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    • Salads
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Recipes with vegetable / fruit

Chicken tom yum

Chicken tom yum

Thinly sliced chicken thigh fillets and fresh oyster mushrooms are cooked with herbs and spices. The soup is sour and spicy with a lovely citrusy aroma.
Cook time: 12 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Cheese and kimchi ramen

Cheese and kimchi ramen

Cook a pack of instant ramen, add mushrooms, pork slices and kimchi. Top with cheese slices and leave to melt. Transfer to a bowl, garnish with scallions and drop in a raw egg yolk.
Cook time: 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 1 person
Thai-style cucumber salad

Thai-style cucumber salad

It has all the contrasts you can dream about in a dish. Contrasting sweet, salty, tangy and spicy flavors. There’s plenty of textural contrast too with the combination of juicy cucumber and crunchy peanuts.
Cook time: 0 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 people
Kale and salami frittata

Cheese-loaded kale and salami frittata

Cooked partly on the stovetop and partly in the oven, this delicious egg and vegetable dish can be a meal by itself.
Cook time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Sweet spicy shrimps and edamame

Sweet spicy shrimps and edamame

Fresh edamame pods are cooked in the microwave then popped open to get the beans. The beans are tossed with whole shrimps and sweet chili sauce.
Cook time: 3 minutes minutes
Servings: 1 person
Japanese-style spinach and mushroom salad

Japanese-style spinach and mushroom salad

A side dish of blanched spinach and sliced shiitake mushrooms tossed with ground roasted sesame seeds, dashi, Japanese soy sauce, mirin, sugar and sesame oil.
Cook time: 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Pork and vegetables miso soup (tonjiru / butajiru)

Pork and vegetables miso soup (tonjiru / butajiru)

If you think that authentic miso soup should have only three solid ingredients — tofu, wakame and scallions — you might be in for a surprise. There are so many other ingredients that can be added to miso soup. Tofu is not even always a must.
Cook time: 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Shrimps, bean sprouts and watermelon salad

Shrimps, bean sprouts and watermelon salad

A light salad bursting with fruity flavors and the surprising tang and umami of Vietnamese mixed fish sauce.
Cook time: 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 5 people
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