Japanese Macaroni Salad can be made with any short pasta, but Spaghetti are popularly used. There are products of Dry Spaghetti that are already cut short, ready to use for salads. But you don’t need such products as you can snap Dry Spaghetti easily. This salad can be a great side dish, but I actually …
I stock 210g can of Red Salmon in my pantry for always. Using it, I can cook a variety of dishes. ‘Potato & Canned Salmon Gratin’ and ‘Rice Cooker Salmon & Sour Cream Frittata’ are just the examples. This quick and easy pasta dish is another. Are you a beginner cook? Have a read this …
I often cook a curry flavoured Spaghetti dish for lunch. The essential ingredients are Onion, Garlic, Tomato, Curry Powder and Spaghetti. I most likely add thinly sliced Pork OR Beef. Today I used a small can of Mackerel. Quick and easy to cook, nutritious and delicious, and it doesn’t cost me much. If you like …
In a supermarket, I saw a young man buying Gnocchi and choosing a tub of sauce. He chose the white sauce. I wanted to teach him this recipe. Read the instructions below. It is so easy. While you are boiling water to cook Gnocchi, the sauce will be done. If you don’t bake it, it …
This is a Spaghetti version of my ‘Tuna Udon’. You need 1 small can of Tuna, Onion and Spaghetti to cook this. If you add some other vegetables, you can make it more nutritious. If you are living on a tight budget, I strongly recommend you to stock some Canned Fish, Rice and Pasta. You …
I am a huge fan of Spaghetti Aglio Olio e Peperoncino. Mackerel is my favourite fish. Those two combined can’t go wrong. This dish is absolutely easy to cook and DELICIOUS!!! Today I added Onion as well. It is optional and you can add other vegetables instead, but the cooked Onion adds slight sweetness to …
At an event I attended, a woman and I started talking about Italian food as she was Italian descent. I told her I often cook Italian pasta with Soy Sauce, then she seemed very surprised. Are you surprised at a Spaghetti dish like this one, that is seasoned with Garlic, Butter and Soy Sauce? It …
Here is another single-serving recipe for you to try, but it would be easy to double it. It is the very popular ‘Creamy Garlic Prawn Pasta’ and I added some Chilli Flakes. I am confident this dish tastes as good as the restaurant dish, if not better. I used Frozen shelled Prawns that I always …
In Japan, there is a dish called ‘Crab Cream Croquette’, that is deep-fried crumbed thick mixture of Crab Meat and Cream Sauce. In Melbourne where I live, it is very difficult for me find real Crab Legs. Today I cooked the softer Crab Cream using Imitation Crab Meat, mixed Pasta with it, covered with Cheese, …
Just a little bit of Water is the key for the speedy steam-cooking method, which is great for cooking many vegetables including Brussels Sprouts. This dish is basically same as ‘Pan-fried Garlic Butter Brussels Sprouts’. I cooked Gnocchi with Brussels Sprouts. It won’t take long at all. Makes 2 Servings Ingredients 6 to 7 Brussels …
This dish can be cooked in 10 minutes. If you have thinly sliced Beef, which is available from Asian grocery stores and some supermarkets, it is quicker and easier as you only need to slice Onion and Garlic. Season the dish as you like, but I like to use Soy Sauce. Makes 1 Serving Ingredients …
To make good Pumpkin Gnocchi, you need to use a drier variety Pumpkin. When mashed Pumpkin contains more water, you would need to add more Flour, and the texture of Gnocchi changes, often turns tough. Dry and powdery Japanese Pumpkin (Kuri Kabocha) is ideal for Pumpkin Gnocchi, but I can’t have it here in Melbourne. …