Green Pepper Maki
I love veggies wrapped in meat. My favorite is asparagus wrapped in pork but an honorable mention must go to eringi wrapped in beef. I tried something new the other day. I had some fast fry pork chops and some green peppers in the house so I search on Cookpad.com with those two ingredients and found … Read more
Freezing Yakionigiri
I think one of the first frozen foods I had in Japan was frozen onigiri. The hubby bought them one evening and I was skeptical. I don’t really like frozen food and these seemed to simple to be good. I loved them. Haven’t bought them since but they did inspire me to explore the world … Read more
Homemade Taiyaki
My first apartment with my husband was near a shopping street with a taiyaki place right in the middle. The shopping street led to a train station we used somtimes and taiyaki was the perfect winter hand warmer. When I decided to buy a waffle iron a couple of months ago I decided that it needed to … Read more
Chigasaki Industrial Fair
Last weekend I went to the Chigasaki Industrial Fair. It sounds boring but it was actually more like a huge farmer’s market. Lots of tables with local businesses and their products. I picked up some great black current jam (from an import company) and promptly made muffins with jam swirled in. Yum. The classic choco banana. … Read more
Sakura Love
For some reason I am in love with sakura flavored stuff this year. In past years I didn’t give sakura flavoring the time of day. Probably because sakura season is during allergy season so I don’t participate in all of the hoopla. No picnics for me. I think I have only done it twice in … Read more
Sakura An
For some reason I am somewhat obsessed with sakura flavor this year. This is my eighth sakura season but the first time I have been interested in sakura flavored anything. I asked on Facebook and Twitter about the best flavoring to use and was told that the flavor is in the leaves, which are preserved … Read more
Niku Aspara
One of my favorite things to order at yakitori (chicken grilled on a skewer) places and izakayas (a kind of pub?) is nikuaspara (asparagus rolled in thinly sliced pork/beef and grilled). I can’t get enough. I have always made it with pork at home but beef was relatively reasonable this week so I decided to give … Read more
Meatball udon
I wasn’t sure what to make for dinner last night. The only thing I knew is that I wanted something leafy in it. I decided on meatball and veggie udon soup. It really hit the spot. I made the meatballs quickly but forgot the miso. I love putting miso in meatballs that go in soup … Read more
Shirataki – nabe’s good friend
I love shirataki in nabe. It must be the texture because it doesn’t really have a flavor once it is in something. I could do without the alcohol-like smell that appears when you first open the package. These babies are a dieters dream at 8 kcal per 100 gram package. That’s a few less than … Read more
New Year’s Nabe
My mother-in-law made this nabe on New Year’s Eve. It is not a traditional dish so you can make it anytime without feeling like you are infringing on something. I was at my in-laws for five days and I belive we ate nabe four times – I was in heaven. The soup fish stock (dashi) a … Read more
