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Vegan

Some of my favorite dishes contain no meat, dairy, or other animal products.  They do contain loads of umami from plant sources.  I think you will enjoy these flavorful, imaginative recipes.

  • Crispy, golden pan fried cabbage steak ready to serve.
    Pan Fried Cabbage Steak
  • A wooden bowl of greens and citrus with daikon.
    Japanese Daikon Salad
  • Crispy lotus root spears mingling with sweet red bell peppers in a garlicky olive oil.
    Lotus Root al Ajillo
  • Nanohana dressed with a tangy sauce.
    Nanohana with Mustard Miso Sauce
  • Closeup of Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard, quick pickled cucumbers and turnips crowned with feathery dill on a white plate.
    Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard
  • Close up view of sesame dumpling.
    Black Sesame Dumplings (Kurogoma Dango)
  • A comforting fall dish of rice and sweet potatoes.
     Japanese Sweet Potato Rice
  • A mound of roasted fava beans with garlic and balsamic vinegar.
    Pan Roasted Fava Beans
  • A side view of Carrot Kinpira, showing off its glossy strands and bold black sesame accents.
    Carrot Kinpira
  • A stack of Chinese Pickled Cucumbers in a ceramic bowl.
    Chinese Pickled Cucumbers
  • Salted cucumber and celery combined with basil leaves and sushi vinegar.
    Cucumber Basil Salad (Sunomono)
  • Refreshing marinated carrots and ginger.
    Carrot Ginger Salad
  • Asparagus with Meyer lemon.
    Roasted Asparagus with Lemon
  • A bowl of stir fried bean sprouts with sesame seeds.
    Stir-Fried Soybean Sprouts
  • Piquant Sweet and Sour Eggplant.
    Sweet and Sour Eggplant
  • Gloriously glazed Teriyaki Tomatoes.
    Tomato Teriyaki
  • Roasting edamame brings out their sweetness and umami.
    Roasted Edamame
  • Atsuage and spicy scallion topping.
    Fried Tofu with Spicy Scallions
  • Delightful okra topped with toasty sesame seeds.
    Pan Roasted Sesame Okra
  • Crispy fried potatoes with a spicy sauce.
    Crispy Patatas Bravas
  • Cucumber salad from above
    Ume Shiso Cucumbers
  • A delicious pyramid of piquant pickled cucumbers.
    Drunken Cucumber Salad
  • Mustard greens and tofu in a light dressing.
    Mustard Green and Shaved Tofu Salad
  • This delicious autumn salad pairs sweet and tender napa cabbage with nutty toasted sesame oil and umami rich salted konbu.
    Nutty Napa Cabbage and Konbu Salad
  • This delightfully light and refreshing autumn pear and celery salad is the perfect palate cleanser.
    Autumn Celery & Pear Salad
  • This pickled chili pepper recipe creates pickled jalapenos and spicy chili vinegar.
    Pickled Jalapeño Peppers & Spicy Chili Vinegar
  • Spicy pan-fried konnyaku glazed in a savory sweet sauce with toasted sesame seeds and chili flakes.
    Pirikara Konnyaku
  • A mountain of crunchy kohlrabi coleslaw dressed with tangry and creamy cashew dressing.
    Kohlslaw (Kohlrabi Coleslaw)
  • Japanese style snap peas with toasted sesame and shiokonbu (salted konbu).
    Snap Pea & Sesame Salad
  • This rainbow of colorful pickled vegetables is the perfect palate cleanser.
    Rainbow Five Spice Pickles
  • Sweet and fragrant kumquat and basil marmalade.
    Kumquat Basil Marmalade
  • Quick pickled red cabbage and golden potato salad.
    Pickled Cabbage & Potato Salad
  • Crispy Wakame Furikake on rice from above.
    Crispy Wakame Furikake
  • Crispy renkon and snow pea salad.
    Renkon & Snow Pea Salad
  • Watermelon Radish & Wakame Salad ready to serve.
    Watermelon Radish & Wakame Salad
  • Shiitake al Ajillo ready to serve.
    Shiitake al Ajillo
  • Roasted Broccoli with Wasabi Vinaigrette on a plate.
    Wasabi Lemon Broccoli
  • Soy Sauce Roasted Walnuts in a bowl.
    Soy Sauce Roasted Walnuts
  • Japanese Ume Pasta on a plate
    Tomato Ume Pasta
  • Easy Marinated Bell Peppers in a bowl
    Easy Marinated Bell Peppers

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Marc Matsumoto

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I started No Recipes back in 2007 as a place to share original dishes I'd created with friends. It's since evolved into something much bigger than I could have imagined, but as it grew, the focus shifted from inventing dishes to improving classics. In the spirit of how No Recipes began, I'm bringing back my weekly original recipes for all of my supporters and friends!

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  • Oyakodon chicken and egg bowl amped up with an addition of miso.
    Miso Oyakodon
  • Firecracker chicken with wilted greens and dried chilies.
    Firecracker Chicken
  • Japanese Seafood Curry from above.
    Seafood Curry
  • Sliced and marinated tuna in a bowl with rice.
    Hyugadon (Sesame Marinated Tuna Bowl)
  • Closeup of Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard, quick pickled cucumbers and turnips crowned with feathery dill on a white plate.
    Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard
  • Chicken and persimmons cooked in a miso ginger glaze.
    Miso Glazed Chicken with Persimmons

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