[柚子胡椒パスタ（ヴィーガン）] One of my favorite vegan pasta recipes, Yuzu Kosho Pasta, is a quick, easy, and super flavorful dish featuring spicy & aromatic yuzu kosho. It’s made with less than 10 ingredients and ready to eat within 30 minutes! What’s Yuzu Kosho? To learn more read more
[ヴィーガンさつま芋のお味噌汁] This sweet and savory Vegan Japanese Sweet Potato Miso Soup is a taste of fall in Japan but prepared without the traditional bonito and kombu dashi! It only takes 5 ingredients to make but the flavors are very comforting and complex: savory, umami-rich and read more
[ヴィーガンしらたきバター醤油炒め] This recipe is very quick and easy to put together. Vegan Butter Shoyu Shirataki Noodles is cooked with one of my favorite Japanese flavor combos, butter (vegan) + shoyu (soy sauce) and shirataki noodles make this dish healthier with less calories. For GF option, read more
[しらたきの胡麻生姜ポン酢和え] If you’re a noodle lover like me, here is a guilt-free noodle recipe for you! Shirataki Salad With Sesame Ginger Ponzu Sauce is a cold salad-type dish. It’s refreshing yet has robust flavors from ground toasted sesame seeds, freshly grated ginger and ponzu sauce. read more
[カレー炒り豆腐とご飯のベジート巻き] Here is another fun idea for you to enjoy rice! Japanese Curry Flavored Tofu Rice Roll is a bite size rice roll. It’s not sushi because the rice isn’t seasoned with vinegar. The concept is somewhat similar to the Japanese rice balls, Onigiri, but it’s read more
[ぬか漬け] Nukazuke (Japanese Pickles Made in a Fermented Rice Bran Bed) is the most basic yet authentic & traditional Japanese pickles made in nukadoko. The recipe features some of the commonly used veggies for making nukazuke: cucumber, carrot and daikon radish. The concept is very read more
[ベジートそば寿司] If you are looking for another vegan “sushi” option, try this one! Soba Sushi Roll is a different kind of sushi that’s not made with rice. Yes, you can make “sushi” with soba noodles! What’s very special about this roll is the vegan & read more
[ぬか床] Nukadoko (A Fermented Rice Bran Bed for Pickling) is an essential component for making quintessential Japanese pickles called Nukazuke. My Nukadoko is made from scratch with rice bran, sea salt, water, kombu and chili peppers. It’s quite a process from start to finish but read more
[お茶漬け風味噌焼きおにぎり] If there’s one thing I need to pick to represent quintessential Japanese food, it has to be onigiri (rice ball.) Miso Grilled Onigiri with Green Tea (Ochazuke Style) is a variation of the Japanese onigiri with a twist! Miso is slightly charred from grilling read more
[アボカドとトマトの塩麹ドレッシング和え冷製パスタ] Have you tried Japanese fusion pasta dishes? This cold pasta dish is one of my go-to Japanese fusion flavor arrangements. Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon Shio Koji Dressing, Avocado and Tomato is made with one my favorite Japanese ingredients, shio koji (salted rice malt.) read more