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Another category of vegetable dishes, ohitashi, is boiled greens served with soy sauce and topped with katsuobushi or toasted sesame seeds.
The Thai adopted the Chinese technique of stir-frying to preserve the color, fresh flavor, and texture of each vegetable. Only the best vegetables are selected. Any assortment of vegetables can be used in this recipe.*
This refreshing combination of cucumber slices and crabmeat has a tart dressing made with vinegar. For variety, you could use shrimp or scallops in place of the crab. Or serve the cucumber alone with the sunomono dressing.
Sunomono and aemono dishes include vegetables and seafood mixed with various kinds of sauces. The ingredients may be raw or lightly cooked to preserve their natural colors and textures. Sauces for sunomono dishes always include vinegar, while aemono sauces are made from toasted sesame seeds, soy sauce, miso, and many other good things.
When planning a Japanese meal, you might think of sunomono as playing the same role as salads do in an American meal. Their tangy dressings and crisp textures provide a good contrast to meat dishes. Aemono dishes such as goma-ae give a special taste to familiar green vegetables like broccoli, green beans, and spinach.
Living in an island nation,the Japanese have ready supplies of fresh seafood. Impressyour friends by serving kani to kyuri no sunomono, or cucumber with crab—a tasty,refreshing dish.
Cooks put almost anything on pizza. Pizza Margherita, a popular variety in Italy, was first made in 1889 for Queen Margherita and King Umberto I. It is topped with the colors of the Italian flag: fresh red tomatoes, green basil leaves, and creamy white mozzarella. For a few toppings that you might like to try on your pizza. Be creative and add your own favorites to the list.
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These delicate pancakes made of egg-and-flour batter are both fun to make and delicious. They are often filled with meat, fish, or vegetables, covered with a sauce, and served as a main course. Dessert crepes are made with a sweeter batter and are often filled with fruit.
