A Gyoza That's Both Healthy & Green

Here's another product that perfectly fits our theme of Healthy Food & Green: Ajinomoto's Edamame Vegetable Gyoza, featuring a green vegetable wrapper stuffed with edamame, green beans, yellow carrots and red bell peppers. Steamed, boiled, or pan fried, these gyoza (dumplings), make a healthy meal and even an colorful party appetizer. Edamame Vegetable Gyoza can be found in the frozen food section in supermarkets. Look out for this new product at the JapanTown Healthy Foods & Green Festival. We hope you'll stop by to try them out!

The Hottest Dumplings for Your Freezer

For those of you who watch TV and pay attention to commercials, you know that brands such as Stouffer’s, Healthy Choice, and Swanson sell frozen foods. As a kid, I could occasionally look forward to these brands' microwavable meals whenever both of my parents had to work late at night, and my mom, who is a health nut, insisted on these over the frozen pizzas or other microwaveable foods because of the variety within each package. As an adult, I have seen TV dinners evolve to try to lure more customers. A recent trend that I've noticed is “Asian” meals.

What is Japanese Soul Food?

Shrimp and cheese okonomiyaki

Well, it’s not teriyaki chitlins and black-eyed tofu paste if that’s what you’re thinking!