New Year, Fresh Start

A plate of stir-fried noodles with chicken, broccoli, snow peas, and red peppers next to a bottle of Kikkoman hoisin sauce on a dark surface.

Ready to give your cooking a fresh, flavorful reboot? We’re here to help.

Did your new year’s resolutions include eating healthier? You’re not alone. Eating healthier and losing weight are consistently among the top five resolutions nationwide.

The good news is, you really can eat fresher, lighter, more nutritious meals without sacrificing the flavors you love. One simple secret: Kikkoman sauces and seasonings–– Soy Sauce, Ponzu, Teriyaki Takumi, Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, Hoisin Sauce, and Sesame Oil–– are an easy way to add flavor and appeal to healthier ingredients, like vegetables, seafood, and chicken.

Here are four quick, easy, and delicious recipes to jumpstart your resolution reboot. You got this!

White bowl with grilled chicken, brown rice, edamame, red cabbage, grilled zucchini, roasted red peppers, peanuts, and cilantro, arranged in separate sections.

Power Lunch

Skip the sandwich and give this protein-packed bowl a try. It’s brown rice, topped with colorful veggies and grilled chicken—and our rich, thick, Teriyaki Takumi sauce gives it all the sweet-savory flavor you crave. Prep tip: make all the components in advance. Then, assemble your bowl, microwave, top with the cabbage and peanuts, and add that final drizzle of Takumi for a healthy lunch in minutes.

Your New Go-To Salmon

Salmon’s a perfect lighter option for a weeknight dinner or a special occasion. A quick brown sugar–Ponzu basting sauce is the flavor secret that makes this succulent Baked Salmon with Avocado Sauce so easy—and so tasty. To make the sauce even lighter, you can replace the sour cream with low-fat sour cream or yogurt.

Plate with a serving of cooked salmon topped with a green sauce, garnished with sliced green onions, lime, and a side of mixed greens.

Chicken salad served on a bed of lettuce leaves on a wooden plate, with a fork placed to the right.

Next-Level Chicken Salad

This creamy-spicy chicken salad, lightened with yogurt and seasoned with Kikkoman® Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, is just right for lunches and snacking. Make a batch to use all week in salads, sandwiches, or “straight up” over lettuce leaves.

Oodles of Zoodles

If you’re cutting carbs or gluten and craving noodles, spiral cut zucchini can be your new BFF. This Zucchini Noodle Hoisin Chicken Stir Fry has so much flavor, color and texture going on, you’ll never miss the pasta. Tip: if you don’t have a spiralizer, no worries! Just use packaged fresh or frozen zucchini spirals.

New Year, Fresh Start

Ready to give your cooking a fresh, flavorful reboot? We’re here to help.

Follow Kikkoman Professional

Power Lunch

Your New Go-To Salmon

Next-Level Chicken Salad

Oodles of Zoodles

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The Story of Soy Sauce

Discover The New Takumi

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New Year, Fresh Start

Ready to give your cooking a fresh, flavorful reboot? We’re here to help.

Follow Kikkoman Professional

Power Lunch

Your New Go-To Salmon

Next-Level Chicken Salad

Oodles of Zoodles

Related Blog Posts

The Story of Soy Sauce

Discover The New Takumi

Panko Goes Prime Time

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