Hot Salad(温野菜サラダ)

☆Hot Salad(温野菜サラダ) ☆
Good Afternoon everyone, hope that all your week is going great.  It’s finally getting warmer here in Japan and soon the Sakura Flowers will be blooming near our place.  The kids are looking forward to that as they are on Spring Vacation now.
Well, back to the cooking.  Today Cooking Japanese Style is called [...]

Go-ya Burger( ゴーヤバーガー)

☆Go-ya Burger( ゴーヤバーガー) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, Hope that you had a great weekend.  Some how I knew I posted this yesterday, but it seems that it wasn’t posted when I check this morning.  Very strange I think.
Well, todays Cooking Japanese Style is called Go-ya Burger or ゴーヤバーガー in Japanese.  I just love eating go-ya(bitter melon) [...]

Spicy Pickled(スパイシーピクルス)

☆Spicy Pickled(スパイシーピクルス) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, hope that your having a great Tuesday or Monday.  Looks like I got the late shift today, wow its been like 3 weeks since I last had the late shift.  The hubby finishes early today so I think he will be making dinner for the family.  Not sure what he [...]

Tofu Lasagna(豆腐ラザニア)

☆Tofu Lasagna(豆腐ラザニア) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, hope that you all having a great weekend so far.  Its a sunny day here in Japan.  Been watching the news this whole morning, and it looks like North Eastern shores of Japan is getting hit by the Tsunami.  Which was created from the 8.8 Earth Quake in Chili, they [...]

Home Made Deep-Fried Tofu Ball(がんもどき)

☆Home Made Deep-Fried Tofu Ball(がんもどき) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, another weekend has come and I have to work today.  Its all good cause I got the morning shift and I get off the same time as the hubby.  I the hubby had some computer trouble yesterday, before going to work.  Looks like he stay up all [...]

Ankake Donburi(あんかけ丼)

☆Ankake Donburi(あんかけ丼) ☆
Ingredients:
☆ 100g thinly sliced pork, cut into 4-5㎝ pieces
☆ 100g shrimps, flavor with salt, pepper and sake
☆ 3-4 leaves chinese cabbage, cut into 4-5㎝ lengths pieces
☆ 2 bunch pak choi, cut into 4-5㎝ lengths pieces
☆ 4 portions cooked rice
☆ 1 knob ginger
☆ 1 clove garlic
☆ 1 green part of long green onion
☆ vegetable [...]

Bamboo Shoots and Squid with Kinome Sprouts(木の芽和え)

☆Bamboo Shoots and Squid with Kinome Sprouts(木の芽和え) ☆
Good morning Everyone, well I thought it would be a warm weekend for me.  I guess mother nature, wanted it to be a very very cold one. (Sob, sob)  Oh well, you can’t always get what you want on the weekends.
Todays Japanese Cooking Style is called Bamboo Shoots [...]

Spinach Gnocchi with Parmesan Cheese(ほうれん草のニョッキ)

☆Spinach Gnocchi with Parmesan Cheese(ほうれん草のニョッキ) ☆
Good morning Everyone, Hope that your having a great week so far.  Mines is going great too, been raining for the pass 2 days though.  Looking forward to the end weekend as we are going to visit a friend in the next city to us, we haven’t seen her for [...]

Spinach Curry(ほうれん草カレー)

☆Spinach Curry(ほうれん草カレー) ☆
Good Afternoon Everyone, hope that you all had a great weekend.  There wasn’t much happening here, but we did have great weather.  Today is a very sunny day and a little warm then the pass week.
Todays Japanese Cooking Recipe is called Spinach Curry or ほうれん草カレー in Japanese.  This is one of my families [...]

Radish with Miso Sauce(ふろふき大根)

☆Radish with Miso Sauce(ふろふき大根) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, another week has gone by and looking forward to the Weekend.  We have nothing special going on, but it looks like we are going shopping for office furniture.  The hubby is going to get a desk and chair for the office.  We may also go and visit a [...]

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 [...]

Deep-Fried Tofu with Amber Sauce(揚げ出し豆腐)

☆Deep-Fried Tofu with Amber Sauce(揚げ出し豆腐) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, Have a great weekend so far?  It’s 5 days until Christmas here and maybe 6 where you are.  Have you gotten all your Christmas Shopping done?  I finally got mines done last night, and boy the Shopping Malls are just full of Shoppers.  Now I have to [...]

Kidney Beans with Sesame Dressing(いんげんの胡麻和え)

☆ Kidney Beans with Sesame Dressing(いんげんの胡麻和え) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, Another chill day here and it looks like it may snow here in my area for the first time.  Winter has sneaked pass the fall season very fast this year.  So now I have to get the family winter clothes out of the closet this week [...]

