Sesame Miso Soba with Crispy Tofu – Leels Cooks

  Let’s pretend summer is here already so we can eat all of the cool, refreshing and light foods, okay? OKAY?! I’ve also been making a lot of unintentional vegetarian meals lately, not sure why, not unhappy about it though. As long as it’s delicious, no complaints! Feel free to sub out any of the vegetables with your favourite, and you can also sub the tofu for any other protein you’d prefer. Shredded rotisserie chicken would go very well with this. What you need: 1/2 brick of firm tofu, cubed 2 sleeves of soba noodles 1/2 cup cucumber, thinly sliced … Read more

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Cooks / Crispy / Leels / Miso / Sesame / Soba / Tofu

Miso Ginger Salmon – Leels Cooks

I don’t eat enough fish. I used to eat sushi multiple times a week but since moving here it’s kind of been an afterthought. The other day we stopped by H-Mart and I grabbed a lovely piece of salmon with something like this in mind, here’s what I came up with! What you need: 13-14 oz of salmon (I just nabbed one large piece to split between two) 2 tbsp aka or red miso 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce 2 tbsp seasoned rice vinegar 1 tsp ginger, finely minced 1 large garlic clove, finely minced 1 tsp sesame oil … Read more

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Cooks / Ginger / Leels / Miso / salmon

Mazeudon with Chicken & Miso Butter – Leels Cooks

Maze-what you say? I recently went on a bit of a vacation back to the motherland (Vancouver, BC Canada) and tried a dish called Mazesoba at Kokoro Tokyo Mazesoba in downtown Vancouver.  It’s a relatively new dish (not that new), and is only just arriving to some places in North America. My first one! Noodles, chashu pork, green onion, garlic, chinese chives, nori and dried fish powder. #yolkporn What is it? The name basically means mixed noodles, called either abura soba or mazesoba, (mazemen or mazeudon if you’re calling out specific types). Noodles, generally thick, served with a variety of … Read more

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Butter / Chicken / Cooks / Leels / Mazeudon / Miso