the fact that there
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It’s February tomorrow. The year 2018 has just begun and we finished 1/12 of the year already. Time does go fast and it always tells me how we have to appreciate the time we are here to enjoy together. Last weekend, Kids decided to make Sushi for dinner but we didn’t have proper ingredients so we decided to make sushi rolls with whatever there was in the fridge. Basically, you
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Today, I made Taiyaki (鯛焼き) after a long time. Taiyaki is a Japanese fish-shaped cake which has, traditionally, sweet red beans paste inside, and its name literally means “Baked Sea Bream”. Why Baked “Sea Bream – TAI 鯛”? It is rather odd to think baked sea breams can be this popular. There won’t be many nations on earth who appreciate stuffing some sweet inside a fish would be a popular
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I truly believe there is no boundary in a map of the food world. Food is an essence of living and everybody have to have some nutritious intake no matter how much different they can be. It is a base of our daily life and as they say, “you are what you eat”, you must put it as a priority in your life. If everyone in the world started sharing food with neighbours, I seriously
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First of all, I’d like to send my Best Wishes to everyone around the world! What a great way to end 2017 and the start of the brand new 2018! We spent the time our dear friends’ house with great food, drink, company and some dance. I am very excited to tell you I’m full of ambitions and plans to better myself this year and hopefully we can share the stories
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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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Oh MALTA! Our trip to Malta in late October 2017 was simply a wonderful one. Never expecting it to be so warm in late October, we managed to get some colours on our skins. The beautiful sky and ocean simply coloured our memories with dark blue colours of the ocean and the sky with fresh breeze without any effort. The food was also spectacular, with gorgeous seafood, seasoned with mixed food
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Miso Soup (味噌汁 miso shiru) Miso soup is a type of soup that is most commonly consumed in Japan. It has the soup base with DASHI stock made with seaweed or fish which has full of UMAMI. Traditionally the stock was prepared from the scratch but nowadays powdered or cube type of ready made stocks are popular. This trend is same aswestern way of using stock. The miso is
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Thai restaurant in Ruislip Manor, Kin Dee is highly recommended for lunch and dinner. They serve popular Thai food and the clean look and friendly waiters definitely make your visit worthwhile. When I went with my Japanese friends who live locally for lunch a few month ago, we had Thai Green Curry, Massaman Curry and Pad Thai between 4 of us. They were all very nice, although I must say
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