Taro Tumbles(里いものにっころがし)

☆Taro Tumbles(里いものにっころがし)☆
Good Morning Everyone, a beautiful day here in Japan.  But, I have to work today.  (Sob sob) It just my luck, I guess.  Hopefully tomorrow on my day off it will be sunny like today, well thats what the weather reporter said today.  We can’t always believe them right, we’ll see.
Today’s Japanese Cooking Style [...]

Deep-Fried Lotus root and Shrimp Sandwiches(れんこんのはさみ揚げ)

Deep-Fried Lotus root and Shrimp Sandwiches(れんこんのはさみ揚げ)
Good Afternoon Everyone, having a great weekend so far.  We are enjoy the great sunny weather here and the family is all together watching some movies that we rented last night after coming back from work.
Today’s Japanese Cooking Style is called Deep Fried Lotus Root and Shrimp Sandwiches or [...]

Soy Beans and Kidney Bean Salad(大豆とさやいんげんのサラダ)

☆Soy Beans and Kidney bean Salad(大豆とさやいんげんのサラダ)☆
Good Morning Everyone, It’s a lovely sunny day here and time for me to get that laundry done before the weekend.  Its going to be rain all weekend here.  I hope it’s nice and sunny where you are in the world.  Today’s Japanese Style Cooking is called Soy Beans and [...]

Stuffed Green Pepper(ピーマンの肉詰め)

☆Stuffed Green Pepper(ピーマンの肉詰め) ☆
Ingredients:
☆ 6 greenpepper
☆ 200g ground pork
☆ 2 shiitake mushrooms
☆ 1 pieces of ginger
☆ 1/3  naganegi-onion
☆ 1 tsp soy sauce
☆ 3 tbsp sake
☆ 1 tsp sesami oil
☆ salt and pepper
☆ starch
☆ 3 tbsp vegetable oil
Direction:
1. Press the calyx of the pepper towards the inside and remove it as as all the seeds and [...]

Roots and Kyo-na Salad Japanese Style(れんこんと京菜のサラダ)

☆Roots and Kyo-na Salad Japanese style(れんこんと京菜のサラダ) ☆
Good Morning Everyone.  Hope that you had a great weekend, as we start a new week.  I had a great weekend as we had great picnic with the family yesterday and the weather was great, after it’s been raining all week last week.
Today’s Japanese Cooking Recipe is a Salad [...]

Lettuce and Cucumber Salad(レタスときゅうりのサラダ)

☆Lettuce and Cucumber Salad(レタスときゅうりのサラダ) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, It’s a rainy day today..Sob sob..  But every thing is going good.  Some flash news in Japan thats been the talk of the week.  A young that been on the run from killing a English teacher has finally been caught after 2 years of running. I could go [...]

Fried Carrot with Sprout(にんじんともやしの炒め物)

☆Fried Carrot with Sprout(にんじんともやしの炒め物) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, I hope that everyone had a great weekend.  We are getting closer to the end of the year and a lot of Season Holidays are coming up.  I know I will be busy in the kitchen this year again. Oh well..  Today’s Japanese Cooking Recipe is called Fried [...]

Spinach with Roast Pine nuts(ほうれん草と松の実の和えもの)

☆Spinach with Roast Pine nuts(ほうれん草と松の実の和えもの) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, I hope that everyone is having a great week.  Well, it looks like winter has start a month early here in Japan.  There has been report of snow falling in the northern part of Japan in Hokkaido and in the next Prefecture near us in Shiiga.  This [...]

Simmered Cabbage and Deep-Fried Tofu(キャベツと油揚げ煮)

☆Simmerd Cabbage and Deep-Fried Tofu(キャベツと油揚げ煮)☆
Good Morning Everyone, Hope everyone is have a great morning or had a great evening.  The weather is great here in Japan and I got the late shift at work today.  Well, today’s Japanese Cooking Recipe is called Simmered Cabbage and Deep Fried Tofu or キャベツと油揚げ煮 in Japanese.  This is a [...]

Miso Soup with Cabbage and onion(キャベツと玉葱のみそ汁)

☆Miso Soup with Cabbage and onion(キャベツと玉葱のみそ汁) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, I Hope that everyone is doing great today.  Well, I just realized that I hit the 50 mark for my 100 Recipes for 100 Days Post.(Yippy)  Half way done and half way to go.  Today’s Japanese Cooking Recipes is called Miso Soup with Cabbage and Onions or  キャベツと玉葱のみそ汁 [...]

Pickled Eggplant and Myo-ga(なすとみょうがの浅漬け)

☆Pickled Eggplant and Myo-ga(なすとみょうがの浅漬け) ☆
Good Morning Everyone, yet another weekend come and gone.  Time flies when your have a great time and enjoying life.  Today’s Japanese Cooking Recipe is called Pickled Eggplant and Myo-ga or なすとみょうがの浅漬け in Japanese.  My hubby just love this, this makes a great side dish or an appetizer for guest and friends. [...]

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