Happy Monday! As Kayla was excited to mention in Hello Spring, lately it’s really good to be at the beach. Have you been to the beach on the weekend? I have!
It’s really excited to feel the sun at the beach but it has also made me start to think about a summer bikini body!! 🙂
Doesn’t matter it it’s a one piece or bikini, even T-shirt and hot pants… I just want to remove this tummy fat!
Yes, it’s important to exercise – like running and going to the gym – to get a gorgeous body. But we can start today by choosing heart healthy meals!
First of all, I’ll tell you how to cook Japanese salad at home as an easy, healthy choice.
This recipe is for a high protein Japanese salad with a mineral and probiotics dressing.
My favourite homemade salad is really easy to cook. Only takes 15min!
Japanese well-balanced salad
*Ingredients
-for the salad-
500g broccoli, cut into small florets
1 can Tuna
1/2 cup fresh baby spinach
5 cherry tomatos, cut into small pieces
5g dried hijiki
5 gdried seaweed
-for the probiotics dressing –
1/2 cup Greek yogurt
3 Tbsp miso
1 Tbsp black sesame paste
1 Tbsp ground sesame seeds
Method
1. Make the dried hijiki and seaweed soft by soaking them in water.
Before
After
2. Mix the ingredients for the dressing in a large bowl. Add the drained hijiki, seaweed, broccoli, tuna, baby spinach and tomato
Both Yogurt and Miso are probiotics which are very good for your health as I mentioned in Natto,
Black sesame paste is the best ingredient – it has huge health benefits such as being a great source of protein, reducing blood pressure, and gives you great skin, hair and eyes!
I always add a bit soy sauce to give a bit of extra flavour. 🙂
Don’t have time to cook?
If you don’t have much time to cook, don’t worry.
Let’s get better choices for dining-out at Washoku Lovers Partnered Restaurants.
Most of them have great Japanese Salads. You can choose whichever would work for you.
Here are some suggestions from me:)
This is very convenient location to grab your quick lunch in healthy way! You can make your own salad which is a really good option for lunch.
This sesame dressing is really delicious! I’m sure you will feel full after eating all these veggies and tofu!
If you like seaweed, this salad would be worth the trip to Cremorne! Very fresh and tasty. Don’t forget to bring your membership card, you can get a beautiful salmon carpaccio with truffle oil as a freebie!
If you like Truffle oil, I can’t don’t even need to tell you. This dish is not salad but it’s really tasty – baked savoy cabbage which has a light dressing and smells strongly of truffle! You will be in the heaven for sure:)
This pork belly warm salad has a citrus soy sauce dressing. You don’t think pork belly is healthy at all? Don’t worry, this method of cooking is shabu shabu. It means to reduce fatty part of the pork belly. And the grated radish will makes it healthier.
Washoku Lovers Membership card freebies: 2 free skewers ‘Kushikatsu’ which you can choose from 5 choices as Pork Loin / Beef Rump / Chicken Thigh / Eggplant / Zucchini.
My last tip is most important to make your meals healthier.
Eat salad first, what you eat next doesn’t matter. Try eating the least healthy option at the table last. Salads, normally comes with acid from lemon juice or vinegar which makes your digestion slow down. The vegetables will make you feel fuller so it’ll be easy to avoid over eating and eating too many bad things! 🙂
Enjoy Japanese salad to start being healthy from this week.
Have a wonderful day and a week ahead! 🙂
*Where to buy Japanese ingredients in Sydney, Australia? *Japanese grocery shops
You can find all ingredients in Japanese grocery shops, such as Tokyo Mart (North Bridge), Anegawa and Lucky Mart (Artarmon), Yumeya (Crows Nest), Maruyu (CBD), and, JTT (Mascot).
Tokyo Mart: Northbridge Plaza, Shop 27/79-113 Sailors Bay Road, Northbridge NSW 2063, (02) 9958 6860
Anegawa:1 Wilkes Ave, Artarmon NSW 2064, (02) 9904 7313
Lucky Mart: 2 Wilkes Avenue, Artarmon NSW 2064, (02) 9413 2200
Umeya: Crows Nest Plaza, Shop 11/103-111 Willoughby Rd, Crows Nest NSW 2065, (02) 9439 3784
Maruyu: 537-539 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000, (02) 9267 0882
JTT: Unit3, 26-32 Kent Road, Mascot NSW 2020, (02) 9317 2500
I am sorry I am not familiar with other areas yet, but please leave your comments below and I will do my best to respond to your requests. I am happy to research Japanese grocery shops in your area for you!
yuri
