‘Champon’ is a Japanese word that means ‘a mixture of various items’. ‘Champon’ Noodle Soup is often made with Pork, Seafood and a variety of Vegetables. Milk is often added to the soup. It is truely a mix of many different ingredients, and it is absolutely delicious. This recipe is for 1 serving. You can …
Kōya Dōfu is freeze-dried Tofu. They say it originated in the mid 16th century in Japan. It is still popular and a variety of Kōya Dōfu products are available. In Melbourne where I live, you can find it at Japanese grocery stores. Kōya Dōfu is like a hard dried sponge and it is very easy …
Today I found Kransky Sausages in the fridge. There are many options that I can cook with them, but I always prefer cooking them in curry flavour. ‘Curry Flavoured Smoked Sausage & Potato Salad’ is the dish that I cook with Kransky most frequently. Today I made a soup, but it turned not quite soupy. …
You won’t add Noodles to a soup if you want to make the soup low in calories. However, you can add Konjac Noodles, which are called ‘Shirataki’ OR ‘Ito-Konnyaku’ in Japanese, because they are mostly water and dietary fibre, and extremely low in calories. This soup is packed with a variety of nutrients, low in …
This is the simplest Stewed Beef & Vegetables, I suppose. Today I had some chunky cuts of Beef for casserole, and I wanted to cook something very light. So, I simply stewed everything in Vegetable Stock and seasoned with Slat & Black Pepper. I thought the soup needed some acidity, then I added a Tomato. …
Rice Soup is a good way to use up leftover Cooked Rice, particularly Cooked Rice that is cold and hard. Today I used canned diced Tomatoes, but if you have the harvest from your garden, please use fresh ripe Tomatoes, and the soup will be beautiful. You can add the Cooked Rice to any soup, …
This is one of the soups that I was cooking for my husband when he was eating a low-calorie soup every day for health reasons. I use no starchy vegetables, but you may wish to add Potato, which is surprisingly low in calories. I recommend to add a few drops Sesame Oil for flavour and …
It doesn’t happen often as I am quite good at using up Vegetables. However, today I found a head of Broccoli that was in an opaque plastic bag and it had turned yellow. I always cook this soup when I find Broccoli that turned yellow. This is a simple recipe but it is a great …
I have a fond memory attached to this soup as one of my sisters frequently made this soup for our family members. She always used Beef Mince, which sometimes caused me coughing because the tiny pieces of Beef went to wrong way. I prefer using thinly sliced Beef. I wonder if my sister is still …
I often use Iceberg Lettuce for cooking. The other day I shared my ‘Stir-fried Iceberg Lettuce & Egg’ recipe on this website. Here is a soup recipe that you can try. This soup recipe requires only Iceberg Lettuce and Egg, but you can add other Vegetables and Mushrooms such as Enoki OR Shiitake for better …
Recently I have been cooking low-calorie soups for my husband every day. I am good at making low-calorie soups because Japanese soups are basically low-calorie as we don’t use Oil and Butter. We simply boil a variety of ingredients in stock. I cooked this ‘Chicken Creamy Soup’ in the same way and thickened it using …
The best way to cook ‘Healthy Tofu & Chicken Balls’ is cooking them in the boiling stock. Today I cooked them in Chicken Stock with Bok Choy and Enoki, and added Harusame Noodles. It was a nutritious and very filling meal but extremely low in calories. Makes 2 Servings Ingredients 10 Healthy Tofu & Chicken …