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

I have a love/hate relationship with Japanese shiso (which you might know as green perilla) - you know, those large sweet mint leaves with serrated edges you get when you eat sushi and sashimi at a restaurant.) don't get me wrong - I love eating the leaves - not just with sushi but also in salad, or mixed with miso (a dish which is called shiso miso) on rice but I hate buying shiso leaves - they are sooo expensive! Shiso So, the ideal solution is to grow them myself which I n

How to grow your own Daikon / White radish.

Simple, quick and very satisfying salad - Tomato Bean and Shiso Salad recipe blog.

My final "grow your own" leaf vegetable this year is mitsuba, or Japanese parsley. Mitsuba is a versatile leaf - in fact it's more than a...

The Japanese love to have a selection of fermented and pickled foods to eat with their rice at dinner and today, I'm looking at one of...

Shisomiso and Natto Onigirazu You might remember I posted an item on making shisomiso a couple of weeks ago. I put some of it to good use in some onigirazu, paired with chicken & spinach - super healthy & very tasty. At the same time, I also made some onigirazu using natto & spring onion - very yum also. These are great mainstays for a healthy lunch box, a picnic or just as a snack if you are on the go and in need of a nutricious energy boost. The great thing about onigirazu

I don't know if you're well acquainted with wasabi rocket. If you are, maybe like me, you are a recent convert. Earlier this year, I was...