Archive for June 10th, 2025

  • Bread Pizza & Flammkuchen

    English Muffin Pizza

    I usually eat English Muffins with Butter and Marmalade after toasting them. Today I made them into Mini Pizzas as I often do with sliced Bread. The texture of the English Muffins is very suitable for Pizza. I decided to share this great idea, then I discovered many people are already making English Muffin Pizza. …

  • Cold Sweets Fruit

    Pineapple & Yoghurt Pie

    This is a variation of my ‘Blueberry & Sour Cream Pie’. Today I used Greek Yoghurt instead of Sour Cream, and added Pineapple. My ‘Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry’ is very simple to make if you have a pie dish, but you may wish to use a store-bought frozen flan case, and that makes this dessert …

  • Curry Donburi (Rice Bowl) Tofu & Soy Protein

    Tofu Puff Curry

    If you like Japanese ‘Curry Udon’, you would enjoy this ‘Tofu Puff Curry’. If you use plant-based stock, this dish can be Vegan. The curry is cooked with Dashi Stock, seasoned with Soy Sauce and Mirin, which are Japanese staples, and thickened with Potato Starch. Add more Vegetables and Mushrooms if you like. You think …

  • Fruit

    Orange Marmalade

    When I first tried to make Orange Marmalade, most recipes that I found were for a too large quantity. I didn’t want to cook 1kg Oranges. And many recipes had long instructions. I wanted a simply recipe, then I made my own. This recipe is very versatile. You can cook Marmalade using just 1 Orange …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    Rice Cooker Sweet Potato Cake

    A very simple Japanese recipe of Rice Cooker Sweet Potato Cake inspired me to make this cake. I used the common orange-coloured Sweet Potato instead of Japanese Sweet Potato, and added Spices and Sultanas. However, my first attempt was failed because most of Sweet Potato pieces were not cooked. Sweet Potato needs to be pre-cooked! …