Cooking for a better lifestyle



Cooking with Yoshiko is all about eating for health, energy and beauty without compromising taste.

Japanese superfoods are packed with nutrients and are the REAL key to Japanese longevity. She is passionate about sharing how Japanese superfoods can be used not only for your favourite Japanese meal but can also be easily incorporated into a variety of your favourite daily meals

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In this book, you will learn about the ancient Japanese secret to staying healthy, ageing well and staying slim through the ancient art of Japanese superfoods.

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Jul
19

Vegan degustation at Ezard in Melbourne

    Having vegan degustation is one of my hobby… well No, it is part of my work! My last …

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Jul
18

Did you see me on Channel 10 last Tuesday? If not, check it out here!

I appeared on the cooking segment at Studio 10 on channel 10 last Tuesday. Did anyone saw me?   Hope …

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Jul
11

Power of Koji fermented Japanese foods

I would like to talk about the power of Koji fermented Japanese foods today!   Hope you are eating well …

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  • Vegan @ezard Having vegan degustation is one of my hobby. My last degustation in Sydney is one of the most disappointed one so I was super delighted to have amazing meals @ezard. I must say this is one of my most favourite vegan degustation - so clean, sophisticated flavour combination and very interesting! Oh not to mention, absolutely healthy! No nasty things on the plates! I love #Japanese twist so happy to see lots of Japanese ingredients in the menu! Having nori, the seaweeds and olive oil for bread brew my mind! Such an amazing idea Only one thing… desserts. 3 sorbets are not good. It happens a lot when I dine at quality restaurants that serve animal dishes. Chefs are so experienced and great so they can make great meals but not familiar with dairy free sweets so… just make fruits sorbet… If I order vegetarian degustation, it will be super perfect… ( deserts in vegetarian degustation looks amazing.. ) Anyway, I still highly recommend to vegan degustation ( vegetarian degustation for the best experience if you are vegetarian) in Melbourne Check out my blog for full menu! . . . . #veganforthewin #veganinspiration #iamvegan #thefeedfeedvegan #worldwideveganfood #veganfoodshare #vegansofig #veganyummy #whatveganseat #vegansofaustralia #dairyfreelife #dairyfreeliving #dairyfreelifestyle #eatcleandiet #eatcleansharing #meatlessmeal #meatlesseveryday #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedmeals #veganrocks #veganasianfood #veganmelbourne #melbournevegans #meatfreeday #healththroughfood #healthyeating #eathealthystayhealthy #eathealthybehealthy #eattoheal
  • 🌱Green pasta 🌱 Today’s #vegan lunch is so green! because I made pasta sauce using #edamame olive oil, salt and pepper I add “ massaged” kale - so alkalising! Even better… I actually didn’t use ordinary sea salt, I used “ Shio koji “ - fermented rice salt that I made for my healthy gut cooking class. Fermented Rice koji salt is so tasty! It is natural MSG - the flavour enhancer and also full of nutrients!!! Not to mention good bacteria Want to know more about Koji? Check out my latest blog in my bio . . . . #veganforthewin #veganinspiration #iamvegan #thefeedfeedvegan #worldwideveganfood #veganfoodshare #vegansofig #veganyummy #whatveganseat #vegansofaustralia #dairyfreelife #dairyfreeliving #dairyfreelifestyle #eatcleandiet #eatcleansharing #meatlessmeal #meatlesseveryday #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedmeals #veganrocks #veganasianfood #veganmelbourne #melbournevegans #meatfreeday #fermented #guthealth
