Vegetables

  • Fish Vegetables

    Tuna Mayo Cauliflower Cheese Bake

    This is a variation of my ‘Cauliflower Curry Mayo Cheese Bake’. Instead of Curry spices, I added 1 small can of Tuna. For this dish, I recommend to pre-cook Cauliflower slightly, so that texture of Cauliflower is nicer with the mixture of Tuna and Mayonnaise. How to cook? Its’ your choice. I steamed it today. …

  • Soba Vegetables

    Soba Noodle Salad

    This is a variation of my ‘Cold Ramen Noodle Salad’. Salad ingredients can be placed on top of noodles decoratively, but they can be mixed with the noodles like this one. Today I used Soba Noodles instead of Ramen Noodles. Rice Noodles are also good. This type of noodle salad dish is something I want …

  • Pork Vegetables

    Blanched Pork Belly & Coriander Salad

    Coriander is ‘Love OR Hate’ vegetable. If you are a coriander hater, you wouldn’t enjoy this salad. If you love Coriander, you got to try it. It’s so refreshing and yummy. I hesitate to say I love Coriander, but I do enjoy its flavour. Definitely I don’t think it tastes like soap. Pork Belly is …

  • Vegetables

    Quick Pickled Celery

    When I serve Japanese style dinner, I always serve a small plate of vegetable along with Rice, Soup and Main Dish. It is supposed to be a simple vegetable dish, such as pickled vegetable OR ‘Aemono’, Japanese style salad. This is a simple dish of Celery. The flavour should be subtle and refreshing. Makes 4 …

  • Beef Vegetables

    Beef Guinness Stew

    Beef Stew is a simple dish. You cook Beef and Vegetables in stock OR water until soft and season with Salt & Pepper. Guinness Beer is popularly used, and many people add Tomato Paste and Herbs. There are many different methods, and this is how I cook it. I have found it difficult to cook …

  • Vegetables

    ‘Kara-age’ Fried Broccoli

    ‘Kara-age’ (kah-rah-ah-ge) is a Japanese cooking technique to cook meat and fish. The most popular one is ‘Kara-age’ Chicken. Today I cooked a head of Broccoli in the same way. It is not the healthiest method to cook Broccoli, but it is yummy. It would be great for drinking, particularly with chilled Beer. Makes 2 …

  • Vegetables

    Cabbage Outer Leaf Chips

    In Melbourne where I live, the price of Cabbage is unbelievable lately. The other day I bought a Savoy Cabbage and didn’t want to waste the outer leaves that were quite tough. Then I did an experiment. I have heard of Kale Chips, which is oven-baked Kale leaves. I baked Cabbage outer leaves in the …

  • Vegetables

    Avocado with ‘Yakiniku’ Sauce

    If you have leftover ‘Yakiniku’ Sauce, try this delicious dish. Simply pour the sauce over Avocado and add some Spring Onion. I added some Crispy Chilli Oil as well. This dish is great with chilled Beer. It is, of course, delicious with freshly cooked rice. You don’t have ‘Yakiniku’ Sauce? It’s easy to make. Try …

  • Beef Pork Vegetables

    ‘Golubtsi’ Stuffed Capsicums

    Several years ago, I received a message form a person, whose name was Asa, about Cabbage Rolls. She wrote that Cabbage Rolls are known as ‘Golubtsi’ in Eastern European region where her family is from, and she introduced me a ‘lazy’ form of ‘Golubtsi’. She kindly gave me her recipe and I have shared it …

  • Vegetables

    Daikon & Carrot ‘Namasu’ with Cranberries

    Daikon & Carrot ‘Namasu’ is a very simple Japanese salad, that is often prepared for New Year celebration because of the joyful red & white colours. I often crave it when I am physically tired. Normally I use Rice Vinegar to make this salad, but I used White Wine Vinegar today, and added Dried Cranberries. …

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