In Japan, Chirashi-sushi is a special dish to celebrate holidays. However today we introduce this new type of chirashi-sushi as a variation of Italian-style rice salad.

Christmas, a time to show love, have fun, relax and enjoy ourselves, is a joyful time for family and friends to reunion. Christmas eve is a special time for family members to exchange gifts and enjoy nice dinner together. Today, we are going to explore how children contribute to the splendor of a Christmas feast, and to understand their compassion towards animals, and their appreciation for people who work hard to make our life easier and more comfortable.

In welcoming the meaningful Christmas holiday, often times each family would spend time together in cooking and sharing of foods, making merry on this special day, for celebration and bondings. Today, we are going to continue with our show on how young children can also contribute to the joy of Christmas by making very delicious yet healthy cakes, and beverages to share with people.

And on this New Year’s Eve, we are bringing to you a cooking show by two young children from Ottawa, whom have been vegans since birth. “We will cook vegan pizza and vegan mini cheesecakes.” “Here are all the ingredients that you would need to make the vegan pizza. We have made sure that all the ingredients are vegan. You will need: vegan pizza crust, vegan tomato sauce and vegetables of your choice. For the proteins, we are using vegan pepperoni, but you can also use vegan sausages. And for the best of all, the vegan cheese! The vegetables we are using: zucchini, broccoli, pineapple, mushrooms, tomatoes and olives.”“Our first step is to chop the veggies. After spreading your sauce onto the pizza crust, you can start to put the vegetables onto the crust. And lastly, to finish off the pizza, we will put vegan cheese over it. Once you’ve finished, you can bring your pizza to the oven.”“Now that the pizza is done, let's continue with our mini vegan cheesecake. For the crust, we’re using vegan cookies, and you can use any brand that is vegan. And you also need vegan butter. Now, after you had crushed your vegan cookies with your hands, you can start putting them into the blender to make it even more fine. After pulsing the cookies (vegan), we’re going to put them into a bowl. We are going to add 6 tablespoons of vegan butter Make sure they’re equal. Once the mixture is done, we’re going to put 1 tablespoon into each pie crust, and press it down. After pressing down the crust, we’re going to put them into the oven.”“While that’s baking, we can start on the vegan cream. These are the ingredients to make the cream (vegan). You will need: 1 and a half cup of cashews, a full pack of vegan cream cheese, ¼ cup of maple syrup and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Put all the cashews into the blender and pulse it. Now, move it over and put everything in. Put back the lid, and pulse it. After pulsing a couple of times, it will become the actual cream.”“After baking the pie crust, we’re now going to add three tablespoons of vegan cream. Now that all of our cupcakes are done, we can put them into the freezer for about 20 minutes. After we have taken out the mini cheesecakes from the freezer, take out the wrapper, and this is the final result. Now we’re going to put some vegan whip cream and some sprinkles for the decorations.”

Since our French gastronomy is renowned throughout the world for its quality and diversity, we shall be introducing to you one of its specialty, and it is our “Quiche Lorraine.” When a visitor comes by unexpectedly, we would invite our guest to stay for dinner and quickly prepare a quiche with a green salad. If oftentimes you need to be a host, today’s recipe will be helpful to you.

Next to the bonfire in a slightly chilly atmosphere, people gather to enjoy the savory Vegan Mushroom Terrine dish, which is accompanied by cool pickled onion and the aromatic and soft taste of sticky rice cakes. In today’s program, we would like introduce to you the “Vegan Mushroom Terrine” dish, and some other beautiful traditions cherished by the Aulacese (Vietnamese) during the Tét holiday, our most anticipated time of the year.

During the Lunar New Year celebration, Korean kids put on new traditional clothes and adults wish good fortunes for each other. Koreans also conduct offering ceremonies for our ancestors, and eat tteokguk or rice-cake soup for breakfast. Along with this, we celebrate this occasion with seasonal customs and village communal folk entertainment. As our national dietary staple is a pungent, spicy dish called kimchi, so here we will introduce these two special Seollal delicacies to you: Ginseng rice-cake soup together with Nabak - kimchi.

The Lantern Festival originated in China and is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the year. This is the day when the full moon appears for the first time in the lunar year. The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Lunar New Year festivities and symbolizes the start of new year. These days, eating rice dumpling balls is the most common custom relished during the Lantern Festival. The sweetness and roundness of the rice dumpling balls together with the presence of the full moon symbolize a new year filled with peace, harmony and perfection.

Vegan Cashew Cheese is an ideal complement for your appetizers and snacks on any occasion. Bringing along a friend to have a vegan party is a terrific idea to share veganism with them. Today here at our cooking show, we have invited Ms. Najia from Philadelphia to show us how to make a delicious vegan cheese appetizer.