In Side Dish/ Vegetable Avocado Salad with Wasabi Dressing Recipe If you want one more little dish for your dinner, this may be it! A quick and easy side dish salad, but with a… Continue Reading →
In Side Dish/ Vegetable/ Video Potato Salad Recipe You might not think Potato Salad is Japanese food, but it is! Japanese Potato Salad is similar to American potato salad; semi-smashed boiled potatoes… Continue Reading →
In Rice/ Side Dish/ Vegetable Kabocha Gohan (kabocha squash rice) Recipe Kabocha, the sweet Japanese squash, is a very versatile vegetable. You can simmer it in seasoned dashi broth (Kabocha no Nimono), or use it… Continue Reading →
In Appetizer/ Rice/ Side Dish Yaki Onigiri Recipe (Pan-Fried Rice Balls with Soy Sauce and Butter) If you have made Onigiri (rice ball) before, add one more step and try Yaki Onigiri, crunchy grilled rice ball. The recipe can be… Continue Reading →
In Appetizer/ Side Dish/ Vegetable Cucumber and Wakame Seaweed Sunomono Recipe Cucumber and Wakame Seaweed Sunomono is a very refreshing side dish. The combination of cucumber and wakame is one of the most popular types… Continue Reading →
In Egg/ Side Dish Tamagoyaki with Green Onions Recipe Tamagoyaki is a Japanese rolled omelet and it is probably the most common way to eat eggs in Japan. You can find Tamagoyaki on… Continue Reading →
In Side Dish/ Vegetable Okra Salad Recipe Okra is not just for Gumbo! We eat okra in Japan, too. It is actually a very popular vegetable in summer time there. Okra… Continue Reading →
In Appetizer/ Side Dish/ Vegetable Asparagus Ohitashi Recipe Making ohitashi is a great way to eat spring vegetables. Although spinach is the most popular, you can make ohitashi with any sort of… Continue Reading →
In Seafood/ Side Dish/ Vegetable Tuna-jaga Recipe Tuna-jaga is a variation of Nikujaga, but instead of beef and all the usual other vegetables, here it’s just a can of tuna and… Continue Reading →
In Side Dish/ Tofu/ Vegetable/ Video Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu Salad) Recipe Shira-ae is a vegetable side dish mixed with mashed Tofu. It is a little different from regular salad since there is no dressing like… Continue Reading →