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Umami Days

Umami Days

Meaty with a dash of veggies

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Lunch / Dinner

The two most filling meals in our house are lunch and dinner. And dinner is often more carefully planned then lunch. While we're partial to one bowl meals, the list of lunch / dinner recipes is also divided into courses. Browse through our collection of appetizers, soups, salads, main courses and side dishes.

Crispy tofu skin fingers with spicy honey lemon ginger sauce

Crispy tofu skin fingers with spicy honey lemon ginger sauce

Cakes of fresh tofu skin are cut into fingers and fried over low heat until golden and crisp. Make a no-cook sauce for dipping and you have a lovely snack or appetizer.

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Ginger chili pork with spinach and baby corn

Ginger chili pork with spinach and baby corn

Easy prep with a short cooking time, this delicious pork and vegetable dish has just the right amount of heat to make you reach out for more rice.

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Garlic spinach garnished with sesame seeds

Garlic spinach

A stir fry that cooks in five minutes flat, garlic spinach is a delicious side dish that goes well with grilled meat or seafood.

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Mashed potato pancakes

Mashed potato pancakes

Creamy and soft inside, lightly crisp outside and brimming with herb-y goodness, these mashed potato pancakes make a lovely side dish to fried and grilled meat, and …

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Bean sprouts spring rolls (lumpiang togue)

Bean sprouts spring rolls

Bean sprouts spring rolls, or lumpiang togue as they are popularly known in the Philippines, are so named because bean sprouts (togue) is the dominant ingredient in the …

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Balinese beef strips (daging masak bali)

Balinese beef strips (daging masak Bali)

Stewing beef is cooked long and slow with ginger, garlic, shallots, shrimp paste, tamarind paste, chilies, palm sugar, kaffir lime leaves and soy sauce.

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Japanese chicken and egg rice bowl (oyakodon)

Japanese chicken and egg rice bowl (oyakodon)

One of many Japanese donburi (rice bowl) dishes, oyakodon is chicken, onion, scallions and beaten eggs simmered in dashi, soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar, and served …

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