mizuna : 13 Recipes
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My Mizuna
Though spring officially began two weeks ago, the cold weather and rain has made it seem anything but. This changed on Sunday when I bought my first spring salad greens! Mizuna is a slightly pepper mustard green, native to Japan. It is[...] |
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Getting to Know Mizuna
Mizuna leaves. AKA Xiu Cai, Kyona, Japanese Mustard, Potherb Mustard, Japanese Greens, California Peppergrass, Spider Mustard, etc. Yesterday I shared the first of my new vegetable discoveries from my local organic provider. The second[...] |
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Spaghetti al salmon tataki and mizuna
A good one-plate dinner, with few ingredients, but really delicious. Spaghetti al dente, briefly sauteed in oil, garlic, a fragrant exotic chili pepper… Aji limo … then add mizuna leaves. I[...] |
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Bubbling Nabe
Very chickeny this time with chicken broth, pieces of chicken thigh & minced chicken balls. Then after we added cooked rice and egg to the leftover broth. |
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Nabe night! This time chicken thigh pieces and tsukune balls, mizuna, hakusai and some really tasty fresh udon. Everything was dipped in a yuzu ponzu sauce before stuffing in face. |
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Nobody tell this little guy he’s in a nabe not an onsen ok? |
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Pinky Flesh
I was hoping some beef would help my energy levels but it turns out I have been struck down by yet another Daycare Disease. |
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Nabe Italiano
This type of nabe soup is a new one – and it’s a fusion that works well. Nice break in a week of multiple nabe! |
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Nutty Chookie
Chucked in toaster oven. Rice done in rice cooker. Leftover pumpkin. Mizuna wilted in sesame oil. |
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Kuwai and l.o.
These funny veggies are called kuwai in Japanese. The English name is arrow-head. I planned to cook them for New-Year but I had too many items so they found their way to a soup. A left-over soup : the broth is the marinade of[...] |