Sometimes I am craved for oatmeal raisin cookies. This is a perfect snack with the sweet…
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Coconut chicken Stew
This taste south Asian, but not too spicy. I sometimes use chicken thigh with bones, and…
Cold Natto Soba (Soba With Fermented Beans)
Natto is considered as a super food in Japan. Basically it is fermented soy beans, and…
Japanese Soup Stock “Dashi”
“Dashi is the heart of Japanese foods. You need “Dashi’ not only for clear soup or…
Chicken Ball Hot Pot “Tori Dango Nabe”
We often do this Chicken ball Nabe in winter. It is quick and gives a good…
Roasted Cauliflower
I tried various recipes of roasted cauliflower, different spices and sauce, and found this is our…
Japanese Hot Pot “Nabe”
“Nabe” literally meaning a hot pot is a traditional winter Japanese family food. You cook at…
Lemon Tart (Lemon curd)
We love lemons, this is why this website has quite a few recipes using lemons. We…
Green Bean with Sesame Sauce”Goma-ae”
“Goma-ae’ meaning sesame sauce is a good vegetable side dish for a Japanese meal, typically green…
Japanese Tuna Egg Potato Salad
Potato salad is one of the most popular salad in Japan. When my mom made it…
Basic Sweet Tart Crust and Almond Cream Filling
I love any kinds of tart. Lemon tart, pear tart, blueberry tart etc. If you know…
Marinated Fried Eggplants “Nasu no Nibitashi”
Marinated eggplant is one of my favorite vegetable side dishes. Eggplants are so soft and juicy,…
Cabbage and Beef Mille-feuille
Winter cabbage is hard and strong, but if it is cooked, it taste very gentle and…
Japanese Beef And Tofu Stew
“Niku Tofu” (meaning meat and tofu) is a comfort home food for many Japanese. Tofu absorbs…
Rosemary Soy Sauce Roasted Potatoes
I love a combination of soy sauce and butter. This cannot go wrong. So I added…
Honey Mustard Salmon
Salmon is very popular in New Zealand. New Zealand Salmon is quite fatty so I am…
Easy Peasy Apple Pie
Sometimes we have spare apples or leftover of frozen pie sheet. This needs little effort to…
Sweet Potato Rice
My mom always says sweet potato has a lot of nutrition. You see sometimes a truck…
So Simple! Real Italian Home Made Fresh Pasta
My husband from Rome sometimes makes fresh pasta. Until I met him, I never made fresh…
Pressure Cooker Lentil Stew
Cotechino and lentil stew is a must for New Year’s eve meal for Italian, and my…
Kimchi Tuna Sashimi Bowl
If you find fresh tuna sashimi reasonable but not the fanciest cut, go for it and…
Japanese No Baking Rare Cheese cake
There is a cafe which offers the best rare cheese cake in Aakasaka,Tokyo. It is called…
Very Simple Hot and Sour Soup
‘Beijing’ was one of our favorite restaurants in Wellington. Their hot and sour soup was a…
Blueberry Yogurt Muffins
Muffins have been our go-to weekend breakfast for a while. I tried many different recipes before…
Lemon Yogurt Cake
This lemon yogurt cake has so much moisture and good lemon flavor. My office mate is…
Very Simple Real Italian Tiramisu
I learned this recipe when we went back to Italy a few years ago, and changed…
Japanese Mabo Tofu
Mabo Tofu is originally from China, but one of the most popular meals in Japan. There…
Electric Pressure Cooker Brown Rice (No Need to Soak)
Ingredients 2’Go” (rice cooker cup, 300g) of brown rice *1″Go” is 150g of rice 430 ml…
Beef Shank Osso Buco
I use this recipe and using an electric pressure cooker for 30 mins instead of Slow…
Whole-Grain Buckwheat & Chia Bread
This bread has a good amount of moisture inside and beautiful buckwheat flavor. This goes very…
Zucchini Tian (Like Zucchini Risotto)
We had a vegetable garden that produced a lot of zucchinis in summer. We love zucchini…
Chicken Liver Pâté by Jacques Pépin
This chicken liver pate by Jacques Pépin is by far the best liver pate we tried.…