Happy new year!! Did you have great Christmas holidays? Me?? I’ve had some serious cooking time during the Christmas holidays. We went to Orange, NSW to visit my brother/sister- in law for Christmas. It has become a tradition to have a Japanese dinner on boxing day. I ended up feeding 17 people. So… our son…
Two easy & delicious party dishes
We had our son’s 12th birthday party at home a few weeks ago. 12 children came to the party and 9 children stayed the night. We had a market in the morning so we had to get up at 4:30 in the morning on that day. SO…I made a really quick and easy dinner for…
How to use SAORI Dashi Shio
I created SAORI Dashi Shio last Wednesday. Since then I’ve been putting it on EVERY meal I’ve cooked. I added it to a stir-fry. After flavouring the stir- fry (I used my Tsyuyu Sauce for this), add 1-2 tsp SAORI Dashi Shio for one family serving. Yum! I sprinkled it on fried rice. I make…
Japanese grapefruit salad recipe
My grapefruits trees are producing a lot of fruit so I’ve been eating lots of grapefruits. Our son takes a half of grapefruit to school every day for his morning snack. I love eating them as is or I sometimes make grapefruit tarts. One grapefurit contains enough vitamin C for a day but a lot…
This kid lost his coordination from everyday food (true story)
When I visit my friends, I always bring some food to share (something I cooked) or I even cook at a friend’s place. When our son was a toddler, I used to bake semi-sweetened cakes (1/4 sugar quantity of normal cakes so he didn’t get too much sugar), with no additives or fake flavours like…
Important ingredients for your back pain
I have mild scoliosis and I used to suffer from back pain. When I moved to Australia 7 years ago, it became much worse. It even started affecting my daily life. So, I decided to go to a local doctor. My doctor checked my blood and told me… ” Your vitamin D level is really…
Nikujaga (potato, carrot & thinly sliced pork in Japanese clear broth) Recipe
After a really long summer, bitter wintery weather suddenly come to Melbourne. Oh well, it had to happen soon or later. I even turned on the heater this morning. As soon as winter comes, “nikujaga” becomes one of my regular dishes (my husband calls this dish Mick Jagger). “Niku” means meat and “jagaimo” means potatoes…
Two cheap chain restaurants in Japan with no MSG
I have previously written about “how to find MSG free restaurants in Japan” but sometimes you are not close to these restaurants or you might not be in of the main big cities like Tokyo or Osaka. So, today I will tell you about two cheap Japanese restaurant chains in Japan. 1: Matsyuya ( Gyudon…
How to find MSG free restaurants in Japan
I am normally a health freak when it comes to everyday food. I grow as much as possible…organically (I even make soil!) or I get fresh produce from markets. I hardly eat out or get take away food…I’d say probably 3-4 times a year. All the condiments in my cupboards are my handmade products (jam…
How do some food makers maximize profits?? – I have my own special ways
I watched a one hour food documentary “” (Netflix Rotten Series) the other day . It was about how “pure honey” can be actually not pure at all. The number of bees are decreasing but honey consumption is increasing. The amount of sold “pure honey” is way more than the honey bees can produce. Then…
Marmalade teriyaki pork recipe
I have lots of citrus trees in my garden so I made homemade marmalade jam for myself the other day. (I picked these citrus yesterday from my garden.) BUT I don’t eat toast for breakfast and now I have marmalade…SO…I made this… “Marmalade teriyaki pork” It took only 10 minutes and turned out like a…
Vietnamese style tofu with tomato sauce (vegan ) recipe
I think my favorite dish in Vietnam from this trip was this. Vietnamese fried tofu with tomato sauce (Dau Sot Ca Chua) ↓↓ (this picture was taken in Hanoi, Vietnam) Recently, I bought a tofu from a supermarket. ( I normally only buy tofu from Asian grocers) The tofu wasn’t really nice. It was quite…
