Peppered steak with dash of soy & garlic with Japanese hot mustard, Roasted red onion, Sauteed mushroom & sprouts, Caesar salad ;)

Good Steak at Home Recipe:

Preheat the oven to 325 F.

Rub steak with garlic-infused-extra-virgin olive oil/sea salt/black pepper/little bit of brown sugar or maple syrup mixture.

Sear the steak (both sides) in hot skillet. (Don't wash the skillet!)

Baste with olive oil and put the steak and onions in the oven. When almost done, take it out, preheat the same skillet used earlier with olive oil and sliced garlic, put the steak back in the skillet, add dash of soy sauce. After, cook mushroom or other vegetables with the remaining juice in the skillet.

Recipe: Goma Miso Dressing

Grind the toasted sesame seeds (white or black). Add honey, stock, miso and soy sauce and mix well.

You can toss any steamed vegetable in this dressing/paste, add to the stir fry like I did tonight or salad. It's also great brushed over meat or fish. You can adjust the amount of stock you add to make it more pasty or dressing like.

Parmesan & Herb Panko Crusted Fish Fillet On A Bed of Spinach, and Veggie Stir Fry With Goma Miso :)

Garlic Chicken, Fresh Tomato, Kabocha Pumpkin, Sweet Snap Peas, Kinoko Takikomi Gohan :)

Recipe: Takikomi Gohan (Japanese Mixed Rice)

Cook various kinoko (mushrooms), carrots, konnyaku (traditional Japanese health food made from konnyaku potato) in soup stock, soy sauce, sake, and mirin until tender. Wash rice and drain the water. Cook the rice with the stock & vegetables instead of water. You can also add chicken or salmon and edamame. Sprinkle sesame seeds and seaweed before serving.

Seafood Chowder & Biscuit :)

Soy Milk Chowder Recipe:

1. Saute onion, carrots, sweet potatoes, daikon radish, shitake mushroom with butter & olive oil until they are tender. Pour soy milk & broth. Add salt, black pepper & garlic powder. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer.
2. Stir in frozen seafood mix, broccoli, edamame beans, red bell pepper, and creamed corn. Cook until heated through.

Miso marinated cod, Brown rice with daikon seeds, Tofu steak with root veggies, Steamed spinach with black sesame dressing, Stewed shirataki noodles, and Nappa cabbage kimchee :)

Recipe: White Miso Marinade

Mix White Miso (6 tablespoon), Mirin (3 tablespoon), Sake (3 tablespoon), and Honey. Place miso mixture in the bottom of a shallow tupperware, put fish/pork/chicken of your choice, cover them with the miso mixture (like a sandwich ;). Put lid and refrigerate for 2~3 days. Wash the miso off before you cook.

Mahi Mahi Patty with Grilled Sweet Onion, Sautéed Mushroom, Tomato, Avocado, Spring Salad Mix, Balsamic Glaze, Tonkatsu Sauce & Mayo :) Try with Baked Sweet Potato Fries - Super Yummy!

Recipe: Fish Patties

Mash together fish, tofu, whipped egg whites, olive oil, ginger, garlic, sea salt, black pepper, french baguette crumbs (soaked in soy milk) and make patties. You can add spices if you like. Lightly flour the patties and cook.

Shoyu Rayu Ramen with Moyashi Sprouts, Green Onions, Kaiware Sprouts, Bamboo Shoots, Boiled Egg, Sesame Seeds and Seaweed :)

How to dress up your Ramen Noodle Soup:

Shoyu Ramen - What you see in this photo is the typical toppings for the soy sauce based soup. I added Rayu (Japanese chili oil) and sauteed moyashi sprouts with sesame oil & black pepper. Others are added on top uncooked. Bamboo shoots here are called Shinachiku (or Menma) My kids love them!

Miso Ramen - Great with crispy bacon bits and lots of cabbage.

Shio Ramen - Sliced chashu pork, steamed veggies & a bit of butter :)

Tonkotsu Ramen - Favorites are sweet corn, pickled ginger, various type of seaweeds, etc.

Miso Kimchee Shabu Shabu, Takana Gohan (Rice mixed with mustard greens), and Dessert - Dreyer's Fun Flavor Mint Brownie Ice Cream :)

Shabu Shabu Recipe:

Heat the soup stock and boil. Place slices of meat, tofu, sprouts, nappa cabbage, nira (garlic chives), daikon radish, etc and cook. Eat with dipping sauce of your choice (Ponzu or Sesame sauces are standard, but try different ones too).

Tonight, I added Miso and Kimchee to the soup stock. And eat without any dipping sauce. This flavor is perfect for slices of pork. You can shabu shabu any meat or seafood.

Also after you finish, cook noodles (ramen, harusame, udon) with the remaining soup or add rice & egg to make a risotto. YUM! Enjoy ;)

Dill Lemon Grilled Salmon, Gnocchi in Marinara Sauce with Fresh Mozzarella & Basil, and Green Salad with Sweet Raspberry Dressing :)

Recipe: Dill Lemon Marinade for Fish

Garlic flavored olive oil (you can make your own flavored oil by just adding garlic, red chili, lemongrass, etc to the bottle), fresh lemon juice, sea salt, and lots of dill and parsley. Great with any fish.
I browned a bit of butter and grilled the marinated salmon tonight.

Instead of the garlic rice I was going to cook originally, we had chewy gnocchi. If anyone has Italian Grandma's Homemade Gnocchi recipe, please send it to my way! Buon Appetito ♥

Yakiniku with Veggies, Kimchee Natto Beans, Koshihikari Rice,
Mini Cream Puffs, and Cucumber Lemon Water :)

Recipe: Yakiniku

Marinate thin sliced beef with sesame oil, soy sauce, sake, garlic, ginger, onion, maple syrup, brown sugar, sesame seeds, black pepper, Korean kochu-chang or red pepper.

Tonite, I cooked with colorful vegetables (red/yellow/green bell peppers, carrots, onions, mushroom, broccoli). But we also love to make Lettuce Wrap with this Yakiniku beef. Goes yummy with seaweed soup :)

Make a lot of them and freeze some for later. ENJOY!