SHOKUTAKU 食卓 

Ingredients: Daikon Carrot salt Amazu sweet vinegar marinade (Vinegar: sugar = 1:1), a pinch of salt, Directions: Cut daikon and carrot thin strips Soak in salted water (water 500ml, salt 1 tbsp) for 30 minutes Drain and squeeze lightly Mix vinegar and sugar (or mirin), salt and mix with vegetables Note: With its celebratory red and white colors, it‘s called "kouhaku (red and white) namasu" and also an important dish in Osechi. Goes well with citrus - yuzu skin peel, etc.

Kabu (turnip) that resembles kiku (chrysanthemum flower) Ingredients: kabu = japanese turnip (small, round) yuzu citrus for flavor (optional) vinegar, sugar (or mirin), salt Directions: Cut off the top and bottom of the turnip, and peel the skin Cut downward in thin, vertical slices spaced 2 mm apart without cutting all the way through to the bottom. It is helpful to place the turnip between a pair of chopsticks and use them as a guide to prevent the knife from cutting all

Ingredients: Kale White beans (Any bean is OK, but white bean goes well.) Any vegetables (onion, carrot, potato, celery, ginger, etc.)...

Ingredients: Kale Salt, pepper, herb salt, etc.. Olive oil or sesame oil (optional) Directions: Wash and wipe dry kale Cut into your...

Ingredients: 2-3 Porabello mushrooms Olive oil 1 tbsp Soy sauce 1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar Directions: Wash, tap dry the portabello mushroom...

Dried Daikon Strips Ingredients: Kiriboshi Daikon Shiitake mushroom (dry or fresh) Carrot Other (chopped green beans, age, sesame,...

Ingredients: Spqthetti Squash (based on 1 pound) Vinegar 6 tsp Sugar 3 tsp Salt 3/4 tbsp Sesame seeds Directions: Cut the whole squash...

Ingredients: potato mayonnaize, salt, pepper, sesame, etc Directions: Cut the potatos into thin slices Soak them in water for a while...

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

Ingredients: Yellow Squash 2,3 Onion 1/2 Potato 3 small ones Bay leaf 1 or 2 Salt and ppper Vegetable stock White wine Milk (any...

Ingredients: Beet leaf/stem a few bunches Salt or shio koji, soy sauce, sesame oil 1tsp each or adjust to your taste Directions:...

Ingredients: pearl onion 1/4 pound milk (of any kind) consomme (or any soup stock) salt & pepper flour (or potato starch, mix with a...

Ingredents: avocado 1 shrimp (cooked) a few onion some cheese (optional) some bread crumb (optional) some mayonnaise (optional) ...

Dried strips of Yuugao (melon family) Serve as is or use in sushi, mix with rice or Kombu roll Product of Tochigi prefecture Ingredients:...

Ingredients: Tougan 2 pounds Onion 1 Ground meat 1 pound Kabocha 1/4 Mushroom (any kind) 1 cup Ginger some. (fresh or powder) Bay leaf...

Winter Melon Grown at Legacy Farm, Virginia Directions: Remove the skin and seeds. Cut/slice winter melon (tougan) , dip in mixture of...

Jerusalem Artichoke Kikuimo (Jerusalem Artichoke) is a perennial plant of the Asteraceae (Chrysanthemum) family, Sunflower genus with...

Rice with chopped leaves (daikon, turnip, komatsuna, etc...) Ingredients: Leaves of daikon (or turnip, komatsuna, etc...) Soy sauce, shio...

No flour and light with rich flavor of sweet potato Sweet potato digging event at Legacy Farm (October, 2022) Ingredients Sweet Potato ...

Variation with satoimo Ingredients; Satoimo Umeboshi (remove seeds and make into paste with a fork) or ume paste in a tube Dashi powder...