Food Recipes and Blogs By a Japanese Mum in the UK
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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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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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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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day but the fact is the most difficult one to make it as a priority. My kids always preferred Japanese breakfast which is fine. I couldn’t complain much as it is a healthy balanced breakfast but the amount of time it takes to prepare!? When there is less time on the breakfast table, they might eat alternatives but they never give me those easy cereal
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