Abstract

Pork, chicken, salmon, tomatoes, celery, cabbage, mushrooms, long green onions, ginger, vermicelli, tofu, and dried plums. Introduced here are 12 ingredients that are "good for you" and recipes to enjoy them. Nanako Saito's recipes, which won both the "Pro's Choice Recipe Award" and the "Cooking Category Award" at the 8th Cooking Recipe Book Awards for her bestseller "Healthy Soup Made with Basic Seasonings," are based on her expertise in medicinal herbs, but the secret of their popularity is that they are easy home cooking that anyone can make. There is no need for difficult techniques or troublesome ingredients. If you learn about the hidden benefits of the ingredients you usually eat without thinking about them, you will find that your daily cooking tastes even better. This book will help you build a foundation for a comfortable daily life and good health.

Author’s Information

Chef, International Chinese Master of Culinary Arts. After working for a general company, she realized that cooking and eating lead to physical and mental enrichment in her busy life, and turned to become a chef. While working as a chef's assistant, she studied Chinese medicine at the Japanese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Dietetics and the Japan Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and became certified as an International Chinese Medical Cooking Master. Since becoming independent, she has been proposing recipes for home cooking using familiar ingredients in magazines and on the web under the motto of "home medicinal herbs you can start today.