Um... Tofu-egg thingy... A man's comfort food. Period.

0.5 pack cubed firm tofu in a pan, biblical amounts of oil and curry powder, whisk 2 eggs with 1 tbs of soy sauce, pour over the fried tofu, low heat, turn over. Voilà! - a man's comfort food.

Japanesey (while smirking)

I didn't have to think about this one. I knew immediately what I wanted to cook.

I marinaded 3 diced chicken breasts in miso paste, in the meantime I made some onigiri with japonica rice, then i cooked 3 large onions with a dash of Kikkoman soy sauce, I replaced the contents of the fry-pan with the diced chicken, when it was cooked I added the onions back and mixed it all with some Kewpie mayonnaise and served the meal with some wasabi.

"Le Recipe" (Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle + Briusly)

Rice

Coconut milk

Green paprika

Tofu

Butter

Chilli

Spinach

Beef/Chicken

Curry powder

Garlic

Olive oil

Marinade meat strips in curry+garlic+olive oil

Boil rice

Shallow-fry meat, set aside, clean pan

Fry sliced paprika in butter, add drained and cubed tofu, cook until brown

Add chilli, meat, coconut milk

Form a pit in a bowl of rice, lay it out with spinach leaves, pour in the piping hot meal.

Tai Vel Makaronai

labai paprastas receptas: ypatingai nekaltas alyvu aliejus, puse tubeles dvigubos koncentracijos pomodoru pastos, puse skardines kapotu pomidoru su zolelemis ir cesnaku (arba pjaustyti pomidorai ir kapotas cesnakas), labai daug sampiniJonu, dziovintu raudonelio, baziliko ir daug petrazoliu, siek tiek druskytes, nemazai vandens praskiesti tai pastai ir kai isvirs, sumaisyti su makaronais, i lekstute ir uzbastyti tarkuotu ypatingai subrendusiu cederio suriu, bet kad neistirptu iki galo. voila!
p.s. ultra-gerai suveike prideti smulkiai pjaustyti rauginti agurkeliai ir siek tiek sutriuskinto cili.

Super-tasty Spinach Salad

Lots of fresh spinach leaves
2 tomatoes
15 green pitted olives
2 hard boiled eggs
Olive oil
Oregano
Parsley
Black pepper
Salt


Cut spinach to thin strips, tomatoes to thin pieces also, and olives to 'o' slices. Mix everything apart from eggs and put it in a dish, top it with sliced eggs.

Super-simple Curry

You'd better believe me when I say I invented/discovered the easiest dish in the world! I'll just get on with it then.


You'll need:
Frozen vegetables
Curry powder
Cream
Salt

Do I need to walk you through this? Just boil the vegetebles in a pot until they're aaalmost ready (I chose broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots, green peas and spinach (you want to cut those to small pieces after they're boiled)), you drain them and toss them into a frypan to cook in olive oil covered, you add lots of curry, mix everything and 20 minutes before it's ready you add  cream! And that's that!
Oh, for a full meal boil some rice (brown short grain is super-good with that!).

And there you have it! Pretty straightforward for a tasty meal like this, huh? :)

Miso Pasta

If you happen to like traditional Japanese soup called Miso, you will find no problem finding all the ingredients in your cupboards. If not, try it out - it’s amazing and so easy to cook. I’ve combined some of the ingredients into a mild-tasting pasta meal.

YOU'LL NEED:

Spaghetti (or any other pasta) for 2 persons

Salt

Butter, 1 tablespoon

Instant Dashi (Bonito stock) 1 pack

Miso Shiro (White Miso paste) 1 tablespoon

Dried parsley (or Nori flakes)

Ground cinnamon

Boil pasta in lightly salted water, drain. While the pasta is cooking, dissolve Miso in 50ml of boiling water. Set the heat on absolute minimum. Add butter and mix well. Sprinkle the Bonito over the spaghetti and mix again (you could probably dissolve it with the Miso for more intense flavor – I did not think about at the time) Splash the pasta with dissolved Miso, sprinkle liberally with parsley and with just a little bit of cinnamon to add warmth, then mix for the last time. It’s ready and it looks great :)

Itadakimasu!