Healthy Casserole Recipe – Tofu

Healthy casserole recipe - tofu version! Try this easy recipe and enjoy the creamy tofu with cheese and vegetables!

Mixed Seafood Recipe With Sweet Chili Sauce

This mixed seafood recipe is similar to "sweet chili fried shrimp", one of the most popular Chinese-Japanese dishes, but much easier to make!

Sugar Snap Peas Recipe – Japanese Style

Easy and quick, 5 mins cook side dish - sugar snap peas recipe in Japanese style! Enjoy the colorful and fulfilling recipe!

Easy Ratatouille Recipe – Japanese Style

Easy ratatouille recipe in Japanese style! It's healthy and tasty tomato based stew with a lot of fresh summer vegetables!

Recipe for Karaage Chicken (Japanese Dish)

Here is the recipe for Karaage Chicken - Japanese version of fried chicken! Let's make one of the most popular Japanese dishes at home!

Inari Sushi – Rice with Deep-Fried Tofu

Let's make some pretty little sushi, Inari sushi - rice stuffed into thin deep-fried tofu. The rice can be seasoned with a variety of taste!

Lemon Cream Pasta Sauce with Salmon

Creamy and rich, but at the same time refreshing taste of lemon cream pasta sauce! Here is the full recipe for new taste of cream sauce!

How To Make Sushi At Home – Chirashi Style

Easy & inexpensive way to make sushi at home - chirashi sushi! You can just randomly place diced raw fish over the rice just like a bowl!

Japanese Dumpling (Gyoza) Recipe

Japanese dumpling is known as "gyoza" which is fried crispy dumpling! Here is step-by-step instruction & tips for making gyoza at home!

Easy Pasta Salad Recipe – Japanese

Japanese easy pasta salad recipe - one of the cold side dishes, seasoned with mayonnaise and vinegar! Great for bento box too!

How to bake salmon with foil – Japanese Style

Easy, healthy, delicious salmon recipe in Japanese style! Here is how to bake salmon with foil and some tips for this recipe.

Cucumber with Vinegar Recipe – Japanese Style

One of my favorite cucumber with vinegar recipe - with sesame oil & imitation crabmeat! They add so much great flavor and you will love it!

Taco with Rice! Japanese Casual Recipe

Quick & delicious bowl recipe from Okinawa(Japan) - taco with rice! Made of cheese, tomato, ground meat and rice seasoned with juicy sauce!

Marinated Chicken Breast Recipe – Japanese

Japanese traditional style of marinade, miso-marinated chicken breast recipe is here! Enjoy your favorite protein with the special paste.

Mapo Tofu Recipe – Japanese Version

Let me share my Japanese style Mapo tofu recipe today! Mapo tofu is probably one of the most famous tofu dishes. You might have had…

Tofu Steak – Japanese Hamburg Steak

This tofu steak is healthy version of Japanese hamburg steak! I substitute tofu for most of ground meet. Enjoy juicy steak with low calories!

Easy Tofu Recipe – Gratin Style

If you are trying to use tofu but don’t know how, here is the perfect recipe for you! I shared one of my tofu recipes,…

Toast Recipes – Banana & Walnuts and More!

3 toast recipes you can try and quickly make with Avocado or Egg or Banana! Also, I am sharing some Japanese style breakfast.

Steamed Chicken with Japanese Miso Sauce

Healthy steamed chicken breast recipe with Japanese rich miso & chili sauce. Easy to make, great taste and less calories!

Tofu Salad with Avocado & Tomato

Tofu salad with avocado & tomato simply seasoned with vinegar, olive oil, mayonnaise and honey! This is the easiest way to enjoy tofu!

Mille Feuille Nabe – Nappa & Pork

Mille Feuille Nabe is Japanese hot pot that consists of layers of nappa and sliced pork. Dip in ponzu sauce or creamy miso sauce and enjoy!

Potato with Butter & Soy Sauce

Japanese easy recipe - pork and potato with butter & soy sauce! Simply fry potato, sliced pork, red peppers then season in Japanese style!

One Skillet Meal with Japanese Taste

Easy and gorgeous one skillet meal; pumpkin, broccoli and ground meat seasoned in Japanese style! Enjoy colorful delicious look and taste!

Spicy Soup with Soybean Sprouts

Recipe of spicy soup with soybean sprouts that makes your body warm. Enjoy perfect combination of spice, Japanese umami and egg's mild taste!

Japanese Seasoned Rice Recipe

Japanese seasoned rice is different from fried rice. When you steam rice, add some ingredients and seasonings and cook all together. If you have a…

Nikujaga – Japanese meat & potato stew

Nikujaga is a dish of sliced pork and potato stewed with soy sauce based seasonings. Let's try this traditional and classic Japanese recipe!

Baked Tofu Recipe in Japanese Style

Today, let me introduce you one of my favorite baked tofu recipe! Tofu has so many possibilities. If you are a vegetarian or trying to…

Eggplant Oven Roasted in Gratin Style

Today I will share eggplant oven roasted recipe in gratin style! Some of vegetables are very different from Japanese ones. For example, potato in the…

Marinade Recipe of Salmon – Japanese Style

Japanese marinade recipe! Deep-fry your favorite fish then put into vinegar based sweet sauce. Let's wait until fish soaks delicious sauce.

