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Umami Days

Umami Days

Congee days and ramen nights

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One Bowl Meals

Rice bowls and noodle bowls to feed a few or to feed a crowd. With meat, with seafood, meatless, with or without broth. For everyday meals and even for special occasions. Make beef pho, poke bowl, fried rice. Cook pasta in every imaginable way.

Bacon spinach cream cheese macaroni

Bacon, spinach and cream cheese macaroni

Spinach is wilted in bacon fat, cream cheese is stirred in until melted, a little cream is added to make a sauce, cooked pasta and fried bacon are tossed in.

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Tofu skin noodle salad with asparagus and Chinese sausage

Tofu skin noodle salad

Dried tofu skin shredded to look like noodles are soaked in soy-ginger-chili sauce then tossed with toasted sesame seeds and stir fried vegetables and Chinese sausages.

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Sausage, chickpeas and cabbage soup

Sausage, chickpeas and cabbage soup

Sausages, cabbage, rosemary, chicken broth and onion join chickpeas in this chunky soup. Guaranteed to keep you warm and full on chilly days and nights.

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Minestrone served with pasta and topped with shaved Pecorino and parsley

Minestrone

A chunky Italian soup, there is no fixed recipe for minestrone. It can contain meat, it can be vegetarian, and the vegetables vary from region to region, and from season …

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Corned beef salad

Corned beef salad

For someone who’s never been a fan of vegetable-only salads, the addition of a generous amount of protein — homecooked corned beef in this case — leaves me craving for …

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Chicken fried rice, a one bowl meal

Chicken fried rice

For the best chicken fried rice, season and marinate the chicken overnight. For a more interesting flavor combination, pair Indonesian sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) with …

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Soboro don

Soboro don

Minced chicken cooked in soy sauce, sugar, sake and mirin served over rice with egg and greens. The chicken is seasoned like teriyaki but a bit sweeter.

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