All posts by Hiroko

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Fruit

    Banana Cupcakes

    I have a great Banana Cake recipe and it’s ‘My Legendary Banana Cake’, but the amount of the batter is not right for 12 cupcakes. I altered the recipe and made this new one that is perfect to make 12 cupcakes. You must use Very-Well-Ripe Bananas. I bake these cupcakes only when I have almost …

  • Beef Sea Vegetables Udon

    Beef & Wakame Udon Soup

    It was time to make my lunch. I had a look in the fridge to see what I had and saw a small amount of thinly sliced Beef. I instantly decided to cook ‘Beef & Wakame Soup’. I added Udon Noodles to make it into a filling meal. This is another quick & easy Udon …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Fruit

    Sugar Topped Lemon Shortbread

    Several years ago, I bought a bag of Raw Sugar to make ‘Kasutera’ Cake. I still have a lot of it because it’s been difficult for me to use those large Sugar crystals. I am trying to use it up now as it is getting old. ‘Sugar Coated Cookies‘ is a good way to use …

  • Cold Sweets Fruit

    Lorna’s Dark Plum Mousse

    Lorna is my husband’s grandfather Theo’s sister. Lorna left some great recipes for the next generation. This is one of them, and I have been wanting to try it. Today I finally made it, but again I had to halve the recipe because her recipe was for her large family. I added some Sugar because …

  • Sushi

    Vegan Chirashi-zushi

    ‘Chirashi-zushi’ is a type of Sushi and it is a kind of decorated rice salad. A variety of ingredients are used to mix with Sushi Rice OR cover it in a decorative way. It is a very popular Sushi in Japan as it is relatively easy to prepare. A Vegan version can be easy. You …

  • Mushrooms

    Simmered Sliced Shiitake

    For Sushi Rolls and Chirashi-zushi, Shiitake Mushrooms that are seasoned with Sugar, Soy Sauce and Mirin is a popular ingredient. Please use Dried Shiitake as the texture and the flavour are more suitable. If you mix them with Sushi Rice OR use them as a filling for Sushi Rolls, already sliced Dried Shiitake is the …

  • Onigiri (Rice Balls) Sushi

    Sushi ‘Onigiri’ Rice Balls

    You like Sushi Rolls? Using exactly the same ingredients, you can make ‘Onigiri’ Rice Balls. Mix the filling ingredients with Sushi Rice, form into ‘Onigiri’, and wrap with Nori in your preferred way. Perfect for lunch or snack, much easier to make, and tastes the same. You don’t know how to make triangular balls? Then …

  • Drink

    Plain Lassi with Apple Cider Vinegar

    A few months ago, my husband tried cooking. His cooking is to follow every word in the recipe. One of the recipes he tried required Apple Cider Vinegar, which I didn’t have because I don’t use it for cooking. He only needed a very small amount and I said to him ordinary vinegar was good …

  • Donburi (Rice Bowl) Fish

    Tuna & Kimchi Rice Bowl

    This is another super easy dish that you can make with a small can of Tuna. If you have already cooked Rice, it is super quick and easy as you don’t need to cook anything. Just mix the sauce ingredients and add canned Tuna to the sauce. If you don’t have Kimchi, the Tuna mixture …

  • 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 …

1 83 84 85 252