Oh I am Back Yay! Feels Good, I like it!
It wasn't exactly Ten Days of electronic fasting it more like seven, but for the fall I think that is enough (^_^).
We had
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Quinoa Salad
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Black Bean Soup
Tomorrow Ionia will be going on our seasonal electronics fast (its a little game we play every time the seasons change) So no one uses and kind of screen Movie,computers,iPods,CellPhones.
So I will be not posting for the next Ten days..I will miss you All....
But I will still take pictures of the lovely food and will share when I get back!!
On a Different note I love Pasta I really do, I love finding new ways of coking it..
We Had
Creamy Pasta
with Hard Cabbage and Tahini Sauce
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Adzuki Bean Soup
So I will be not posting for the next Ten days..I will miss you All....
But I will still take pictures of the lovely food and will share when I get back!!
On a Different note I love Pasta I really do, I love finding new ways of coking it..
We Had
Creamy Pasta
with Hard Cabbage and Tahini Sauce
-
Adzuki Bean Soup
I don't have a lot to say today,
We had a lovely lunch
We Had
Hijiki with Kinpira Carrots,Onions,Peas.
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Wheat Brown Rice
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
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Shoyu Onion Pickles
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Fried Mushroom Salad
with Lemons
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Miso Soup!
You learn something new everyday! Today I learned
how Yummy Tempura with such a simple sweet and sour sauce is!
We have these guest from Italy and we are enjoying the cooking that we have been getting out of them!
We had
Tempura Carrot and Onion Nest with Black Sesame seeds
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Sweet and Sour Sauce made with Rice Syrup, Rice Vinegar, Kudzu.
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Blanched Kale
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Buckwheat cooked with Vegetables
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Gomashio
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Oat Soup
Ok so I am going to confess a serious addiction I have to you guys.....
Pasta!!
I love Pasta, But it is the most challenging thing for me to digest,
so I try hard not to having all the time.
This Pasta I made with
Homemade Seitan
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Collard greens
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Carrots
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Onions
My Favorite grain to have Fried Tempeh with is Brown Rice, it is so Yummy and it helps chewing I find.
We Had
Fried Wakame with Onions.
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Pan fried Tempeh then cooked down in Dashi Broth.
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Short Grain Brown Rice.
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Raw Salad
It is always tricky to find out new ways to deal with leftovers,
Sometimes it is just trying to find the fun in experimenting with different ways to make it look and taste different.
So I love it when I get to cook with people who have new ways of reinventing leftovers
It Turn out to be a great Strengthening meal for those cold days you got to get out and get some fire wood or something.
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We Had
Mock Paella/Casserole Rice Thingy ,
Ok let me Explain, We took leftover Rice from lunch and Quinoa from the day before and mix them together with sauteed vegetables and deep fried Seitan and Oil and Shoyu and steamed it all together.. It was very good and quite filling, Great dish for those cold winter days!
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Coleslaw with Cabbage and Carrots and a Toasted Sesame oil Dressing
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Kombu Dashi Noodle Soup with some Turnip Greens!
One of the things I enjoy about living with lots of different cooks is
I get to enjoy lots of different kinds of wonderful Food!
Everyone has their own style and its great.
The Garden Season is coming to a end soon,
So we are harvesting some.
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The other day we Had
Miso Soup
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Sauteed Garden Carrots and Carrot Tops with Tahini
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Blanched Garden Cabbage
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Fried Hijiki with Purple Cabbage and Onion tops
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Aduki Bean Brown Rice
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Deep Fried leftover Polenta Nuggets with Gravy!
So I am not very good with recipes (reading them)
but I do get easily inspired by Pictures of the Food! I love cook books but I enjoy them much more if they have photographs!
I was inspired by Mayumis cook book "Mayumis Kitchen"
She has a Picture (and recipe) of Brown rice with Almonds and Celery,
I thought it was so simple and cute I made it for my Self for lunch!
Brown Rice with Blanched Celery and Roasted Almonds
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Nishime Daikon
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Blanched Collards
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Split Pea soup with Root Vegetables
