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Onigiri with peas, egg and peas on a white plate with blue designs. A blue teapot in the background on a dark surface.

Onigiri with Bacon Egg and Peas

Japanee savoury rice balls, locally known as onigiri or o-musubi could lay claim to the title of the world's oldest convenience food.

Japanese light meals

Yaki Onigir in Ochazuke with seaweed, sesame seeds, and greens on a blue pattern tablecloth. Another bowl and spoon are visible.

Yaki Onigiri in Ochazuke

Yaki Onigiri in Ochazuke reads as pan fried rice balls (the yaki onigiri bit) in a Japanese clear soup (the ochazuke bit).

Japanese light meals

Four egg sandwiches on a decorative plate with halved cherry tomatoes. Background features a colorful, floral tablecloth.

Dashimaki Tamago Sando

Blog about Dashiki Tamago Sando.

Japanese Sando - sandwiches

Bowl of miso soup with tomatoes, zucchini, and greens on a bamboo mat. Background has a dish with a green vegetable and red chopsticks.

Vegetable Miso Soup

Miso soup is probably Japan's most frequently consumed dish.

Japanese Soups and Stocks

Katsu Sando

I like to think that if the Earl of Sandwich was alive and kicking today, he would rank the Japanese "sando" (that's the way the Japanese say "sandwich") up there with the best variations on his original idea.

Japanese Sando - sandwiches

Colorful salad with bean sprouts, red and yellow peppers, and green onions on a patterned blue plate, set on a neutral tablecloth.

Your 5-a-day in 5 minutes, Stir fried beansprouts

Super easy stir fried beansprouts recipe.

Japanese side dishes

Sliced lotus root in soy glaze topped with microgreens and sesame seeds on a white plate. Background shows a patterned bowl.

Fried Soy Lotus Root

You will love the texture of this stir fried lotus root dish.

Japanese Vegetable dishes

Miso Soup with Kabocha and Green beans

Japanese autumn soup idea. Miso soup with Kabocha and Green beans.

Japanese Soups and Stocks

Fresh salad with sliced white turnip and green chow sum, topped with sesame seeds in a grey ceramic bowl on a dark surface.

Marinated Turnip and Choy sum

Marinated Turnip and Choy sum I don't think there can be any doubt that the Japanese love their veggies - it's not uncommon for a Japanese dinner to include 2 or 3 separate marinated or pickled vegetable side dishes for the diners to consume. In the uk, the government advise a 5 - a - day regime for eating vegetables and fruit - in Japan, that's a whopping 13 - a - day and that's only the vegetables! One vegetable that is really commonplace on a Japanese table is the kabu

Japanese Vegetable dishes