Food Recipes and Blogs By a Japanese Mum in the UK
One of my childhood memories.. campfire / fireplace with marshmallow on a stick. There was nothing like the softly melting marshmallow outer fresh with slightly burnt skin around it. The bigger the better as you can enjoy the whole thing as long as it melts away into your mouth and eventually disappears and can’t help to have an another one on the stick. One of our friends’ kids experienced that in
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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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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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Sprat is so cheap and easy to cook with. Whenever I see the fresh ones in the counter, I get them. OK, the other day, I bought a bunch and found an odd one out. Can you spot it?
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I have been experimenting some Chinese herbal soup since we had some health issues and our Chinese friend kindly given us the ingredients to start up the habit! It is great. I was always interested in the Chinese herbal medicines but didn’t know where to start. Now, here I am. Thanks to our lovely friend, Rinh! OK, this is something she has recommended me to begin with. We’ve added white
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The Easter holiday is FINALLY over. It was one of the longest holiday we’ve experienced.. simply because we didn’t plan “a holiday away” from UK? My son says, it was just like a long weekend… I kind of agree.. anyway, it was nice. We managed to have lots of activities and fun with people who we cannot usually spend enough time with unless during such a relaxing school holiday. Just
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Just wanted to make a quick note… my friend took me to a great spanish tapas restaurant in London and I didn’t want to forget it because the food was delicious!!! and the atmosphere was special. It was like having spanish dinner at a friends house. The service was good and I can recommend the restaurant to anyone when or who wants a bit of Spanish spice in your life!
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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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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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At the dinning table today, my son said, do you know “Corn-Dog”? I said… you mean, “next time”? That is Kondo(こんど) in Japanese meaning next time. Never knew there was such a thing and as he asked me to google it, I did, telling kids this is a family emergency that I need to use my phone on the dinning table. Corn-Dog is “American-Dog” in Japanese and yes, I know
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