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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 topped with chopped Shiso herbs sit in a blue patterned bowl with soy dressing, on a dark woven surface. The scene is fresh and appetizing.

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

A white plate with rice topped with parsley, sweet and sour tofu, red and green peppers, and baby corn. A spoon rests beside the food.

Sweet and Sour fried Tofu

This is a healthy version of sweet and sour dish as I use fried Tofu. This dish is also suitable for vegan.

Tofu dishes

Tofu katsu + Japanese curry = Food Heaven

This Tofu Katsu Curry combines healthy tofu and popular curry.

Japanese Curry dishes

A white bowl with tofu and egg topped with fresh arugula. The dish sits on a light background, creating a clean, appetizing look. Donburi.

Tofu & Egg Donburi

Tofu & Egg Donburi If you haven't already noticed, I am a big fan of one bowl donburi dishes (a donburi being a bed of steamed rice on top of which a variety of accompaniments are piled.) A little while ago, I posted a recipe for Oyakodon (AKA Mother & Child donburi), which has a topping of chicken and egg. Here is a non-meat alternative substituting tofu for the chicken. The key with this dish is to cook the tofu long enough so it takes up a little of the flavour of the s

Tofu dishes

A bowl of mixed salad with fried tofu, cherry tomatoes, red and green peppers on a dark surface, creating a fresh, vibrant look.

Fried Tofu Salad with Tahini Soy dressing

This is a quick easy salad recipe with the tahini create a really rich umami flavour when combined with soy sauce in this dressing.

Japanese salads

Grilled vegetable skewers with tofu, zucchini, tomatoes, and onions drizzled with miso tahini sauce on a white rectangular plate.

Tofu Skewers in Miso Tahini sauce

Tofu Skewers in Miso Tahini sauce I'm in Japan at the moment visiting friends and family. Before I left, I developed a really nice Miso Tahini sauce which I thought would be a perfect accompaniment for barbecue foods - I posted it on the blog last week. The weather at the time wasn't great so I resorted to my grill indoors to try out some grilled Tofu kebabs with the sauce and I can safely say it worked very well! This is a great dish to serve to vegetarians, vegans and als

Japanese Sauces and Dressings

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