notes from my kitchen
This summer, I fell in love with wafu pasta. All those incredible Japanese flavour combinations plus a classic Italian staple: what’s not to like? This delicious wafu spaghetti with garlic, lemon and miso salmon is easy, satisfying and ready in 10 minutes. Fork or chopsticks? You decide!
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The nights are drawing in, and since September my menus have been gradually changing to counteract the chillier weather. More and more, I’ve been turning to those knobbly, underground, secretive vegetables – the ones we always abandon around April and rediscover towards Christmas. This time around, I’m also unearthing the meanings behind homely Japanese dishes such as shigure-ni and takikomi-gohan. Also featured in this post is a sweet treat I brought back from Japan to share with you – but don’t worry, it still fits with the root vegetable theme!
As always, read on for more details and cooking tips.
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When a brunch day comes around and you find yourself longing for a healthier option than bacon and/or pancakes, why not go Japanese? The traditional Japanese breakfast is a balanced but infinitely variable feast, normally including healthy proteins, vegetables, pickles, rice and soup. That’s 2-3 of your five a day and potentially some oily fish to boot. If, like me, you can happily eat most things for breakfast but baulk at the sight of processed pork or desserts before midday, you’ll be very happy with a spread like this. The only downside is that I can’t manage to cook it on weekdays! My example menu contains:
Read on for methods and tips!
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So, you bought a tub of miso and made your own miso soup for a while. Congratulations! You are now a fully fledged fermented bean paste convert. But what to do when you’re bored of soup variations? Here are three easy ways to use miso you might not have tried!
It’s been a crazy summer here – we’ve had lots going on, including a fantastic trip to Japan (more on that story later)! My kitchen experiments have continued unabated, so I’m going to catch up now for lost blogging with a big spread of fun and satisfying dishes. As the title suggests, this meal was actually to celebrate my wife’s birthday, so it’s mostly her requests! (Try to spot the weird extra I couldn’t resist sneaking in, courtesy of Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art.)
Read on for my notes…
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