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Breakfast

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. These easy breakfast recipes are sure to get your day off to a good start.

  • Crispy and packed with umami this plant-based Furikake is delicious sprinkled on rice, tofu or vegetables.
    Vegan Furikake (Matcha Flavor)
  • 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
  • Kinpira Gobo is an easy Japanese side dish made by stir-frying shredded root vegetables with a sweet and savory sauce.
    Japanese Kinpira Gobo Recipe (Video)
  • Juicy sweet tomatoes stir-fried with creamy scrambled eggs over a bowl of rice.
    Chinese Tomato & Egg Stir-Fry
  • Yuzu Posset
  • 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)
  • Ramen Eggs are Japanese soft-boiled eggs that are marinated in an umami-packed sauce.
    Ramen Egg (Ajitama)
  • 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)
  • These matcha pancakes are light and fluffy and taste amazing drizzled with kuromitsu syrup.
    Matcha Pancakes with Kuromitsu
  • This easy trick will make your poached eggs perfectly oval without whispy egg whites.
    How to Make Poached Eggs
  • Cheesy and delicious savory granola bars are loaded with cheddar, parmesan, oats, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, and chia seeds and baked until crisp.
    Cheesy Savory Granola Bars
  • Pain Perdu has a crisp caramelized exterior with a rixh custardy interior that's redolent of butter and vanilla.
    Pain Perdu (French Toast)
  • Ogura toast made with toasted japanese sandwich bread topped with sweet red bean paste and butter.
    Ogura Toast
  • 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
  • These super moist lemon banana muffins go great with blueberry preserves.
    Lemon Banana Muffins
  • Cross section of Dashimaki Tamago, a traditional Japanese rolled omelette glistening with savory dashi stock.
    Dashimaki Tamago
  • Bacon and egg toasted together on a thick-cut slice of Japanese sandwich bread.
    Japanese Egg Toast
  • The soft creamy yolk of a hot spring egg is like cold honey.
    Onsen Tamago (Hot Spring Egg)
  • A savory drizzle of soy sauce pouring onto melting butter and hot rice, creating the ultimate bowl of comforting Japanese butter rice.
    Soy Sauce Butter Rice
  • Salmon Onigiri split in half showing tender salted salmon flakes wrapped in a fluffy layer of Japanese short grain rice.
    Salmon Onigiri
  • Hijiki No Nimono (Hijiki Salad)
  • Homemade Lox
  • Tea rice or Ochazuke, is a classic Japanese comfort food, and this one is topped with salted salmon and rice crackers.
    Salmon Ochazuke(鮭茶漬け)
  • Grilled salt-cured salmon is a staple of traditional japanese breakfasts. This easy grilled salmon recipe includes just 3 ingredients.
    Japanese Breakfast Salmon
  • Tamagoyaki is a layered Japanese omelette made by rolling thin sheets of seasoned egg into a roll.
    Tamagoyaki (Japanese Omelette)
  • Pools of molten camembert cheese make this 15 minute avocado and caramelized onion frittata ridiculously good.
    The Perfect Frittata
  • Hiyajiru means cold soup in Japanese, and it's a refreshing summertime miso soup made with cucumbers, toasted sesame seeds, and miso.
    Hiyajiru (Cold Miso Soup)
  • Garlicky, sweet and savory, one bite of this Filipino Tocino (bacon) and you'll be hooked.
    Tocino (Filipino Bacon)
  • Colorful mound of asazuke on a plate. Crisp napa cabbage, sallions, and carrots glisten with a red chili adding a bold accent.
    Asazuke (Japanese Pickled Cabbage)
  • Whole Japanese pickled cucumbers glisten on a plate—crisp, refreshing, and bursting with savory umami from a simple salt brine.
    Japanese Pickled Cucumber (Shiozuke)
  • A stack of crispy brown sugar donuts from Okinawa called Sata Andagi. They're cookie crisp on the outside and fluffy in the center.
    Sata Andagi (Okinawan Donuts)
  • Pancake Cereal with blueberries, bananas, and milk.
    Pancake Cereal
  • Sunny side up eggs glazed in savory sweet teriyaki sauce make for an easy delicious rice bowl that can be cooked up in 3 minutes.
    Teriyaki Eggs
  • The best shrimp and grits recipe, made with smoky cajun shrimp, served on a bowl of cheddar cheese grits.
    Shrimp and Grits
  • Egg in a Biscuit
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