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【Naturally Refined Coconut Oil】 What Is It? Why & When To Use It?
You've seen that I use "Naturally Refined" Coconut Oil often in my RECIPES. Have you been curious why I use it instead of other vegetable oils? There are huge reasons why.
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【Mirin & Japanese Soysauce】 Guide For Choosing SAFE and REAL Traditional Japanese Condiments
How to choose REAL & SAFE Japanese Condiments, and what you should know about.
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【Blanching】 How to Blanch Green Vegetable & Health Benefits of Eating Treated Greens
What does branching do? Is it necessary? Find out Why from the eastern medicine philosophy’s point of view and How To Perfectly Blanch Leafy Greens, Broccoli, and Asparagus.
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How To Protect Yourself From Unexpected Virus Throughout A Year
You all have read already; wash your hands often, cover yourself when you cough or sneeze, avoid crowds.
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Fermented Foods Fight Against Viruses
We are surrounded by full of viruses year around and don’t know when to expect the really bad one would strike you.
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How To Choose Safe Produce; Which Vegetables & Fruits Are The Most Pesticide Contaminated?
Although I live outside of U.S., I still check the updates of the Dirty 12 & Clean 15 lists from EWG every year to learn the trends of pesticides use on fresh produces. Japan and Korea is known to use much more pesticides than U.S. does due to the milder restrictions by government, I just need to be extra cautious.
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Food Additives in Japanese Food: Seacret Behind the UMAMI Flavor
It's hard to link the word "junk" to the image of minimal and beautiful Japanese food, but most of the Japanese food could be serious junk to the people who are allergic to food additives.
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Top Heath Benefits of Buckwheat Tea (AKA Japanese Soba Tea)
Japanese word “Soba” is widely known among the world foodies as the healthy noodles made with ground buckwheat. Yet it’s tricky, Soba noodles can be healthy food only if buckwheat content is high (at least 80%) with
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Lotus Root Veggie Balls in Japanese Style Broth Recipe & Health Benefits
Lotus Root is a magical food. It brings us the joyful surprise of different flavors and texture. And it’s a super beauty food. Have you thought of that this macho looking root can make you pretty n’ healthy?
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How To Select “Safe” Almonds
Almonds are tricky, more you know about, more questions arise. Not only munching them as a snack, I like drinking homemade Almond Milk.
