Hi, I'm Diane Li

Hi, I'm a mom, educator and professional chef. I can speak 4 languages freely, and I have more than one decade of live experience in Japan. I have a deep understanding of Japanese food culture. I would like to share my Bento (Japanese style lunch box) cuisine experience with you through my blog, and choose what ever language(s) among 4 that you feel comfortable to read my blog!

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Super simple homemade spicy sauce

Super simple homemade spicy sauce Material: Mayonnaise: 1 tablespoon, Sriracha Sauce: 1 tablespoon, Citrus-based Sauce Ponzu 1 teaspoon, Japanese seven-flavor chili pepper powder: small amount...

Tofu Hamburger Steak with Citrus-based Sauce Ponzu

Tofu Hamburger Steak with Citrus-based Sauce Ponzu Material: tofu, potato starch, Otsuyufu (Japanese dry baked wheat gluten), white sesame, green onion, salt, pepper Recipe: 1. Completely drain...

Dinner Menu of My Family (16)

Dinner Menu of My Family (16) March 3 is Japan’s traditional girls’ festival. We invited an American family who have taken good care of us...

Feature Bento in February: asparagus

Feature Bento in February: asparagus 1. Stir-fried tri-color paprika, tofu and sausage with salt pepper seasoning, rice seasoned with maitake mushrooms and canned tuna, fried...

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Bean Sprouts Rice

Rice cooked from bean sprouts boiled soup I would like to introduce a simple but quick recipe of rice cooked from bean sprouts boiled soup. 1....

Ubiquitous Sauce

ubiquitous sauce As substitute of soy sauce, our family likes to use citrus-based sauce called Ponzu in various kinds of dishes. It is indispensable in...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! In Japan, people have a tradition to take New Year's dish called Osechi Ryori on January 1st. It was said that each...

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas

Red Bean Porridge

Red Bean Porridge Recipes are quite different among countries in Asia. In China people make "Hong Dou Zhou", In Korea it is called "pazzuk", Japanese...

Making Kimchi

Third time of making Kimchi since entering this winter The way of making Korean-Chinese style Kimchi was passed on from my grandmother's generation. The principal...

Gorgon Fruit Review

Gorgon Fruit Review Gordon Euryale is a kind of food material that can transform to porridge and can also be grounded to make soup,...

Steamed Organic Perilla Leaves

Organic perilla leaves An alive green worm is found from the perilla leaves. Can this is certified as organic with less pesticide? Tried to...

Ginseng Chicken Soup

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