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Health benefits aside, eggplant / aubergine is also a great vegetable for soaking up flavours, so when I make it, I like to accompany it with a rich sauce

Roasted vegetables in a good quality olive oil makes a meat free meal more fillling and satisfying than simmering can and even if you not vegetarian or vegan, it is still a good idea to eat a few main meals every week without any meat.

This Stir Fried Sweetcorn, Sugar snaps and shiitake dish is deceptively simple.

Super easy stir fried beansprouts recipe.

Simple and easy Daikon SaladRecipe.

Stir fried Corned Beef and Sugarsnaps This recipe takes me back to when my first English language cookbook was published in 1994. The book was called 'Japanese Cooking for Two' and this recipe - "Stir Fried Corned Beef and Sugar Snaps" was one of the recipes inside. You might be thinking that corned beef doesn't exactly sound Japanese but it has quite a history in Japan - there is even a Japanese Corned Beef Day - April 6th! Corned beef became popular after the end of the Se

Quick and easy Japanese Tuna and Red Onion Salad recipe blog.

Here's a Japanese recipe to put the humble but healthy cucumber on top of the taste chart - Wakame and Cucumber salad in a Japanese vinaigrette.

This is a quick side dish that's tasty and nutricious.

Here's a light salad dish that's easy to make, healthy and, best of all, delicious!

I used carrot and celery as burdock root isn't that easy to find where I live in the UK as it is in Japan.