Recipes

Matcha Chocolate Chip Muffins

Matcha Chocolate Chip Muffins

I love Japanese fusion dessert. My vegan Matcha Chocolate Chip Muffins are one of them. It is slightly sweet, slightly bitter and moist—-a treat for matcha and chocolate lovers! They are great for breakfast and/or snack, a perfect accompaniment for both tea and coffee. Matcha read more

Everyday Oven-Roasted Yellow Potatoes

Everyday Oven-Roasted Yellow Potatoes

Everyday Oven-Roasted Yellow potatoes is my all-year-round favorite recipe! I make this for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, and everything else in between. The yellow potatoes are seasoned with basic but flavorful spices & herbs such as thyme, garlic powder, and onion powder with a couple read more

Rolled Oats Tomato “Risotto”

Rolled Oats Tomato “Risotto”

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post which we have received a free product from One Degree Organics. However, I review, make recipes, and introduce ONLY the products that I truly support, use, and believe that are good for us! Risotto is an all-year-round comfort food read more

Vegan Orange Infused Coconut Ramen

Vegan Orange Infused Coconut Ramen

[オレンジ風味ココナッツミルクのヴィーガンラーメン] If you’re looking for a different hot bowl of ramen recipe, try my Orange Infused Coconut Vegan Ramen. The coconut milk based broth combined with fresh orange and lime juice makes it so fragrant. Also, a variety of mushrooms gives more complex flavors to read more

Spaghetti with Ginger Tomato Sauce

Spaghetti with Ginger Tomato Sauce

This recipe is my take on tomato sauce pasta but Asian style! My Spaghetti with Ginger Tomato Sauce is not your old-time marinara sauce. It has a kick from fresh ginger that goes well with the natural umami taste from tomato, shiitake mushrooms, and dulse read more

Anko Butter Toast

Anko Butter Toast

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

Okra Natto

Okra Natto

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

Double Chocolate Banana Muffins

Double Chocolate Banana Muffins

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

Casarecce with Mini Tomatoes & Shishito Peppers

Casarecce with Mini Tomatoes & Shishito Peppers

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

Vanilla Gelato with Sweet Adzuki Beans & Strawberries

Vanilla Gelato with Sweet Adzuki Beans & Strawberries

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