Christmas Holiday time is BBQ time. When I am invited to a friends place for a BBQ, I always bring a couple of these dishes as a side dish. They are very easy to make AND everybody loves them! Chrismas Holiday Japanese Feast Idea 3 – BBQ side dishes click the title or picture…
Christmas holiday Japanese feast idea 2 – Vegan Feast
Turn the Christmas holidays into the family cooking season. Cooking with the whole family is a great way to relax and have fun together. Are you or/and your family vegan? Don’t worry because here are some great Japanese Vegan Feast ideas for you. You might turn non-tofu eaters into tofu lovers during the Christmas holidays!!…
Christmas holiday Japanese feast idea 1 – dumplings
Turn the Christmas season into the family cooking season. Cooking with the whole family is a great way to relax and have fun together. Give everyone a job to do (no matter how big or small) and TALK and COOK. Boxing Day is our Japanese Day at my sister-in-law’s house. It started about 4 years…
My sauces are really unique…even in Japan!
I went to Japan for a week on a business trip to do market research (for the first time, yay!) I met an international distributor in Tokyo and he told me my sauces are really unique, even in Japan! The flavour of my sauces is nothing like other sauces in Japan… and he told me…
A bit of study about miso and traditional fermenting in Japan
I met a traditional miso maker in Japan. They have been making miso for over 100 years in Hokkaido. She told a group of us all about miso & koji. (we studied in Japanese but she also had an English book to show us. ) I bought some books about “KOJI” as well. (KOJI is…
Shio Koji Tofu Cream Cheese (vegan) Recipe
Today, I am going to share with you how to make low calorie, high protein, guilt free “Shio Koji Tofu Cream Cheese”. I made this for my last group cooking class as a side dish and EVERYONE was suprised how cheazy it tasted AND how delicious it tasted. All the salad was gone in a…
Shio Koji Roast Vegetables & Mushrooms, vegan friendly recipe
How do I start? This is not just a roast vegetable/mushroom roast. It is a OMG recipe. I am sad that this picture doesn’t tell you how nice it is….so you MUST try making it (and tell me what you think!). Prepare Shio Koji Roast Mushrooms: Place mushrooms facing up then sprinkle on Shio Koji…
Shio Koji Chicken Fried Rice Recipe
I had this for my lunch today using left-over rice from last night. Shio Koji makes chicken really tender and gives it a full umami flavour. If you are vegetarian, use firm tofu instead of chicken. Shio koji adds awesome flavour depths to your tofu. Left over rice makes the best fried rice but if…
makes you warm – Korean Style hot pot – kimchi jjigae recipe
Korean Syle hot pot Kimchi jjigae is one of must-have dish in winter. This spicy soup warms you from the inside. I use my SAORI 100% Natural Dashi to give it a natural umami flavour and also to add natural vitamins and mineral to your food. I usually use a Japanese ceramic hot but this…
Shimeji mushroom & chicken spicy Japanese rice porridge recipe
I swapped a couple of bottles of my SAORI Tsuyu Sauce for some beautiful exotic mushrooms (from a local exotic mushroom grower) last night so I made this “shimeji mushroom & chicken spicy Japanese rice porridge” for dinner. Mmm….I didn’t take a great picture….but it tasted much much better than it looks…! A bunch of…
My career in Australia started as an onion peeler
It is only 8 years ago. Almost as soon as I moved to Australia, one of my husband’s knees suddenly decided to pop out…due to an old injury. We’d just moved, we didn’t have private insurance so he had to wait for 9 months till he could have it operated on. Our son had just…
Yuzu madeleine cake recipe
I got given some fresh yuzu citrus from one of our customers (who had taken my cooking class). So…I made yuzu madeleine cakes for my birthday cake. Thank you so much Monica! It is quite hard to find fresh yuzu citrus in Melbourne, so you can use my SAORI Yuzu Tea mix instead of fresh…