Steamed Cabbage & Pork with Japanese Sauce

Healthy, easy and fast recipe, steamed cabbage and pork with Japanese sauce! Let's add your favorite vegetables and make it in your own way!

Cute Bento Box – Bear Plate Version

Try Cute Bento Box (Character Bento Box)! You can use small plate instead of actual bento box too. Let's have fun when you cook and eat!

Japanese Potato Salad – Easy Recipe

As each country has different style of potato salad, we have Japanese potato salad in Japan! Let's try easy and popular Japanese recipe!

Teriyaki Pork Steak – Japanese Style

Teriyaki pork steak is not just easy and fast, but also easy to get ingredients at low price! I also share some tips about how to make pork tender.

Oven Baked Salmon Recipe in Japanese Style

Simple & easy oven baked salmon recipe with Japanese style seasonings! Use colorful ingredients and let's make it look fun and gorgeous!

Healthy One Pot Meals – Seafood & Rice

Easy, quick and healthy one pot meals recipe! Just put uncooked rice and frozen seafood mix in a pot all together then it becomes gorgeous one pot meals!

Gyudon Recipe -Japanese Beef Bowl

Japanese style beef and onion bowl, gyudon recipe is here! All you need is simply beef, onion and rice and some Japanese seasonings for special sauce!

How to Make Gyu-Don (Beef Bowl)? Japanese Easy Recipe

Gyu-don is beef and onion bowl with soy sauce based special sauce. "Don" means bowl dishes in Japanese. For example, katsu-don is fried pork bowl, oyako-don is chicken & egg bowl. The re

Healthy Pork Recipe – Japanese Roast Pork

Very healthy pork recipe, roast pork with Japanese style onion sauce! All you need is simple ingredients and the process is very easy.

How to Make Roast Pork/Chicken Soft?- Healthy Japanese Recipe

The other day I wanted to make something healthy but going well with wine since it was Friday night. So I decided to try roast pork recipe! Roast pork (or chicken) is one of the healthiest recipe. You

Is Japanese Curry Easy to Make? -Easiest Japanese Recipe!

For Japanese people, Japanese curry is normally something we make at home. I was 8 when I first made Japanese curry at home by myself! That's how easy you can make Japanese curry at home.

Juicy Japanese Hamburg Steak -Japanese Casual Recipes-

One of the most popular Japanese dishes among Japanese is probably hamburg steak! It's like meatloaf if I try to describe but we put soy sauce-based sauce and eat it with rice as usual.

Kabocha Recipe – Creamy Japanese Salad

Kabocha is Japanese pumpkin and very rich in tastes and sweet. This kabocha recipe is the easiest one since you don't need any Japanese seasonings!

Kabocha(pumpkin) Creamy Salad -Japanese Easy Recipe!

Have you ever try kabocha? It's Japanese pumpkin and looks similar to pumpkin but is smaller and tastes sweeter. Today I will show you one of my favorite kabocha recipe!

Sweet & Sour Pork with vegetable -Japanese Healthy Recipe-

This recipe "sweet & sour pork (subuta)" is originally from China. The Chinese dishes we make at home in Japan are less oily and healthier. So if you are looking something healthy, Japanese-style is the one!

Quick Japanese Recipe -Beef Bowl with teriyaki & spicy sauce

My favorite Korean food is bibimbap (beef, egg, sprouts, spinach over rice with sweet-spicy sauce)! Today's recipe would be Japanese version of this Beef Bowl!

Japanese Hot Pot Recipe – Salmon Nabe

If you are looking for healthy, easy, fulfilling recipe, this is the one, Japanese hot pot (nabe). You can use your favorite vegetables and protein!

Healthy Japanese Recipe -Salmon Nabe(soup)

One of my favorite fish is definitely salmon. Since salmon is very tasty and juicy, I normally cook salmon in very simply way which is frying with salt and black pepper or butter. This time I only …

Asparagus & Chicken -Japanese Easy Recipes-

Whenever I buy asparagus, I make the same recipe all the time; meat-wrapped asparagus. Here is meat-wrapped potato recipe but you can substitute to asparagus. I haven’t really try new recipes…

3 ingredients for Japanese Pickles -Japanese Easy Recipes

Are you a big fan of pickles? If so, you should definitely try Japanese style pickles! It’s one of the easiest Japanese recipes. I make Japanese pickles quite often. It goes really well with …

Japanese Easy Recipes -Layered Chicken & Potato with Cheese

This is one of my favorite recipes. As far as I know, everyone likes chicken, potato and cheese (of course not everyone but many people!). So I combine all of them and bake it! Japanese Recipe -lay…

Japanese Easy Recipe -What’s the Real Miso Soup?

