Tag: Rice bowl meals
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Cozy Japanese Eggs and Cabbage Recipe
I used to make these Japanese eggs and cabbage a lot many years ago, but they were always part of a larger meal. About a month ago I made them on a cold and rainy day as a lunch for myself and I’ve been making them once or twice a week since then. This is…
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Tempeh Recipe: Satisfying Sticky and Spicy
I love tempeh. I first discovered this wonder food back the 1980’s when it was not widely available commercially in Australia. I was living in Cairns in far north Queensland and once a week I would ride my bike to a house in the next suburb and buy fresh tofu and tempeh from a retired…
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Quick and Easy Braised Tofu Rice Bowl Recipe
I love rice bowl dinners. I’m a big believer in the protein and two veg rice bowl for a balanced meal. This braised tofu is as close as I can get to a one pot meal, it has enough vegetables and protein to make a complete and satisfying meal. Best of all it is made…
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Easy Korean Braised Tofu Recipe
I have a lot of braised tofu dishes on this site because, braised tofu is one of my standard dinners when I can’t think of what else to make. I go through various phases of which style of braised tofu I make but at the moment my go to tofu for a mid-week rice bowl…
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Easy Asian Smashed Cucumber Salad with Garlic
I first fell in love with this smashed cucumber salad at ShanDong MaMa an eatery in Melbourne, famous for its dumplings and home-style, Northern Chinese cuisine. The first time I ate this salad I went home and googled recipes for smashed cucumber salad, because I absolutely had to recreate it at home. There were a…
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Korean Rice Bowls: Mung Bean Sprout Salad Recipe
Continuing with my love of Korean side dishes or banchan, is this simple mung bean sprout side. Apart from being an essential part of the Korean rice bowl – Bimbimbap, this recipe uses an entire packet of bean sprouts, so it solves the problem of having half a pack of bean sprouts rotting away in…
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Mayak Eggs Recipe: Korean Marinated Eggs for Rice Bowls
When I first discovered soft boiled jammy eggs a few years back, it was a culinary life changer. Beautiful soft boiled eggs that keep well in the fridge for days to be used at whim on sandwiches, toast, ramen soups or with rice. These Mayak eggs take the jammy soft boiled egg to the next…
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Easy Bibimbap Recipe: Quick Korean Rice Bowl with gochujang sauce
Bibimbap – Quick and easy vegetarian dinner for when you have those cooking ennui blues
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Refreshing Cucumber, Mirin and Sesame Salad Recipe
I have Mike McEnearney’s book Kitchen By Mike on a long borrow from my sister while her house is being demolished and a new one built. Despite the fact there’s quite a lot of meat-based recipes, I’m getting quite a lot out of it because the salads are just so good, and salads are my…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 