Honey and Spice Glaze
June 16, 2014
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Disperse starch in lemon juice to make a slurry.  Place all ingredients in saucepan and whisk until smooth.  Heat on medium high to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute.

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Miso Tomato Sauce
June 16, 2014
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Whisk together water and tomato paste in sauce pan and begin heating on medium heat.  Whisk in parmesan cheese and honey.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well to dissolve.  Cook over medium until thoroughly heated.

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Umami Caramels
June 16, 2014
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Use a large glass bowl that is large enough to accommodate all ingredients and still allow for mixture to expand, as it will boil up quite a bit during the cooking process. Mix together dry ingredients, including sugars, in glass bowl. Add corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk and stir to combine. Add butter. Microwave…

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Shiitake Caramels
June 16, 2014
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Use a large glass bowl that is large enough to accommodate all ingredients and still allow for mixture to expand, as it will boil up quite a bit during the cooking process. Mix together dry ingredients, including sugars, in glass bowl. Add corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk and stir to combine. Add butter. Microwave…

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Chipotle Cream Pizza Sauce for Southwestern Chicken Pizza
June 16, 2014
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Soften cream cheese in microwave. Heat vegetable stock in saucepan to a simmer, then add salt, 5317 Light Colored Soy Sauce Powder and 7400 Komi™ Powder and mix until dissolved. Remove from heat and mix in cream cheese and half & half. Add chipotle pepper, adobo sauce and lime juice. Mix with immersion blender until…

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Thai Peanut Pizza Sauce for Thai Chicken Pizza or Chicken Satay
June 16, 2014
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Mix all ingredients together and process with immersion blender until smooth.

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Ginger Yogurt Dressing
June 16, 2014
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Stir all ingredients together and chill.

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Homestyle Beef Gravy
June 16, 2014
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Mix starch, Nikken ingredients, salt and pepper into beef stock until completely dispersed/dissolved and no lumps remain. Melt butter in saucepan over low heat. Add beef stock mixture and cream to saucepan and increase heat to medium-high. Bring mixture to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute while whisking/stirring.

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White Miso…the secret to flavor enhancement
May 12, 2014
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I love color usually but there are times when there’s nothing like crisp, white sheets or a classic white shirt.  That’s because white goes with anything…it’s flexible, clean, carefree, delicate.  The same holds true when talking about miso believe it or not.  Miso comes in three colors (red, yellow and white) and the darker the…

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“Sea” Worthy Flavor: A Closer Look at Seaweed
April 3, 2014
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When I was a little girl, I would love going to the ocean. Growing up in Missouri, I didn’t get many opportunities but one time I went to the Atlantic Ocean.  I walked out towards the shoreline and…right into a pile of seaweed.  I thought I had never seen anything so disgusting or fascinating in…

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