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Sunday Supper – Okonomiyaki
This is one of my favorite easy Japanese meals. Okonomiyaki means, as you like it. Truly, except for cabbage, the ingredients are what you like. I eat mine with just veggies. Hubby-san likes it with...
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Sunday Sweets: Green Tea Cookies
I love the flavor of green tea. Like the green tea ice cream recipe I posted, I use ceremonial grade matcha for these. These cookies are not as sweet as we Westerners are used to; the texture is more...
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Miso Soup –味噌汁 – Japanese Soul Food
Miso soup is truly Japanese soul food. it is eaten any time of day, any season of the year. It can be delicate and simple or, hearty, as you choose. To it can be added meats, vegetables, seafood,...
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Simple Sunday Supper: Creepy and Spicy
Oyakodon: Creepy name, yummy dish. Warm, simple, comforting, easy. The name means “mother and child” = chicken and egg; hence, the cannibalistic creepy part. My husband hates the name and calls it...
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Nikujaga – Japanese Beef Stew, crock pot version
This is an excellent cold weather dish. It is similar to other stews of this type. I like best to use thinly sliced fatty beef but the type the Japanese use is hard to find. Instead, my adaptation...
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Udon Noodle Soup うどん
Udon (oo-dahn) are thick Japanese noodles made from wheat flour and salted water, kneaded and cut into strips. Often in cold weather, udon are eaten in a simple broth of dashi, soy, and sake and/or...
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Homemade Udon 饂飩 Noodles
Homemade udon are cheap and easy – but labor intensive. The fun part is, you knead the dough with your feet! Udon is comfort food. It is food of the soul. I found a beautiful video on YouTube about a …...
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Sesame-Miso Green Beans/Sandomame goma-miso ae
It is getting to be that wonderful time of year when all kinds of fresh vegetables are making their way to produce stands and coming out of back yard gardens. Juicy red tomatoes, full of acid, are my...
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Twofer Twosday – Karaage Chicken and Sunomono
East meets South in this Japanese version of fried chicken and a kinda sorta cole slaw – actually an easy pickled vegetable dish which is a perfect side dish. Karaage fried chicken is a very popular...
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Japanese Miso Grilled Corn on the Cob 味噌バターコーン
It is no secret – I love Japan – food, culture, people…I have visited several times and have always been delighted A couple of friends over there led to more friends and I was invited to all kinds of...
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Thoroughly Yummy Thursday – two eggplant recipes
Two very different recipes for eggplant are offered for you. It is high summer and things like squash, tomatoes, beans, eggplant are coming in fast and furious. For the Japanese sautéed eggplant – 茄子...
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Fall Snacks no. 1 Togarashi popcorn
Togarashi shichimi is a complex Japanese seasoning blend. It is complex with different peppers, ginger, sesame. I make my own blend and cut down on the salt, cayenne and use regular toasted black...
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