Plant-Based Matters

Have you had any non-traditional Japanese style breakfast yet? This is a bit different from what you would think as Japanese food. My Anko Butter Toast offers unique flavor combination of sweet adzuki beans and butter together on toast. This is a very casual yet read more

This is one of my comfort foods! As the name says it all, my Okra Natto is a simple dish made with my favorite ingredients: okra & natto! It’s simple, light, healthy and vegan. A touch of soy sauce is all you need to season read more

When it comes to a choice between chocolate or vanilla, I will always go for chocolate. There is something about it that’s sweet, bitter, velvety, and indulging. Chocolate muffins are no exception, either. My vegan Double Chocolate Banana Muffins are rich, moist, but not overly read more

While I ago when I bought a sac of shishito pepper and a small basket of small tomatoes, I wanted to make a couple of new dishes with them. Luckily, I had plenty of those fresh ingredients to make another dish which is this Casarecce read more

I got the inspiration to create this dish from the Japanese dessert called Ichigo Daifuku [苺大福] which is mochi filled with adzuki beans (Anko) with fresh strawberry. The tartness and the sweetness of fresh strawberry works very well with sweet adzuki beans. Instead of using read more

Have you had any Japanese sweets? If you have, chances are you’ve eaten the sweet adzuki beans. Anko (pronounced as Ahn-ko) is a Japanese name for cooked adzuki beans that is sweet. It’s vegan by nature like many other traditional Japanese sweets, also gluten free, read more

Are you a sweet food person or savory when it comes to breakfast? I’m definitely a savory person, to be honest. But I occasionally crave sweet stuff especially on weekends when I can take a little more time to prepare a nice & cozy breakfast! read more

[和風オクラの和え物（ヴィーガン）] Japanese Style Seasoned Okra (Vegan) is a simple & light vegan Japanese side dish which is a perfect accompaniment for a bowl of Japanese rice. This dish can be served either at a room temperature or chilled. It can also be prepared gluten free read more

Have you tried the combination of soy sauce and butter, yet? Soy Sauce “Butter” Spinach is a vegan version of home-cooked style Japanese food. It’s nothing fancy but it’s humble, comforting, “buttery”, and savory. You only need a short list of ingredients to make this read more

Do you like buckwheat? I typically eat it as in the noodle form, so called soba noodles. Buckwheat Groat Salad with Lemon Tahini Sauce is a new take on my buckwheat adventure! It’s a kind of “accidentally” Mediterranean inspired salad, if you will, but made read more