Red and White Salad(紅白なます/おせち料理)

☆Red and White Salad(紅白なます/おせち料理) ☆
Good Afternoon everyone, Just counting down the days of 2009.  Hope that this was a great year for everyone and that 1010 will be even greater for us all.  I got the next 3 days off with the family and we may go and do some shopping later today.
Todays Japanese Cooking [...]

Asparagus with MENTSUYU Dressing(アスパラガスの揚げびたし)

☆Asparagus with MENTSUYU Dressing(アスパラガスの揚げびたし) ☆
Good Morning Everyone.  The sun has final come out and it’s a beautiful weekend here in Japan.  Today Japanese Cooking Recipe is a side dish called Asparagus with Mentsuyu Dressing.  A very delicious side dish to go with any Main dish.  I recommend try this recipe when you have a fish [...]

Cucumber with Miso Dressing(きゅうりのみそもみ和え）

☆Cucumber with Miso Dressing(きゅうりのみそもみ和え)☆
Good Morning Everyone, hope everything is going well for you.  Well it looks like a Super Typhoon will be coming our way in the next couple days.  Glad to be off from work too.  Today’s Japanese Cooking Recipe is a Japanese Side dish, I have been getting a lot of emails asking [...]

Sesame Dressing(胡麻ドレッシング)

☆ Sesame Dressing(胡麻ドレッシング) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, Another weekend has gone by and starting of a new week.  It’s a little bit over cast and a nice breeze blown. Today’s Japanese Cooking Recipe is called Sesame Dressing or 胡麻ドレッシング in Japanese.  I figure I mix up my recipe and add some dressing recipe.  This is a very [...]

How to make Japanese “Basic Dashi Stock”

☆Basic Dashi Stock☆
Ohayo gozaimasu minasan(Good Morning Everyone).  Today’s recipe is “How to make a Basic Dashi Stock”.  Very easy to make and always used in making Japanese Cooking Dishes.  Let’s get started with what we need to make the Dashi Stock.
Ingredient:
☆ 40 g konbu kelp
☆ 60 g dried bonito flakes
☆ 2000 cc water
Now that we [...]

Kaeshi(Special Blend of Soy Sauce)

Here’s a Special Blend Soy Sauce Called “Kaeshi”. If you like Soy you will like this one. Here’s what we need to make this Kaeshi.
Ingredients:
☆ 1 cup of mirin (sweetened Japanese sake)
☆ 1 cup of sugar
☆ 1 liter of soy sauce
☆ empty bottle of container you want to keep the kaeshi in.
Directions:
First add [...]

Soy Sauce Dressing

Here’s a dressing we like to use for salads, very easy to make. Here’s what we need to get started.
Ingredients:
☆　1 cup of E.V. olive oil
☆　1/2 cup of Soy sauce
☆　1/3 cup of vingar (For Sushi)
☆　5 tbsp of grind seasame
☆　1 tbsp of dry parsley
☆　1 tbs of powder paprika
☆　dry onion
☆　dry garlic
☆　ginger powder
☆　1 pinch of sugar
☆　salt and pepper
Now [...]