Yearly Archives: 2012
Smoked Salmon & Avocado Uramaki
I haven’t made inside-out rolls in a while and it only occurred to me as I cut the full sheet of nori in half that perhaps it wasn’t large enough. Luckily the old memory was correct and they ended up a perfect size despite that nagging doubt. In a sort of contrast to the previous […]
Frugal Spicy Salmon Maki
“I’ll work from home tomorrow” – Yvan’s words yesterday made me think that my preparation was all in vain. I had almost finished cooking some oven-roasted eggplants (the smaller ‘sausage shaped’ variety) in the frypan for a ginger eggplant sidedish and had kicked off the rice cooker. With the weather lately playing winter catch-up, the […]
Recipe: Ginger Eggplant
I have seen various references to ginger eggplant recipes but have been experimenting with my own version. As a lover of eggplant I’ve always savoured the opportunity in adding it to meals I prepare. In lunch situations I like to keep watery items to a bare minimum so that was one of the main reasons […]
Return of the Edamame Skewers
Placed an order of rice from Japan Centre, which took a little longer to arrive. Finally got to use some, after finishing a batch of brown rice first – I’ve been anticipating the return of the umeboshi with plain rice combination for a while. The tamagoyaki has some of the chillis kicking about indoors that […]
Quinoa Rice & Mabo Dofu
How time flies – another new year! Our Christmas dinner was postponed and Yvan accepted the challenge of cooking an entirely vegetarian meal – matched with beer too! Four tasty courses including a fancy dessert – I hope Yvan was quite pleased as I with it all. One dish during this vegetarian feast was a […]