Food Recipes and Blogs By a Japanese Mum in the UK
Great way to create one more dish on your dinner table. Using a well known Japanese dressing, which has vinegar with sweetness and saltiness, called Sanbai-zu 三杯酢 (vinegar x 3), you can add a kick to your plate (in a nice way of course). Serves 4Some crab meatCucumber (about 3 cm of whole cucumber thinly sliced)Red Radish (about 3 thinly sliced) For Dressing1 teaspoon of vinegar (Preferably Japanese rice vinegar)1
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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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A surprisingly easy and quick soup to make but on a healthy side. Celery wasn’t my favorite veggie in my youth but it is now in my top 10. By boiling for a long time with a stock of your choice, they will be tender and the sweet taste will burst out into your soup. It is worth trying, trust me! 1 large stalk of celery2 spoonful of dried seaweed1
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Underneath the beautiful lotus flower, there is a tasty root that is not yet very well known in European households. However, it is very common in East Asian dishes being appreciated for centuries. It has a wide range of health benefits owing to its rich nutritional composition, and some of the benefits include its ability to improve digestion, reduce cholesterol, lower blood pressure, boost the immune system, prevent various forms of cancer,
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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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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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