  • Quick #veganlunch @gongdelin_vegan in Melbourne 😊I ordered shreded vegan pork with scehuan sauce + rice ✨very generous amount of “pork” and rice. As a huge rice eater, very happy 🥰. I went to Gong De Lin in Beijing and it was kind of high end restaurant but I’m delighted that I can order very casual rice dish here at $12.80👌🏻👌🏻 . . #veganforthewin #veganinspiration #iamvegan #thefeedfeedvegan #worldwideveganfood #veganfoodshare #vegansofig #veganyummy #whatveganseat #vegansofaustralia #dairyfreelife #dairyfreeliving #dairyfreelifestyle #eatcleandiet #eatcleansharing #meatlessmeal #meatlesseveryday #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedmeals #veganrocks #veganasianfood #veganmelbourne #melbournevegans #meatfreeday
  • 🍣MAKING SUSHI WITH KIDS IS FUN 🍣 Huge hanks to @studio10au, I had lovely time teaching how to make sushi at the show today♥️😊 Second photo is the moment lovely Kinga, daughter of @merrickwatts and @_georgiewatts_ made her sushi🍣 She even said “ oishi “ - yummy in Japanese when she ate her freshly made sushi! She actually can speak Japanese so we had some chat in Japanese before the show🥰 And guess what?! I make all plant based sushi platter 🌱 I put vegan tuna without telling anybody 😃 Looking for a fun activity for your kids during this school holiday? I am running 3 kids sushi classes on 20th July. One of the class is already fully booked but morning and evening class is still available👍🏻 You and your kids can make healthy and yummy sushi together, it is great bonding and fun experience! Want to know more or book the class? You can find in my bio!
  • Thanks to @studio10au for having me to teach Kinga, daughter of @merrickwatts and @_georgiewatts_@_denisescott how to make sushi 🍣 🍣 It is so great to see 7 years old Kinga enjoys nori roll ♥️♥️ you know, some kids won’t eat nori roll because it looks black, which is pity! Do you know that nori, the Japanese seaweeds are packed with nutrients? Nori is actually my multi vitamin supplements because nori contains lots of vitamins! Your kids are not eating nori? Don’t give up because your kids might eat inside out roll because nori, the black part is hidden! But be very careful, some nori are so bad quality… I bought really cheap nori before and it tastes like chemical and when I had a closer look, I saw green ink! Yak! Of course, I use high quality nori and other traditional artisan Japanese ingredients from @spiralfoods at my class and today’s show 👌🏻👌🏻 Here are the photo and video, I was preparing at the back stage and just before my segment. It was my first time to be appear LIVE on national TV but luckily I wan’t that nervous ( just a little! ) thanks to really friendly channel 10 staff and lovely @_georgiewatts_ it was so much fun 🙏🏻✨💕💕
  • Today’s lunch 🍴 - super simple #cauliflower soup 🥣 I make this at least 5 times during winter because it is super easy, yummy and my hubby’s favourite 💕✨ Especially now cauliflower is quite cheap👌🏻👌🏻 Only 3 ingredients - cauliflower, salt and MSG free chicken stock ( #vegan ) All I did was 1. cut the cauliflower into small florets, place in a pot 2. Pour water until enough to cover the cauliflower then add sea salt and vegan MSG free chicken stock ( I used Masel ) then cook until boiling then reduce the heat and cook further 5 mins or until soft 3. Leave it with a lid for 10 to 20 mins ( to cook further with residue of heat and cool down before we put in the blender) 4. Blend until smooth !!!!!! For more detailed recipe, check out my latest blog in my bio! If you are not well - add Japanese superfoods KUZU - my flu medicine I served with #organic sourdough rye bread and steamed broccoli with shio Koji ( fermented salt) Oh green thing on the top of soup is shredded outer leaves of cauliflower absolutely no WASTE! This is my fourth time to make this soup this year. ( I made thicker version of soup to make pasta sauce last week) enjoy . . . #healththroughfood #healthyeating #foodasmedicine #medicinalfood #healthmatters #heatlhyeating #eatyourselfhealthy #healthyvegan #healthyplantbased #healthyvegetarian #healthyvegetarianfood #healthyfoodlover #healthyfoodlove #lovehealthyfood #lovehealth #lovetocookhealthy #ilovehealthyfood #lovetoeathealthy #eathealthybehappy #eathealthy #eathealthystayhealthy #eathealthybehealthy #eathealthybehappy #eattoheal #eattothrive #soup #lunch
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