The Snow is just starting to melt yay!! we are probably going to have a flood in the next three weeks. 

It is a very exciting and busy week in the community right now, so many people have come home. 

 we are going to be having a visit from Mr. Warren Kramer this week also!He is a very good Macrobiotics teacher who we like to bring out to us every once and a while to get some spring time inspiration! he is going to give a couple of lectures and cooking classes (which I am very excited about) 

I am also planing to do alot for this humble site, giving it a bit of a makeover and all that fun stuff!

 I have been having fun testing out my design skills with the pictures, what do you think!?

 For Lunch

Buckwheat

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Sweet Vegetable Lentils

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Blanched Vegetable Salad

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Clear Broth Soup with Ginger and Kombu and Shitaki

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For Dinner

Millet with Sesame Seeds

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Sauteed Brussels Sprouts

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Blanched Collard Greens

 We are back from Bethel!

I loved Bethel! it is a small quite town filled with alot of lovely people. 

It was cool to see a town filled with so many native Alaskens

we met some great people and shared some food!

Day 1 

Fried Noodles
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Blanched Salad

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Lima Bean Soup

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Day 2

Kidney Bean Rice

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Cucumber Pickles

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Blanched Baby Bok-Choy

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Kinpira

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Baked Yams

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Miso Soup

Today I go to Bethal with a group of people to share some about healthy foods! Its going to be nice to see more of Alaska

I will share the photos of the food we cook for them when I get back!

For Lunch 

Adzuki Bean Rice

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Gomashio 

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Blanched Cauliflower with a Umeboshi Scallion Dressing

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Hijiki cooked with Onions

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Miso Soup

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I made Cookies for video 

and these are some of the best cookies ever!! I went way overboard and ate a ton of them!

Almond thumb print Cookies

with

Crap Apple Jam

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For Dinner

Rice Porridge with bits of Seitan

and Vegetables 

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Blanched Broccoli and Cauliflower

 For Lunch 

Noodles and Broth 

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Soba Noodles

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Nori

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Kombu Shitaki Broth

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Blanched Parsley 

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For Dinner

Brown Rice 

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Gomashio 

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Blanched Vegetable Salad with Lemon Juice

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Carrots and Parsnips cooked Kinpira style 

 Its Spring time yay!!..... spring for us here in Alaska is what we call mud season. where all the snow melts and makes lots of mud and ice and HUGE puddles. but it has it's spring excitement about it i guess.

we just came off of our electronics fast and I have a whole bunch of meals to show you guys!!

 Brown Rice with ground and roasted Sesame Seeds

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Squash Nishime

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Blanched Cabbage

 Tamales wrapped in Napa Cabbage leafs 

with a 

spicy Carrot sauce

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Salad with Cucumbers 

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Miso Soup

 Adzuki Bean Rice

with

Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Blanched Napa Cabbage

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Bancha Tea

 Brown Rice 

with

Shisho Powder

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Blanched Cauliflower and Cabbage 

with a

Tahini Sauce

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Fried Chickpeas with Root Vegetables

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Miso Soup

 Brown Rice 

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Shoyu Onion Pickles

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Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Blanched Kale

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Adzuki Beans

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Creamy Cauliflower Soup

 Dessert

Amasake Pudding with Blueberry Jam

 Brown Rice 

with

Umeboshi plum 

and 

Nori

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Fried Tempeh then Cooked Down

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Blanched Broccoli with Lemon

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Miso Soup

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Sweet Vegetable Drink

 Millet

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Black Soybean Natto

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Sauteed Broccoli and Cabbage

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Bancha Tea

Oh boy....ok guys I am going away for two weeks. well not really I am going on a Electronics fast with the rest of the community. you know, that thing we do every beginning of a new season. well spring is about to start so we are going to start it off with another electronics fast, No computers, iPods, internet, movies nothing with a screen......Except my Camera so I will be taking pictures that I will share at the end yay!!! 

so before that starts I wanted to show guys the meals we have been having the last couple of days!!

I will miss you guys see you in two weeks hopefully with a new cooking video !!

Day 1

lunch

Noodles and Broth

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Soba Noodles

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Shoyu Shitaki Kombu Broth

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Blanched kale

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Nori 

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Scallions

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carrots

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Dinner

Long Grain Brown Rice

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Kidney Beans

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Sauteed Kale

Day 2

For Lunch

Quinoa with a Scallions Garnish

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Vegetable Stir Fry

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Natto

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Miso Soup

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Dinner

Brown Rice

with

Roasted Almonds

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 Sauteed Wakame 

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Pan fried Tofu sauteed with Kale

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Napa Cabbage Pickles

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Barley Shitaki Soup

Day 3

For Lunch

Pan fried Sweet Brown Rice Mochi

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Miso Soup

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Black Soy beans cooked with Onions

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For Dinner

Buckwheat cooked with Squash

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Arame water Sauteed with Onions and Carrots and a little of Tahini

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Blanched Cabbage

Day 4

For Lunch

Brown rice cooked with Pumpkin Seeds

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Nori

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Sauteed Cabbage flavored with Umeboshi

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Creamy Squash Soup

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Dinner

Quinoa 

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Cabbage Shoyu Pickle

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Kidney Beans

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Blanched Kale, Carrots, Onions

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phew..now for Dessert!

Stewed Pears with Roasted Almonds

For lunch we had

Brown rice

with

Roasted sesame seeds

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White beans cooked with onions

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Water sauteed napa cabbage

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Miso soup

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For dinner 

Millet with root vegetables 

with

Roasted pumpkin seeds

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Blanched Kale

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Creamy pea soup with a little mint blended up with

 

I thought it was interesting how all our meals for the day shared the same colors!

For Lunch we Had

Grain Corn

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Black Soybeans with Onions

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Salad

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Miso Soup

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Snack

Sweet Adzuki Bean Pudding

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Dinner

Rice Balls with Umeboshi

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Squash, Parsnip, Nishime 

-

Pressed Salad

 For Lunch we Had

Polenta layered to set on top of dulse and sauteed Brussels Sprouts

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Steamed Broccoli and Kale

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Rice Kayu Bread with Squash Carrot Spread

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White Bean Soup

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For Dinner 

Seitan Stew!

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Dessert
Stewed Strawberries with a oat Crunch