All posts by Hiroko

  • Pork Soba Vegetables

    Soba & Pork Salad with Spicy Sauce

    This is an altered version of my ‘Soba & Pork Salad With Mentsuyu Sauce’. When I wanted to eat something spicy, I added extra ingredients to the ‘Mentsuyu’ (Noodle Dipping Sauce). You can eat the noodles and salad with the sauce as a dipping sauce, or just pour it over. Makes 2 Servings Ingredients 2 …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Fruit

    Grated Apple Pound Cake

    This Pound Cake is slightly sour. The sourness comes from Apples. You don’t see Apple pieces in this cake, because the Apples were finely grated. As a lot of juice comes out of Apples, you might need to add extra Flour. The cake tastes better when cold, and it stays moist for a few days, …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Fruit

    Super Easy Peach Cobbler

    This is a super easy way to make Peach Cobbler. Using a canned Peaches, it can be made any time, really quickly. When Peaches are in season, you may wish to use fresh Peaches. If you have never made Peach Cobbler before, you would be surprised how easy it is to make, according to this …

  • Mushrooms

    Ponzu Shiitake

    This is a very simple dish of fried Shiitake. My mother used to grill them, but I deep-fry them. Of course you can shallow-fry them using a frying pan. I like adding more flavours to Ponzu, but they are all optional. You can use Ponzu only. Makes 3 to 4 Servings Ingredients 200g Shiitake MushroomsOil …

  • Cold Sweets Matcha

    Matcha Ice Cream Sandwiches

    It can be a fun family activity to make these ‘Matcha Ice Cream Sandwiches’. Using store-bought biscuits, it’s easy to make. Today I used Arnott’s Chocolate Ripple biscuits. You would need a cookie cutter that matches the size and shape of the biscuits you use. *You might prefer my Egg-free Matcha Ice Cream recipe. Makes …

  • Egg Mazegohan Vegetables

    Spinach & Egg Mazegohan

    I often cook fried rice with Spinach and Egg. It is not easy to cook 4 servings at a time. Then I tried to mix all up in a large mixing bowl. It’s a ‘Mazegohan’. It worked perfectly. Quick, easy, delicious & nutritious, that’s all I want. Makes 4 servings Ingredients 2 cups (*180ml cup) …

  • Vegetables

    Curry Flavoured Cauliflower & Smoked Sausage Salad

    This dish is totally identical to my ‘Curry Flavoured Smoked Sausage & Potato Salad’. I simply replaced Potatoes with Cauliflower. I always use European style Smoked Sausages such as Kransky that is very common in Australia. The sausages can be quite salty, so please add Salt & Pepper cautiously. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 500 to …

  • Fish Vegetables

    Broccoli & Tuna ‘Goma-ae’

    I often cook ‘Goma-ae’ dishes. I use a variety of Vegetables as ‘Goma-ae’ sauce is so versatile and matches for many Vegetables. The sauce’s ingredients are always the same. I use Toasted Sesame Seeds, Sugar and Soy Sauce, though the ratio of those three ingredients is sometimes different. It seems my family members love the …

  • Cold Sweets Matcha

    Matcha Ice Cream

    Until I made this Matcha Ice Cream, I had been using my old Egg-free recipe for many years. Currently this is my favourite Matcha Ice Cream. It is based on my ‘Easiest Vanilla Ice Cream’. I added Matcha to it and altered the amount of Sugar. Makes 2 to 4 Servings Ingredients 1 tablespoons Matcha …

  • Vegetables

    Marinated Fried Eggplant ‘Nambanzuke’

    I have shared my recipe for ‘Nanban-zuke’, which is a dish of marinated Fish. It is one of my Top 10 summer dishes. This dish is almost identical to the ‘Nanban-zuke’, but I used Eggplants instead of Fish. Eggplants are deep-fried and they become oily. And that’s why they taste so good after marinated in …

  • Tofu & Soy Protein

    Simmered Abura-age

    This absolutely simple dish of Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu) is, I believe, one of Japanese soul foods. It is seasoned with Sugar, Mirin and Soy Sauce, the Japanese staple seasonings. I like to eat it with Udon Noodles or with freshly cooked rice. You can season them slightly stronger and use them for Inari-zushi. Makes …

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