Food Recipes and Blogs By a Japanese Mum in the UK
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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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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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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So glad I found this recipe, oatmeal dates cookie, as my dried dates were near the expiry and needed to make something for kids quickly!! I gave it a little twist as reducing the amount of sugar and adjust other ingredients to begin with and added pecan. It turned out very good! Kids loved it too so here we go, if you happen to have dates and pecan, or any other nuts
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Although I must say sweet corn is the best served when microwaved 8 minutes in full power, why not try a new taste with butter and soya sauce for a change. The flavor is a very popular way to eat corn in Japan and using oven while baking something else, it’s just so simple and adds extra on your dining table. Win win! Sweet Corn Butter Soya Sauce
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Simplest Banana Cake recipe ever! 10 minutes preparation time. When you have too many riped bananas and don’t know what to do? Why not try it and I’msure you’ll love it. 2 to 3 Very Ripe Banana 70g Brown Sugar 60g Butter or Margarine 2 Eggs 150g Plain Flour 1 teaspoon of Baking Powder *Optional ingredients: dried fruits (softened in milk or in brandy in advance),
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The most simple baked cheese cake recipe in the world and for kids and adults. The lemon flavor makes it taste so light and refreshing yet very satisfying. *This picture is with 28cm baking tin but the best result is with 23cm. 200g of Cream Cheese 200cc of Double Cream or/and Yogurt 70g of Sugar 2 tablespoon of Lemon juiceoptional : 1/2 grated lemon skin3 tablespoon of plain flour2 eggs*optional : Slices of
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These cookies are guilty free as it’s sugar free! And, kids love them. You can reduce the amount of honey accordinging to the amount of sugar there might be in the chocolate you’re using. Personally this is a win win recipe for a very satisfying treat for you and your family. This photo is with some peanuts but you can add any nuts or seeds to add extra flavour and
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-explain the background- 3 eggs 100 gr. Demerara sugar 1/4 of glass of olive oil 3 dates 5 smallish apples into small pieces 50gr of wheatgerm 25gr of flaxseed 150gr of soya flour 2 tspoons of baking powder 1 tspoon of cinnamon A glass of buttermilk -Beat eggs and sugar. -Then add oil and fruits. -Mix all of the dry ingredients and add to the eggs mixture. -Sprinkle some sugar
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No flour but using Coconut flour and almond as a main dough. Lots of protein and gives you energy! Great for breakfast and snacking before a trip to a gym… well, for a school run for me. 3 eggs 3 handfuls of Demerara sugar 1 tbspoon of coconut oil 5 dates 1 small glass of buttermilk 125 gr of ground almonds 100 gr of coconut flour 2 tspoons of baking
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