I thought up this snack as a way to encourage my kids to chew their food thoroughly. This dish is also great as an appetizer with drinks.If using the pre-roasted soy beans that are sold for Setsubun (Japanese festival to celebrate the first day of spring), adjust the cooking time accordingly. Recipe by Taunbi-

I'm not all that preachy about how to cook or eat, but I am all about the gospel of incorporating more fresh produce into our diets. I'm a firm believer that if people just had more delicious experiences with vegetables, they'd love them like I do.Green beans (aka String Beans, Snap Beans) are super high in fiber and Vitamins A and C, among other nutrients, and this is a delicious and fun Asian-inspired finger food recipe for them that easily gets peeps eating half a pound each. It could also be a great alternative to your usual Thanksgiving green beans recipe.By the way, if you don't already have oyster sauce in your pantry, you'll find it a great one-stop seasoning for stir frys, Asian inspired pan fried noodles, and fried rice, among other things. It does have oysters in it, but it doesn't really taste that much like oysters - think of it like a thicker, earthier, slightly smokier condiment than soy sauce that you can use much in the same way for cooked preparations.

I wanted to make a warming dish using bean sprouts I had in the fridge.This is also delicious if you add more ponzu sauce and simmer briefly. Recipe by milestone

Tofu is tricky for me... but when I find a recipe that elevates it to a new level (like this one) It makes me very happy!

Dried Fava beans are delicious when soaked and steamed, as a vegetable with dinner, in a cream sauce. Dried favabeans keep their fresh taste for ten years when dried, and even sprout again after ten years when planted. The green fava beans are ripe now, 75 days after planting, the beans then dry to deep purple in the pod if left on the plant, and the pods burst and beans shake out easily after another 30 days.

My mother used to make this for us a lot. It's so light, and I've always loved it.Be sure to squeeze off all the excess moisture from the bean sprouts. If you marinate them for a while in the refrigerator and let the flavors blend together really well, they'll be even more delicious and refreshing. For 1 bag of bean sprouts (200 g). Recipe by Gomamaron

I created this recipe because I wanted to eat a bean sprout dish that would boost my stamina.Please transfer the bean sprouts in a sieve to let them cool without soaking in water. Even when the surface is cool enough, the insides of the bean sprouts might still be hot, so please be careful not to burn yourself! If the bean sprouts are thin, boil them for about 10 seconds. Recipe by Kougakubu Danshi Daigakusei

I wanted to make a healthy and crunchy bean sprout stir fry, and tried many things before getting to this method. It's a family favorite these days.By adding salt to oil before stir frying the bean sprouts, and throwing out the water that seeps out, you can make stir fried bean sprouts that aren't watery. Excess oil is thrown out as well, so this is healthy.Use ham or fish sausage instead of the chikuwa fish sticks, or just make a bean sprout stir fry.Adjust the seasonings to taste. For 2 to 3 servings. Recipe by Cha-miru

I wanted to eat chikuwa in a different way. Recipe by Mi-chin

I wanted to make a dish using simple ingredients. This was cheap and easy yet delicious, so it's become a family favorite.1 bag of bean spouts will result with lots of sauce, which is enough for 2 to 3 servings. If you want to increase the servings, use 2 bags. You can double the volume for just 50 yen or so, so it's an economical dish. Just increase the bean sprouts to 2 bags and use the same amounts of the other ingredients.Since this is a Chinese style dish, cook the egg over high heat until browned. The base ingredients are so inexpensive, yet this is a very elegant tasting dish. For 2 to 3 servings. Recipe by Usagyo