Simply Craving

Daikon with bonito flakes – Never knew Daikon would taste this good

Let me start by saying, I hate Daikon radish! But I might not hate it that much anymore. My wife Satsuki has made something I would never put in my mouth into a tasty dish that I salivating for more.

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Shrimp and Chicken Salad Recipe ala Satsuki

I don’t really like salad, but I can’t say the same for my wife’s Shrimp salad and Chicken salad. The only way she could get to me eat a lot of veggies is by making these salad. So, she’s sharing her recipe on this quickie salads.

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Japanese Bento – Lunch boxes that looks too good to eat

I’ve been to Japan only once, and strolling around Tokyo I found so many good looking lunch boxes, even from a convenient store. Seven years after my visit to Japan, I met my wife in college, which coincidently is a Japanese. She’s an amazing cook, while not only limited to Japanese food; her Japanese cooking is simply amazing.

So I’m sharing the bento box pictures my wife made for my sister and me for lunch almost everyday. These Bento boxes are tastier if you eat it several hours from its packing. Enjoy!

Hot Dogs with Pasta Sauces as condiment

We did a pasta party for lunch and there are a lot of leftovers from it – so for dinner, rather than having the leftover pasta, we try something new. So where do we start? Of course our fridge, and we found two packs of Ballpark franks and a bag of Hot dog buns (Why cant they just make the bun and the franks the same amount of quantity in a bag!)

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StrawNana Chocolate River – 12 minutes dessert

Sometimes too much planning causes more headache – during our last Thanksgiving cookout, we planned so much on appetizers, finger foods and the main course, we totally forgotten about dessert, Yes! Dessert! At the end of our Thanksgiving meals, we realized we have nothing for dessert. Fortunately, my uncle stocked up some fresh strawberries and bananas, and we thought we would just make some chocolate covered strawberries, but my wife and I thought of something better!

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