Nagaimo as it is called in Japanese or  huái shān (淮山) or shān yào (山药) as in Chinese is a nutrient rich tuber/ root vegetable that is...

Root vegetables are really good for us, so make sure your diet consists of some root vegetables.  I bought a small lotus root recently b...

  Chinese health guru said root vegetables are good for us, so I am trying to eat more.  Root vegetable such as nagaimo (山药), burdock ...

Gobo or burdock root has many health benefits.  It is low in calories and contains a fair amount of fiber, calcium, amino acids and ...

Eating lotus root is auspicious for Chinese as we believed that eating it during Chinese New Year will foster the grow of your new ...

  Jeonggwa is a traditional Korean confectionery made by boiling/ simmering plant roots, fruits and seeds in sweet syrupy sauce.  Usua...

This was my first time buying a Burdock Root or Gobo (in Japanese) and stir-frying this dish.  Lots of times, I would buy food that was sai...

Recently I asked my readers how they used their dried mussels to cook and this was one of the suggestions.  Except I used chicken drumst...

If you have noticed like me, lotus root have been appearing on most Chinese New Year meals, either served at home or in a restaurant.  W...

Nagaimo is also called 山药 or 淮山 in Chinese.  It is a type of yam that can be consume raw.  It has long been traditionally used as Chines...

What did I do with the extra lotus root? I have been seeing stir-fry lotus root in some food blogs and thus I was thinking why not? The a...

Lotus root soup is a comfort soup for me because my mom used to cook it for us. So, when moving here and started to learn cooking and star...