• Bread

    Pan-fried Easy Focaccia

    This is basically the same recipe as my ‘Easy Focaccia’. Today I halved the recipe to cook it in a frying pan. Even though you don’t have an oven, you can entertain your friends and gruests with a home-made Focaccia. My frying pan is 26cm in diameter. Please use similar size OR larger pan. Of …

  • Beef Curry Vegetables

    Easy Mince & Vegetable Curry

    This is another quick and easy dish that you can cook with the cost-saving ‘Very Versatile Cooked Mince & Onion’. If you don’t have it, just cook Minced Meat and Onion with other vegetables that you have in hand. Japanese Curry Roux can be used to cook this dish if you have it. Makes 1 …

  • Beef Vegetables

    Korean Inspired Beef Mince Rice Bowl

    Using 1 serving of the cost-saving ‘Very Versatile Cooked Mince & Onion’, and if you have some veggies and Gochujang (Korean Spicy Miso), you can cook this delicious dish quickly and easily. You don’t need to spend a lot of money at a restaurant, enjoy something different today. By the way, if you like Korean …

  • Beef Spaghetti & Pasta

    Quick & Easy Spaghetti Bolognese

    If you are living on a tight budget and trying to save money for food, check ‘Very Versatile Cooked Mince & Onion’ page. Using 1 serving of it, Spaghetti Bolognese can be made quickly and easily, and it won’t cost you much. If you want to cook a larger amount of Bolognese Sauce, please find ‘My Family’s …

  • Beef Vegetables

    Very Versatile Cooked Mince & Onion

    My daughter says she is currently living on a very tight budget, and always buys near-expired minced Meat at discounted prices and she freezes it. I told her not to freeze it straight away. Cook it with Onion first, divide it into portions, then freeze it. This mixture can be quickly and easily transformed into …

  • Gyoza Vegetables

    Stir-fried Gyoza & Tomato

    If you love Gyoza, you must have your favourite method to cook them. I cook them in the traditional way by the steam-frying method, but lately I have been cooking them with Tomato. This method is simple. Arrange everything in a non-stick frying pan, and cook until Gyoza is cooked. You don’t need a dipping …

  • Donburi (Rice Bowl) Fish

    Super Easy Canned Mackerel Rice Bowl

    I had been making ‘Super Easy Canned Sardines Rice Bowl’ for many years before I realised that I had never made it with canned Mackerel, even though Mackerel is my favourite fish. So, I tried to make it with canned Mackerel, and I absolutely loved it. Much more than Sardine version. Makes 1 Serving Ingredients …

  • Fish Spaghetti & Pasta Vegetables

    Smoked Salmon Salad Spaghetti

    This is a quick and easy dish that is perfect to enjoy on a hot day. You probably don’t want to cook anything, but just be patient and cook Spaghetti, OR other thin long Pasta. Other than that, you don’t need to cook anything. It’s cool and refreshing, and nutritious. Makes 1 Serving Ingredients 1 …

  • Dips & Spreads Sweets

    Dates & Cocoa Spread

    A delicious chocolate flavoured spread can be made using Canned Butter Beans and you can find the recipe here, but you need to add Sugar to make it. This Date Spread doesn’t require Sugar at all. You only need 3 ingredients, Dates, Milk and Cocoa Powder. Makes About 250g Ingredients 1 cup (about 125g) Dried …

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