Tag: Asian
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Healthy Salmon Hand-roll
Craving for something delicious, fresh and easy? Here’s a little salmon hand-roll for you! I feel this combo is a mixture of asian fusion with a touch of ethnic flavours to it, it is almost is a poke bowl wrapped in seaweed. This healthy roll is a great quick and extremely tasty dish that can…
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Spicy Tuna & Shiso Salad
Tuna pairs beautifully with this salty and spicy Asian type vinaigrette, as sometimes the simplest combinations are the best ones. The refreshing shiso leaf that has a mint cinnamon flavour to it is just gorgeous wrapped with some raw tuna with seared garlic edges and sprinkles of fresh dill. The combination of the shiso and…
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Buckwheat Wakame Salad
Bored of your everyday salad? Trying new salad combinations is so exciting when you find ingredients that work so well together! Wakame is something I could eat forever, which is great as it is low in calorie and high in nutritional values and actually helps to burn fat. I love the slippery consistency and the…
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Hot & Sweet Asian Stew
Friday Lunch?! This Asian stew has a kick of heat to it but the sweetness balances the combination beautifully, giving the dark broth some hearty flavour. This dish is simple and quick to make and you can purchase the ingredients from a good basic Asian market. It is suitable for a vegan diet and if…
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Chinese style Mussels
‘Light, fresh & aromatic’ This week has been all about easy cooking and this Asian mussel recipe fits perfectly into that category. This dish is really quick to make, especially if you have the basic Chinese ingredients already in your pantry. The mussels have a good spicy kick to them, mild heat from the chili…
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Aromatic Green Soup
This healthy & quick recipe is an easy choice if you are craving for something light but tasty with hints of Asian flavours. The broth has an aromatic sweet and salty taste to it with subtle hints from the green vegetable. The added asparagus adds a spring-like taste with the otherwise oriental elements. Make sure…
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Coconut Chicken
Hey there darlings readers! I thought I would share this quick and easy coconut chicken recipe because after a long hectic day, there is nothing better than a simple tasty recipe. The hardest thing about this recipe is opening up the coconut and getting the flesh out. There are simple instructions on you tube if…
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Prawn based Tom Yum Soup
Tom Yum Soup– hot, fragrant, sour and most definitely involves a yum factor! Now there are different combinations on how to make this soup, but this coconut version is easy, quick yet packed with lots of flavour. Tom yum soup became one of my favourite soups to eat in Thailand because of the unique taste…
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Ginger Beet Soup
This delicious soup looks impressive with its beautiful bright colour and creamy texture, but really it is very easy and quick to make. I’ve never tried ginger and beetroot together, but because I conveniently had both in the fridge I decided to combine them along with some coconut cream. I can say it turned out…
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Mango Paksoi Stir Fry
‘Sweet & Salty Sunday Moment’ Sunday is definitely one of my favourite days of the week, when it is time to slow down, enjoy some free time and collect your thoughts. Today Mr. N and I are going to a golf/ camera fair and for early dinner afterwards, so I wanted to eat something light…