Served With Rice
The food diary of a time-poor salaryman. Nutrition conscious, and meal prep friendly.
Category: Weeknight
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Steamed scallops with buttery, garlicky glass noodles
Steaming is a great way to cook delicate seafood like scallops, although the true star of this recipe is the flavour-packed glass noodles.
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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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Bolog Bowl – A Fusion Pasta Sauce Rice Bowl
Ragu Bolognese turns out to be an effective, if unconventional, topping for a rice bowl. See why.
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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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Doom Tower Redux – steaming fish in a Rice Cooker
Use the rice cooker as a steamer to get fish, vegetables and rice onto the table at the same time with this one pot recipe.
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Pad Krapao Moo – Thai Basil is magic with pork
The exciting aroma of Thai basil, the convenience of ground pork and string beans, and the savoury touch of fish sauce come together in this Thai stir fry to push the limits of home-cooked “fast food” to bring for lunch to work.
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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.
My spirit animal is a dinosaur
I guess it would be an Oryzasaurus
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Beef Blanching Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cast iron Cheese Chicken Dashi Date Night Dried shrimp Eggs Fish and seafood Fish sauce Garlic Ginger Glass noodles Gochujang Honey Lettuce Miso Napa cabbage Old Bay 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
