Noodles & Pasta

Yakisoba

April 6, 2011
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When I was growing up, yakisoba was lunch menu on weekends and my family used to gather around the Japanese hot plate (indoor griddle) and cook the noodles together. It was my dad’s favorite and we didn’t mind this repetition either. When I got married, I unconsciously followed the same routine, cooking yakisoba on weekends until my husband told me “Yakisoba again?”. However, now the kids love eating yakisoba noodles so this lunch menu started to appear more frequently. Yes, yakisoba is back!

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Creamy Mushroom & Bacon Spaghetti

March 9, 2011
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Japanese loves Italian food and you can find Italian restaurants everywhere all over Japan. Besides following the traditional recipes, sometimes Japanese add their own ingredients into traditional recipes to give the dish a Japanese twist. Try the creamy spaghetti recipe with soy sauce as the secret ingredient. Let me know what you think, to soy sauce or not to soy sauce.

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Napa Cabbage Cream Penne

January 30, 2011
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I believe different types of dish has the power to change how people feel. When it’s hot and sunny outside, the cool crisp salad tastes extra refreshing. Personally, whenever the weather is cold and raining I always crave some comfort food. This easy to prepare cream penne pasta will quickly warm you up. It’s easy and simple but it tastes goooood! My kids had seconds or thirds and they both said “Hmmmm it’s yummy!!” Think bacon, pasta, cabbage, and cheese broiled in the oil.

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Yaki Udon

January 28, 2011
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Yaki Udon is stir fried udon noodles and the sauce used to flavor the dish varies depending on the household. My mom uses Mentsuyu as main flavor, so I cook Yaki Udon same way. I remember my mom never measures her ingredients but her Yaki Udon always turns out delicious. Yaki Udon is a quick and easy dish to make with typical ingredients you might already have in the fridge.

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Homemade Chashu Ramen

January 26, 2011
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I feel today’s recipe should get a lot of attention. Japanese love Ramen but I learned from my Taiwanese American husband and his friends that the Chinese love ramen even more! In most Japanese supermarkets you can buy an assortment of fresh ramen noodles with prepped soup base in the refrigerated section. The typical flavors available are shio (salt), shoyu (soy sauce), tonkotsu (pork stock), and miso. The different ramen flavors originated from different parts of Japan. Shoyu is from Kanto (Tokyo) area, tonkotsu from Kyushu in the south, and shio and miso are from Hokkaido in the north.

It may not be as perfect as your favorite ramen shop noodles, but homemade Chashu ramen is relatively easy and tastes pretty good!

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Spaghetti Meatball

January 24, 2011
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My family eat mostly Japanese or Asian food at home, but once in a while I do cook American/western meals. Spaghetti Meatball is our kids’ favorite pasta, so for the sake of keeping recipes for my kids, I will add this recipe to my collection. This dish is super easy. It’s perfect meal for Monday dinner after having busy weekend.

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