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This is quite a modern recipe in Japan - I came across it on my last trip back home earlier this year.

This salad features some everyday fruits and vegetables - carrot, celery, raisins and some walnuts. The dressing combines freshly squeezed orange juice and rice vinegar along with some extra virgin olive oil.

Miso Nabe Hotpot with Chicken Meatballs recipe is easy to prepare and makes a great sharing nabe hotpot for a cold evening.

Here's a quick and easy way to take your cheese on toast breakfast, lunch or supper to the next level - Wasabi Cheese on Toast

Dashi is the word the Japanese use for stock.

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

Easy salmon Maze Sushi recipe Blog.

This Tofu and Brown Rice salad with Wasabi Soy dressing is a delightful healthy dish with a Japanese flavour of dressing. This dish is also suitable for vegan.

Japanese spaghetti napolitan or Japanese Ketchup Pasta.

What goes into a Japanese Curry soup?

This is easy recipe for Chicken Sukiyaki Donburi.

How to make Large sushi Roll without using raw fish. I use Teriyaki chicken for this large sushi rolls and it works!

If you've been following my blog, (and I hope you have!) you'll remember that I have been growing Shiso and Mizuna salad. some Japanese salad veg this summer. In fact, it's been a bumper harvest and my shiso and mizuna just keep on giving! So here's a healthy salad using these two lovely leaves and some other veg topped off with some edamame - it's quick, nutricious and just the thing for a warm summer evening when you want something easy and light on your tummy. The recipe i

Ton Jiru.

This is a healthy Japanese salad recipe with Ponzu dressing.

Here's my latest inside out California sushi roll dish. This time, I've made Natto California rolls - so, natto and cucumber with some black sesame sprinkled on the rice.

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

Fried Mackerel with Rocket and Onion How may times have you been to eat out and ordered something that left you thinking, "I think I'll try to make that myself." Here's a recipe for a dish that is most often found in Japanese pubs (known as "Izakaya") although it's also popular in Japanese homes these days as well. The fish is mackerel, which despite its well known health benefits, gets a bit of a bad wrap for the fact that it has a reptilian-looking skin and is, well, perhap

Miso Tuna spaghetti Do you believe in serendipity? I know it doesn't happen very often, but I believe that sometimes, things do just fall into place. I was wondering what to make for supper the other day. One of my sons wanted spaghetti while the other wanted something Japanese. I could have just made something like a natto spaghetti or one using tarako fish eggs. After all, those are the two widely recognised Japanese spaghetti dishes, aren't they? But, I didn't have any nat

Why not try my Japan-Hawaiian fusion dish - the Teriyaki Chicken Poke bowl?