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Let’s eat Lotus Root (Renkon)

Jan 24, 2017 | Recipes

Lotus root or renkon in Japanese is one of the vegetable roots often used in Japanese diets. Renkon has many benefits to human health reduce blood cholesterol, sugar, body weight, constipation, develop resistance against viral infections, boost immunity and scavenge...

Japanese Vegetable Series: Ninniku no me – Garlic Scapes

Dec 19, 2016 | Everyday Living Advice

Have you ever seen this vegetable at your nearby Japanese supermarket? Ninniku no me or Garlic Scapes are very affordable, you can get buy a bunch of it with your 100 yen coin. This long and green vegetable offers many benefits such as follows, a. They might improve...

Beef and Garlic Scapes Stir-Fry

Dec 19, 2016 | Recipes

How to cook garlic scapes The most common method is to stir fry garlic scapes with other ingredients. Here is one thing to do with garlic scape, Ingredients: 1 pack of thinly sliced beef (400 gram) 1 bunch of garlic scapes (chop them small) 1 onion...