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A dish of stir fried tofu, red peppers, and greens on rice in a bowl, with a wooden spoon. Background features a colorful patterned cloth.

Stir fried Tofu Donburi

This dish takes about 25 minutes from the work surface to the table and that includes the time to drain the water out of the tofu, so not only is it healthy and delicious, it's quick and quite simple too. What's not to like about that?

Japanese One Bowl Meals

Tofu cubes with green Shiso herbs sit in soy sauce on a blue patterned plate over a dark, woven surface.

simple Shiso and Soy salad dressing

This is a Japanese dressing using Shiso leaves. Shiso and Soy salad dressing.

Grow and Make your own

Bowl of miso soup with sliced green onions, tofu and sesame seeds on a red tray. Blue striped cloth in the background, with a spoon and chopsticks.

Miso soup with Tofu

Miso soup with Tofu Miso soup must be the most popular dish in Japan. At least half the Japanese population drink miso soup three times or more every week. That's a smart thing to do because miso soup is high in protein and low in fat. There are lots of health claims made about miso that I shan't go into here but if you are looking for a non-animal source of protein you cannot do much better than this recipe. The two key ingredients in a classic miso soup are Japanese dashi

Japanese Soups and Stocks