• Mushrooms

    Savoury Clafoutis with Mushrooms

    ‘Clafoutis’ is one of the desserts that I often make. It is absolutely easy and delicious. I use a variety of Fruit, but often use Cherries OR Ripe Pears. The other day I came across a ‘Savoury Clafoutis’ that looked like a quiche. That inspired me to make this ‘Savoury Clafoutis with Mushrooms’. Same as …

  • Chicken

    ‘Kara-age’ Fried Chicken Gizzards

    Chicken Gizzards are very cheap, but not many people cook them. You can find recipes on the internet, and many of them require to remove silver coloured parts from Chicken Gizzards because they are very tough. I don’t do that. I boil them before I use them for cooking, so that all parts can be …

  • Egg

    Miso Marinated Eggs

    ‘Soy Sauce Egg’, Boiled Egg marinated in Soy Sauce, has become popular in Melbourne where I live as ‘Ramen’ (Japanese style noodles in soup) has become popular and ‘Soy Sauce Egg’ is a common topping for ‘Ramen’. You can marinate Boiled Eggs in Miso as well. I recommend to add extra ingredients for flavours. These …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    Custard Powder Cake

    When I was given my husband’s old family recipes, I came across quite a few recipes that require Custard Powder. Theo’s Sponge (Custard Powder Sponge) is one of them. I never knew about Custard Powder until I first saw my husband’s mother making Custard with it. It seemed Custard Powder used to be an essential …

  • Chicken

    ‘Char Siu’ Baked Chicken

    As the sauce that I created to make ‘Char Siu’ Baked Pork is very popular, I tried to marinate Chicken in the sauce. This is absolutely easy to make and DELICIOUS!!! I used Chicken Thigh Fillets on my husband request. However, the boneless Fillets shrink a lot when baked and a lot of oil comes …

  • Beans & Peas Vegetables

    Simmered Soy Beans & Vegetables

    This is another very popular and traditional Japanese dish that you would never come across at Japanese restaurants. I do crave this type of dish occasionally. It’s a very simple dish and I enjoy it with freshly cooked Rice. The most tricky part of cooking this dish is cooking Soy Beans. The Dried Soy Beans …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Fruit

    Easy Cherry Pies

    Frozen Butter Puff Pastry if very handy to stock in the freezer. I often wrap sweetened Fruit, Azuki Paste OR Chocolate with the Puff Pastry, and bake them in the oven. Today I used Cherries. However, Cherries are not in season now and I couldn’t find Frozen Cherries either. So I used 1 can of …

  • Udon

    Udon & Egg Soup

    There are some particular food that I wish to eat when I am unwell. ‘Okayu’ Japanese Rice Porridge and ‘Ojiya’ Egg Rice Porridge are the ones. The other day, I caught a cold and stayed in bed wishing someone to cook this ‘Egg Udon Soup’ for me. Only my husband and son were home and …

  • Chicken

    Jamaican Inspired Baked Chicken

    I tend to season Chicken with Soy Sauce. The other day, I wanted to try a totally new flavour. Since my husband travelled to Barbados, a Caribbean island, I have been interested in Caribbean cuisine. Then I discovered a Chicken dish called ‘Jamaican Jerk Chicken’. I read about it and created my own recipe that …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    Cocoa Oats & Almond Cookies

    I have a great recipe for ‘Oats & Banana Cookies’. They can be made with No Egg, No Flour, No Dairy. The binding ingredient is Ripe Banana, so they taste Banana. The other day, I wanted to make Cocoa flavoured Oats Cookies, but I didn’t have Banana. So I made a new recipe. You need …

  • Beef Donburi (Rice Bowl) Sushi

    ‘Yakiniku’ Beef Sushi Rice Bowl

    This rice bowl dish is very quick and easy for me to prepare because I almost always have a bottle of my family’s ‘Yakiniku’ Sauce in the fridge. If you have a store-bought ‘Yakiniku’ Sauce, you can use it. If you don’t have it, don’t give up. I have included a simple alternative sauce in …

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