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Grow and Make your own
Beginner
Shiso Miso
A fun name and a great taste
Advanced
Natto
It's fermented, sticky and smelly and I love it!
Intermediate
Mitsuba
A relative of parsley that tastes like celery
Beginner
Wasabi rocket
Rocket that tastes of wasabi - amazing!
Intermediate
Edamame
A cold lager and a bowl of salted edamame - what could be better than that at the end of a busy day.
Beginner
Kabocha
Kabocha AKA Pumpkin or squash
Beginner
Daikon
Daikon is literally a "big root" or white radish
Beginner
Shiso
AKA Oba, green perilla, wild basil
Beginner
Mizuna
AKA (Japanese mustard, spider mustard, kyona)
..or a cake or dessert..
Halloween Pumpkin Muffins
The pumpkin on the other hand, is a central part of Japanese cuisine - it goes into everything - soups, pickles, mixed rice and tempura.
..Berry fruit Kanten cups with Strawberry coulis..
It doesn't need to be a baking hot summer's day to enjoy a kanten dessert like my berry fruit kanten cups. If you haven't come across...
..My cheese and sundried tomato scones..
if i ever go back to live in japan, one thing i shall surely miss from my life in the uk is the cheese. you see, japan doesn't really do...
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