Served With Rice
The food diary of a time-poor salaryman. Nutrition conscious, and meal prep friendly.
Category: Snacks and Sides
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Japanese-inspired Vegetable Stir Fry with Sous Vide chicken
Anything goes with this vegetable variety pack! Assemble a mixture of colours and textures to make vegetables exciting again. Served with an argument in favour of cooking chicken sous vide from frozen, not thawed.
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Simple 5-ingredient Bok Choy Soup
Besides stir fries, Bok choy is also wonderful for soup. Learn to make this weeknight pork and Boy choy broth with just 5 ingredients.
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Cast Iron Skillet Hack – Pressed Sausage rolls
These sausage rolls have a crispy exterior, and gooey insides. Learn how I took a childhood snack to the next level by improvising with a cast iron skillet.
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Wood Ear Mushroom and Cucumber Salad
Make this cool, refreshing and summery salad to go with your meals. The crisp texture and wavy shape of wood ear mushrooms compliment a flavourful dressing.
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Batch Prep Edamame – a Protein and Fiber Rich Snack
Edamame are young soybeans, which can be enjoyed as a snack or used as an ingredient. They’re surprisingly easy to prep – here’s a guide, from home cook to home cook.
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Okra Ohitashi – Japanese Okra Salad
A quick and simple side dish. Chilled, blanched okra infused with a dashi-based broth make for a refreshing treat.
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Chilled Spinach Salad – a Korean Inspired Side Dish
This cooked salad of blanched and chilled spinach in a very simple dressing makes for an alternative to traditional salads as a side dish.
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Dashi Daikon Radishes – a Sweet and Savoury Side Dish
Daikon radishes become sweet, tender and savoury when simmered in a dashi-based broth. A fresh counterpoint to any meal that can be served hot or cold.
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Dashi Marinated Eggplants – Refreshingly Savoury
A dinner out with my mother opened my eyes to the world of soaking vegetables in dashi, and considerably expanded my side dish game.
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Candied walnuts (with a twist)
Walnuts occupy a special plate in my heart. Make walnuts with a sugary crunch even more exciting by introducing these variations.
My spirit animal is a dinosaur
I guess it would be an Oryzasaurus
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Beef Blog Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cast iron Cheese Chicken Curry Dashi Date Night Dried scallops Dried shrimp Eggs Fish and seafood Garlic Ginger Glass noodles Gochujang Honey Lettuce Miso Napa cabbage Onion Oven Pasta Peppers Pork Potatoes Salmon Sesame oil Shiitake mushrooms Shrimp Soup Sous Vide Spicy Steaming Stewing Stir fry String beans Sweet potatoes Teriyaki Tomatoes Yogurt Zucchini
