I had TWO FANTASTIC DAYS at Handmade Canberra last weekend. I hadn’t been able to go to Canberra for long time (only my husband did) so it was great to see my customers. We were going to stay at Albury/Wodonga on Sunday on the way home but all the accommodation there were fully booked! I forgot…
Japanese curried potato & okra recipe
When I made this for the first time, I fought over this dish with our son & my husband. It was just too good and I regreted I didn’t make enough. The same thing happened again at our friend’s place. I made lots of dishes BUT this went the fastest! This very simple and easy…
Japanese steamed curried tofu buns recipe (curryman recipe)
Yuuuuum!!!!!! I’ve been enjoying eating tofu in MANY different ways!! Today’s tofu recipe is “Japanese steamed curried tofu buns (curryman )”. I put crunchy vegetables with tofu so it has nice texture inside. Suitable for vegetarians & vegans… but you don’t have to be either to enjoy these delish buns! Ingredients – makes large 6…
Chicken nuggets? No! They are Japanese vegan chicken nuggets. Recipe
Don’t they look like Japanese chicken nuggets ( Karaage) ?? They kind of taste like them too!! You can make Japanese vegan chicken nuggets using regular firm tofu. What you have to do is… leave the firm tofu in the freezer for one night↓↓ and the tofu will become like this↓ Defrosted frozen tofu has…
Homemade beetroot leaf rice seasoning (furikake) recipe
Very very small beetroots grew in my lack-of-sunshine garden. The actual beetroots were not much to eat BUT there were plenty of leaves So… I made beetroot rice seasoning using only the leafy parts. Just chop them up… …and then wash them then stir-fry with SAORI 100% Natural Japanese Dashi Stock & SAORI Seaweed Sauce….
Some tips for Caramelised Balsamic & Soya Japanese Sauce
It has been about three weeks since SAORI Caramelised Balsamic & Soya Japanese Sauce has been released. Thank you so much to who have taste tested or/and bought this sauce at markets. Here are some comments from our customers: ” I don’t like balsamic or balsamic sauce mixes but this is different! There is depth…
Japanese Curry Matcha Soba Noodle Recipe
When I make Japanese curry. I always make enough to make Japanese Noodle Curry for the next day. I LOVE Japanese curry noodles! It doesn’t have to be matcha soba noodles (but you can get them in Asian grocers) . It can be udon noodles, regular soba noodles or rice noodles. This is super easy…
my award winning taste × another award winning taste = WOW!!
I had a stall at the Melbourne Show last weekend. We were at the winning tastes pavilion so…all the stall holders were selling award wining foods/condiments etc etc… ( I was very very happy to be part of them!!) I got this silver medal winning olive oil from “SALUTE OLIVA” there. and made this salad ↓↓↓ smoked…
Guess who is making SAORI SAUCE today?
Guess who is making SAORI Ponzu Sauce today? We had a little helper today…our 9 year old son! (it’s school holiday time) He has peeled apples for us before but this was the first time for him to do a juicing job. First, he cut the leaves off the lemons with scissors. Then he cut…
Another beautiful way of eating “sashimi tuna”
Our friend Kalivin called us last night to share some of a tuna he had caught. (read →We ‘ve got a whole tuna!) We brought our new sauce “Caramelised Balsamic & Soya Japanese Sauce” to his place (just as a present) and he said, ” Let’s try eating sashimi tuna with this new sauce”…so we…
How to make “Japanese Matcha Green Tea Ice-cream” in 5 seconds
One of our customers told me she loves matcha green tea ice-cream but that it is hard to find good matcha ice-cream in shops. I some times make matcha ice-cream from scratch but most of time…I do this instead I simply sprinkle matcha powder on plain vanilla ice-cream!!! TADA!!!!! within 5 seconds your vanilla ice…
Ponzu & pepper marinated beef capsicum stir-fry recipe…ready in 10
Ponzu & pepper marinated beef capsicum stir-fry recipe …ready in 10! This quick recipe only takes 10 minutes and is much tastier than any take away food. Ponzu, pepper and little bit of honey marinated thin sliced beef is absolutely delish. Ingredients – serves 2 * 60 -100 g beef – thin sliced *2 capsicums…
