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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Very quick and easy salad recipe. My kids eat it without complaining so it’s a treat for me! If you can’t find a tin of crab meat, you can use tuna instead. Prep Time: 5 mins Total Time: 8 mins Yield: For 4 people as small side dish About 10cm cucumber 1 small carrots 1 small tin of Crabmeat 2 tbs sweet corn Seasoning 1 tsp lemon juice 2 tbs Mayonaise (Japanese one
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A very popular Japanese sweet bread called メロンパン、meaning melon bread. Every bakery and every convenience store will have one available for you in Japan and they are our old time favourite for young and old. You will need to prepare 2 types of doughs, one for bread and one for the cookie topping on top. But it only requires very basic ingredients and once you learn how to make it
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This is a drink, or more like a medicine drink, that keeps cold away from! Into just a simple orange, lemon, ginger and honey winter drink, added some secrets so that it helps to boost immune system strong during the dodgy winter months. It includes turmeric, which has great benefits such towards your skin health, however, if you have children, you might want to adjust the number of spices you
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This is a quick side dish you can make in no time. While you are making the main, it’s done. I only called it a quick kimchi but I only named it so as my old Chinese friend back in my Uni life in Sheffield, who unfortunately lost in touch, taught me how with the name. I wonder how she is doing. I’m sure she is doing great whatever she’s
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One of my favourite vegetables is the lotus roots. It has such a crunchy texture that makes noise when you bite into it. It’s a root vegetable that eaten very often in Japan but unfortunately, they are only available from oriental food stores in the UK at the moment. This Japanese style of cooking, Kinpira きんぴら, implies to a pan-fried and simmered method of cooking and usually seasoned with soya sauce, mirin
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Nanban Zuke 南蛮漬け basically defines a deep-fried meat or vegetables marinated in a vinegary source with soya sauce, so you can imagine the variety of dish you can create if you know the method. My favourite Nanban dish is with aubergines. This recipe actually requires only a small amount of oil so it’s healthier than original Aubergine Nanban. It is a very simple but extremely satisfying dish. It will be very
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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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