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Enjoy my mouthwatering collection of low-fat recipes, where you'll discover an abundance of delicious entrees, sauces, and sides that add flavor to your meals without the guilt! Indulge in the comforting warmth of Japanese Simmered Kabocha or refresh yourself with Cold Soba Noodles accompanied by a delightful dipping sauce. Savor a bowl of Sweet Red Bean Soup as a special treat, knowing that these satisfying, low-fat recipes are designed with your well-being in mind. Explore this tempting selection and find your new favorites that won't weigh you down!

  • Lemongrass Ginger Syrup
  • A plate of easy small batch kimchi
    Small Batch Kimchi
  • Make this delicious crispy Japanese rice seasoning with this Furikake recipe. Great on popcorn, Chex mix, and french fries.
    Furikake
  • A good dashi is the key to good miso soup, and this easy dashi recipe uses just 2 ingredients and comes together in minutes.
    Dashi Recipe
  • Temaki sushi is an easy hand-rolled sushi that you can fill with your favorite ingredients. Perfect for parties.
    Temaki Sushi Hand Rolls
  • Mentsuyu can be dilluated with various amounts of water to make either a dipping sauce for cold noodles or a soup for hot noodle soups.
    Mentsuyu (Japanese Noodle Sauce)
  • Plated sunomono salad with crab and sesame seeds glows under soft light, inviting with its glossy textures and vivid greens.
    Cucumber Sunomono Salad with Crab
  • Salsa Verde
  • Vegan-friendly poke made from tender carrots, sweet onions, limu and inamona.
    Vegan Poke Bowl
  • Homemade Sauerkraut (Choucroute)
  • Basic Tomato Sauce
  • Asari Miso Soup
  • Glistening Japanese short-grain rice in a blue flower bowl.
    How to Cook Japanese Short-Grain Rice
  • Based in Buddhist monk cuisine, Kenchinjiru is a vegan Japanese soup that's loaded with veggies and tofu in a savory shiitake mushroom stock.
    Kenchinjiru (Vegan Japanese Soup)
  • These quick pickled carrots and daikon are a traditional part of a traditional Japanese New Year's meal, but they make for a great side salad or condiment for your favorite sandwich.
    Pickled Carrots and Daikon (Kohaku Namasu)
  • Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice)
  • How to make Chirashi Sushi with tuna, shrimp, egg, carrots and snap peas.
    Seafood Chirashi Sushi (海鮮ちらし寿司)
  • Phở Gà (Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup)
  • Soft, springy grilled rice dumplings glazed with a sweet and savory sauce. These traditional Japanese Mitarashi Dango make for a delicious snack.
    Mitarashi Dango (Sweet Soy Glazed Rice Dumplings)
  • Closeup of a plate of homemade California rolls filled with crab, avocado and cucumber wrapped in tangy sushi rice and nori.
    California Roll
  • Sous Vide Chicken Teriyaki
  • This vegan plant-based pho is so simple and yet the umami-packed mushroom broth is loaded with all the trademark flavors of traditional pho.This vegan plant-based pho is so simple and yet the umami-packed mushroom broth is loaded with all the trademark flavors of traditional pho.
    Vegan Pho
  • Close-up shot of a wooden bowl filled with homemade kinako powder, its golden hue hinting at its rich, nutty flavor. With kinako doughnuts and kinako butter in the background.
    Kinako (Roasted Soybean Powder)
  • Soupe de Poissons à la Sétoise
  • Perfect Sunny Side Up Eggs
  • A silky dome of vanilla-specked vegan panna cotta draped with glossy black sugar syrup, artfully served on a slate plate.
    Vegan Panna Cotta
  • These sweet black soybeans or kuromame are piano black and melt-in-your-mouth tender.
    Kuromame (Japanese Black Soybeans)
  • Matsutake gohan ready to serve.
    Matsutake Gohan (Pine Mushroom Rice)
  • This quick Anko (Japanese Red Bean Paste) recipe is the easiest way to make this sweet treat that forms the basis for sweets like mochi and ohagi.
    Red Bean Paste Recipe (Anko)
  • Ohagi, also known as Botamochi, is a traditional Japanese sweet made with mochi rice, and anko is served here with matcha.
    Ohagi (Botamochi)
  • Pickled Jalapeños (escabeche)
  • Yellow miso soup recipe with tofu, carrots, and spinach.
    How to Make Miso Soup
  • Tall mound of Japanese cabbage salad with tomatoes and cucumber slices.
    Japanese Shredded Cabbage Salad
  • The ultimate guide to making Japanese Rice Balls, or onigiri, and shaping them into perfect triangles without a mold.
    How to Make Onigiri
  • Matcha oatmeal makes for a delicious healthy breakfast with loads of fiber and antioxidents with a kick of caffeine. Topped with coconut cream, fresh berries, and pumpkin seeds.
    Matcha Oatmeal
  • Sprinkling Umami Seasoning Salt with fingers.
    Umami Seasoning Salt
  • Braised Chicken Tacos
  • Cross section of Dashimaki Tamago, a traditional Japanese rolled omelette glistening with savory dashi stock.
    Dashimaki Tamago
  • Creamy sweet cubes of kabocha squash simmered with atsuage tofu and dashi garnished with mitsuba.
    Japanese Simmered Kabocha
  • Japanese sandwich bread (left) can easily be turned into panko bread crumbs (right).
    How to Make Panko Breadcrumbs
  • Pouring homemade katsu sauce over crispy tonkatsu.
    Tonkatsu Sauce
  • Char-grilled blistered shishito peppers with smoked salt and lemon.
    Blistered Shishito Peppers

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