Miso soup is one of the most important dishes for Japanese people. There are always miso soup, rice and main dish for a meal. I like American style breakfast which is bread or cereal with coffee to…

Japanese Easy Recipe -One-Pan Chicken & Tomato

When I’m busy or very tired after long day, I just made quick one-pan dinner. Sometimes nabe recipe or Japanese white stew or Japanese curry. Another One-Pot Recipe Today I will introduce you…

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Japanese BBQ Pork & Vegetable -Japanese Recipes-

There are a lot of vegetable in America I haven’t seen before in Japan. I really enjoy trying something new to me! The other day I bought brussels sprout at American supermarket. I’m pr…

Cooking Panda Express at home! -beef & broccoli-

I personally like Panda Express (Chinese fast food in America) even though my Chinese friends always say “it’s not Chinese!!” I saw beef and broccoli at Panda Express the other da…

How to make Udon at home? -Japanese Easy Recipes-

Healthy Japanese Fried Chicken -Japanese Casual Recipes-

I like fried food even though it has a lot of calories. But I didn’t like to make fried dishes at home just because it seemed too much work to clean up kitchen after using of oil. The other d…

Beef & Potato Oven-Bake Cooking -Japanese Easy Recipes-

Recently I’m trying to use my oven more. Back in Japan, I didn’t have one so when I moved to America I was very happy to have it in my new apartment. I just forgot to use it for a while…

Salmon & Potato Creamy Bake -Japanese One-Pot Recipes-

I realize I have introduced only meats recipes for a while. Actually I like fish as much as I like meat! In fact, I really miss good sushi in Japan… Besides sushi, I would say my favorite is …

Japanese Fried Meat Recipe-Pork and Ginger-

In the last post I said Teriyaki series is one of the most famous Japanese dishes. But the recipe I will introduce you today is going to be definitely the other one! You can check out Teriyaki reci…

Teriyaki Chicken at Home! -Japanese Casual Recipes-

One of the most famous Japanese dishes is probably Teriyaki sauce series. Teriyaki is go well with EVERYTHING! You can use for meats, fishes or even burgers!! We have Teriyaki burger at McDonald&#8…

Japanese Bowl Recipe -easy casual cooking-

The bowl recipe is easiest cooking and just one bowl makes you fulfilled and happy! I introduced chicken and egg (oyako-don) recipe in previous post but bowl recipe is much more actually!! (You can…

New Idea for Ground Meats? Try Japanese Style!

Recently I realize ground meats are easy to cook, can be used for variety of dishes and just have so much potential! I try not to make same dishes everyday. Normally rotation of chicken, pork, fish…

How to Make Japanese Pasta Sauce?

Have you tried Japanese pasta? There are a lot kinds of Japanese pasta which is manly made with soy sauce-based sauce. For example, there are uni pasta, Japanese mushroom and spinach, cod roe and c…

Recipe of Chicken Butter Curry -Japanese Easy Cooking-

This is not traditional Japanese style curry but my very original one which tastes like between Japanese and Indian curry. It has deep tasty flavor but not as spicy as Indian ones. (Japanese tradit…

No much time for cooking? Try Sliced Meat Recipe!-Japanese Recipes-

As you probably already noticed, this blog mainly tells you easy casual Japanese recipes. If you want to try something very easy or you only have limited time, I suggest you to use sliced meat. You…

Chicken and Egg Bowl -How to make Japanese food?-

In Asian countries, we have a lot of types of bowls which is meat, fish or vegetable over rice. Easy to eat, rich in nutrition, many varieties! Bowls are always good idea when you don’t know …

Japanese Fried Rolled Egg-tamago yaki-

When you buy Japanese bento, you might find this type of egg. Sometimes it tastes a little bit sweet, sometimes tastes dashi. You probably wonder how to make this fried rolled egg. So I will show i…

Meat-Wrapped Cheese Potato-Japanese Recipe-

In Japan we use sliced thin meat very often. They get cooked quickly and go well with pretty much any vegetable. Using sliced thin meat, you can try meat-wrapped recipe! It looks much work but once…

Creamy Chicken Pumpkin stew -casual Japanese recipe-

Of all meat, I use chicken at most often. Especially chicken breast is cheap and healthy so I like making something with it. Chicken breast has less fat than other parts of chicken, it sometimes be…

Feeling sick? Try Japanese recipe helping you recover!

Hi everyone! It’s getting close to winter but hope you are not getting cold or anything. Unfortunately my husband got cold the other day. I’m pretty sure that’s because of out tri…

What’s Japanese Style Stew?-white creamy stew recipe-

Have you ever try Japanese curry and rice? I know some American friends who are obsessed with Japanese curry because it’s too good! Besides, it is so easy to make that even Japanese children …

Winter Japanese Recipes -Nabe (Japanese hot pot)

In these a couple days, it’s getting colder in LA. Tokyo is much colder and we even have snow in winter. Since I don’t really like cold weather, I normally spend a lot of time inside in…

Meatball in Japanese Style -easy cooking recipes-

When I first saw meatball spaghetti and meatball sandwiches in America, I thought they were really weird. It’s because in Japan meatball is seasoned by Japanese style which is soy sauce based…

Ketchup Rice with Egg (omu-rice) -Japanese quick recipes-

A lot of people might wonder how “ketchup rice with egg” tastes like. It’s called omu-rice in Japanese and probably most of Japanese people love it. We made it especially for chil…