Japanese Carrot Salad with japanese mayo salad dressing

 Japanese carrot salad: Carrots and corn come together with a sesame mayo dressing to make a delicious, tangy carrot and sesame salad. The dressing is customizable to your tastes, and is delicious on salads and great for dipping.  Asian Carrot Salad With A Japanese Mayo Twist The best dressings are sesame dressings. It’s just a fact. …

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Homemade Tonkatsu Sauce

Spooning out some tonkatsu sauce out of a bowl, with worcestershire sauce bottle in the background.

Tonkatsu sauce is  popular in Japan for tonkatsu and other fried foods. This tonkatsu sauce recipe is easy to make and is tangy and rich. It makes a great Japanese style katsu chicken sauce and is perfect for dipping all your favorite deep fried food!  Growing up, whenever we had chicken katsu, tonkatsu, or korokke, …

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Savory Kabocha Squash Soup

This kabocha squash soup is naturally sweet, and uses just a few simple ingredients to make a comforting and delicious winter soup. 

This kabocha squash soup is naturally sweet, and uses just a few simple ingredients to make a comforting and delicious winter soup.  When fall comes, it’s time for everyone to go pumpkin crazy. Except for me, because I think pumpkin is just okay. That’s probably because I grew up spoiled, eating kabocha squash. It’s also …

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Tuna Takikomi Rice

Tuna takikomi rice, or takikomi gohan, is a Japanese seasoned rice dish with veggies and tuna. Easy, filling, and nutritious, all you need to do is prep the ingredients, throw them in the rice cooker, and press start!

Tuna takikomi rice, or takikomi gohan, is a Japanese seasoned rice dish with veggies and tuna. Easy, filling, and nutritious, all you need to do is prep the ingredients, throw them in the rice cooker, and press start! Here’s a scenario: you don’t feel like making dinner. But you have people in the house you …

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Tomato Salad with Cucumber Onion Marinade

Sliced Tomato Salad with Cucumber Onion Marinade- Sliced tomatoes topped with a chopped cucumbers and onion in a tangy marinade. This sliced tomato salad is so fresh and comes together in a snap.

Sliced tomatoes topped with a chopped cucumbers and onion in a tangy marinade. This sliced tomato salad is so fresh and comes together in a snap. Perfect for a warm summer day! Summer is coming. Yesterday I was outside and it was already HOT! When I was living in Utah, the summer was hot hot hot but at …

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Baked Japanese Chicken Wings

These soy sauce sticky wings are baked, but SO crispy, with a sweet and salty glaze.  I didn’t eat my first wings until college. I’m not even kidding! I grew up in America and I never ever had wings! My mom is anti having bones in chicken, so I just never had the opportunity to …

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Perfect Umami Puff Pastry Appetizer

Perfect Umami Puffs

Full of umami packed ingredients (mushrooms, caramelized onions, bacon, cheese), these will make the perfect puff pastry appetizer! Umami- different from savory… not exactly “salty”, but a flavor profile that brings a depth and deliciousness to foods. You’ll find it in soy sauce, anchovies, tomatoes, parmesan, and these umami puffs. The puff pastry appetizer is topped …

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Simmered Kabocha Squash (Kabocha no Nimono)

Simmered Kabocha Squash (kabocha no nimono)

Kabocha squash is simmered in a delicious Japanese flavored stock until soft. Kabocha no nimono is an easy, savory, and healthy side dish. So I’ve been on a bit of a kabocha kick lately, and I think a part of the reason is because I keep seeing pumpkin recipes all over, and every time I …

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