I’m happy to have found a new delightful easy lunch recipe, this time it’s a Japanese recipe I found on JustOneCookBook. Japanese cuisine is one of my favourite, so you will find me rather frequently popping into JustOneCookBook to gawk and drool at Nami’s gorgeous Japanese food photos.
Month: December 2011
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Soba Salad with Sesame Dressing
Stop what you are doing now and listen. I am going to tell you about one of the best recipes I’ve come across this year.
Having bought some Cha Soba (green tea buckwheat noodles), this quaint and easy recipe called Otsu from Super Natural Cookbook by Heidi Swanson of 101CookBooks caught my eye. Heidi says “Unlike many pasta recipes that leave you feeling weighed down and sluggish, this one makes for a healthy, invigorating, and energizing meal that will quickly become a favorite.”
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How to Save Time and Avoid Headaches in the Kitchen

I’m one of those people who avoid complicated recipes. I will just skip the recipe at the first glance of slight complexity. My brain just does not comprehend. I totally understand how some people do not want to step into the kitchen because what requires to be done in the kitchen can be at times confusing. That’s why I’m always looking for easy & quick methods, and I LOVE to SIMPLIFY recipes I find. Not only I save time, I just want to avoid headaches in the kitchen! Once you learnt the little tips & tricks here & there, cooking will become less daunting and more fun!What better way to learn how to save time & neat tips from the wonderful cooks behind some of the food blogs I love. These amazing food bloggers have so kindly share their secret time saving tips, which I found to be extremely useful. Do check out their amazing blogs and tell them Shannon sends you over. (more…)

