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Apple Chips
Healthy snack Ingredients: Apples (wash well) Directions: Slice thin. Lay flat on the tray and air dry for several days, OR leave in the...
Oct 4, 2024


Hijiki Salad
Ingredients: Hijiki Seaweed (dry) Vegetables (Cucumber, carrot, etc...) Mayonnaise 1tbsp Sesame (seeds or ground) 1tbsp Soy sauce some...
Aug 19, 2023


Chirimen Sansho
Ingredients: Chirimen jako (cried young sardines) 100g Sansho seeds (Japanese peppercorn) 2 tbsp - used the cooked one sold in a...
Aug 12, 2023


Kinshobai Rice Topping
Ingredients: Katsuobushi (bonito flakes) 100g Iriko (dry sardine) optional, Shio kombu some Dry shiitake (soaked and chopped) some...
Dec 6, 2022


Thanksgiving Side Dishes
Typical menu: Turkey Stuffing Green bean Roasted vegetables Brussel sprout Mashed potato Sweet potato/Yam Acorn squash Pearl onion...
Nov 6, 2022


Persimmon Shira-ae
Persimmon with mashed tofu Mixed with Yogoshi Miso (with black sesame) ↓ Yogoshi Miso - Local food from Toyama prefecture, Miso with...
Nov 3, 2022


Shiso Seeds and Flowers
seeds and flowers are also edible - pick while seeds are hard and round Ingredients: Shiso seeds Salt Directions: Scrape the seeds off of...
Oct 6, 2022


Summer Roll
Wrap your favorites Ingredients Dry rice paper (sold at an Asian grocery) Vegetables (carrot, avocado, coriander, lettuce, purple...
Jul 29, 2022


Sesame Tofu (Goma Dofu)
With Kuzu powder Ingredients Kuzu powder 50g Sesame paste 1-2 tbsp Salt some Directions In a pot, put all the ingredients and add 400 ml...
Jul 22, 2022


Black Garlic Pasta
Super healthy "black garlic" Black garlic and black salt, petit tomato from Suzuki farm Homemade black garlic by Hiroko san Ingredients...
Jul 15, 2022


Somen Noodle Flower
Found this product at a famous Nishiki Food Market in Kyoto Note Deep fry briefly, and this block of thin noodles pasted together opens...
Jul 7, 2022


Persimmon and Turnip Salad
Persimmon makes a unique salad Ingredients Persimmon Kabu turnip Salt Lemon juice, olive oil, etc.. Directions Slice kabu and sprinkle a...
Jun 19, 2022


Creamy Croquette
Easy to shape with half frozen dough Mini deep fryer we've been using for many years Ingredients (Inside) Inside of your pick (onion,...
Jun 18, 2022


Persimmon Cup
Using the persimmon as a serving dish Persimmon and Walnuts Persimmon with Tofu (shira-ae) salad In a bento box Ingredients Persimmon...
Jun 4, 2022


Salted Cherry Blossom Petals and Flowers
Using yae-zakura in my garden Ingredients Cherry blossom (Yae Zakura*) petals and flowers in late April (70% in bloom) with stems Sea...
May 29, 2022


Aka Shiso Juice
Summer drink with vinegar Ingredients Aka shiso 2, 3 bunches (remove the thick stems) Water 2.0L Sugar 2 cups (480 cc) Vinegar 1 cup...
May 1, 2022
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