We are back on track with the 10 day detox diet out of Mayumi's Kitchen cook book with day 5.

we are half way done!

I used to have Mochi waffles when I was a kid and I for got how much I love them!! I used to make them when I was little cause it was the easiest snack a 7 year old could make, their chewy and crispy all at once yum!!

Day 5

Breakfast

Mochi Waffles 

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Maple Syrup

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Lunch 

Rice Balls covered in roasted Almonds 

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Coleslaw 

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Blanched Kale

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Dinner

Barley

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Stir fry Kale with Mushrooms and Ginger and Kudzu

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Squash Soup

I really went all out yesterday! 

I didn't cook at all yesterday!

For Breakfast 

Waffles 

with

Maple Syrup

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For Lunch we ate out at a Indian food place

Rice

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Nan

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Chickpea sabji

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a deep fried spinach thing 

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a vegetable thing that was really spicy!!! 

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and a soup

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lentil bread things (I forgot the name I am so sorry)

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For Dinner

Left over udon Noodles with stir fry Vegetables 

I am a little hung over today by all that food (Indian food really wipes me out) but it was fun!

we made half way!! yay!!

it has been very fun cooking from "Mayumi's Kitchen" cookbook, and we still have five days to go...but we are going to take a break for the week end and start back up on Monday! 

I will still be posting the food I eat, just taking a break from the "10 day detox diet" for the weekend so I can go spend some time with friends and maybe go out and get some Indian food! with out having to think about staying on track with the 10 day diet. 

Day 5 

 For Breakfast

Oats and Raisins and Oatmilk 

(I love Oats so much!)

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For Lunch

Udon Noodle Salad

with

Fried Seitan bits

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Steamed Kale 

-

Nori

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For Dinner

Brown Rice with Celery and roasted Almonds

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Blanched Turnips, Broccoli and Cabbage with a green goddess Dressing

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Adzuki Bean Soup with sweet Vegetables

I made cookies!! they were not apart of the "10 day detox diet" .

but when you have a idea like cookies calling out to you ...I just had to Listen!!  

and they are some of my favorite kind of cookies, I love them so much I even made a video on how to make them if you remember.

and some thing I have been noticing is with this diet (and I am not an expert, I am not sugessting anything, just speaking for my self)

 is I do not eat this much tempeh, tofu , seitan all the time, a couple of times a week maybe... but it is fun to try!! 

For Breakfast

Corn with Umeboshi Paste

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Blanched Broccoli

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Bancha Tea

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For Lunch 

Cucumber Sandwiches

 (ok it was supposed to be cucmbers, but I didn't have any so I used slightly rinsed off dill pickles and blanched daikon) with Tofu Mayonnaise

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Blanched Kale

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Leftover Lentil Soup

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For Dinner

it was supposed to be Sea Bream with fish but I don't eat fish so I made

Tempeh cooked down with Leeks and shoyu

layered out on a bed of reheated leftover Rice

with fresh Parsley 

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Miso Soup 

I am really enjoying having this time and space and project to focus on food and photography, I feel like I am learning a lot just doing it everyday and pretty much my life is wrapped up around food these days! but don't worry I am planning to go out when this 10 day diet thing is done!  

and I got a new plate yesterday yay!! check it out I used it at dinner!!

so yesterday was day 3 and here is what we had!

For Breakfast

Amaranth

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Leftover Blanched Vegetable

-

Miso soup

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For Lunch

Left over Chickpea Millet Paddies 

with

Tofu Tartar Sauce

-

More Blanched Vegetables

(ok I love Vegetables so yeah)

-

Sauerkraut

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For Dinner

Brown Rice and Wild Rice Cooked together

-

Steamed Vegetables

with 

Umeboshi Sauce

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Green Lentil Soup with herbs and spices 

there must be some people getting tiered of seeing those same flowers in all the pictures, I got to switch it up!

Day 2

Yesterday I finished day 2 of following the 10 Detox Diet out of "Mayumi's Kitchen" cook book.

It is fun following somebody else menu plan, and some of these things I don't usually cook or in little ways I don't usually think of!

but I do make some changes some times so I can work with what ingredients I have.

For Breakfast 

Raw Apple Slices 

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

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Blanched Kale

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Ume Shoyu Kudzu with a little Ginger

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For Lunch

Leftover grain Porridge 

(I didn't have any leftover porridge from day 1, so I made a porridge with left overs that I had)

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 Pan Fried Seitan

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Steamed Sourdough Bread

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For Dinner

Pan fried Chickpea Millet Cake Paddies

-

Tofu Tartar Sauce

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Sauerkraut

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blanched Kale and Purple Cabbage

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Vegetable Soup with herbs 

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So I have started this 10 day diet  and I am loving it! it is so fun to just have all these menus planned out already for me to cook! 

So today was Day 1

and I am working with what I have also, so there is some changes from the book

For Breakfast

Soft Brown Rice

with

Umeboshi Plum

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Blanched Kale

-

Miso Soup

with

Daikon and Onion

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For Lunch 

Pasta Salad 

with

pieces of Seitan 

covered in Arrowroot powder then fried and cooked down

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For Dinner

Barley Porridge 

-

Pressed Salad

with

Tahini Dressing

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Water Sauteed Cabbage and Squash

Today is Monday so that means I am starting the 10 day diet thing out of " Mayumi's kitchen" yay! I am excited to cook all the wonderful things out of the book!

Yesterday for Lunch

Brown Rice

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Blanched Daikon and Bok-choy with a little Umeboshi Paste

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Adzuki Bean Soup

with

Fried Mochi

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For Dinner My brother made 

Pasta fried up with Pesto, Tofu, and Kale!!

So yeah..I have been in Texas for a whole week! it has been really nice being here and relaxing and taking full advantage of having my own kitchen to play with! 

today I didn't eat lunch (had a snack in the middle of the afternoon which I gobbled down way to fast to take a picture)

But for Dinner we had

Brown Rice

-

Blanched Daikon and Bok-Choy

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Tempura Squash, Carrot, Broccoli 

with a Kudzu Shoyu Rice syrup Sauce!

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For Dessert

Strawberry Kantan blended up with roasted Almonds

I couldn't eat my dessert tonight so I am saving it for tomorrow. Oh Yeah!!

Today was all about soothing my stomach so I made

Sweet Veggie Millet

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Blanched Bok-choy with a Tahini Umeboshi Dressing

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Miso Soup with Daikon, Leeks, Snow Peas, Wakame 

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For Dinner I made 

a

 Porridge out of the left over Millet and Soup

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Leftover Salad

sorry not to exciting today guys. but I will be doing the 10 day diet starting Monday!!

So i finely have a opportunity  to do something I have allways wanted to do.....there is a cook book by one of my favorite cooks and people Mayumi and in this book she has a 10 day detox diet menu , and I am not doing this to detox...it just looks so freaking delicious that I want to eat it...and it might give me energy inspiration who knows, I like to play games with food...

I am very excited about it and I will be starting on Monday! I would like to know more about what you guys are cooking!?. I love to know what my friends are eating around the world!

For Lunch I made

White Rice with Roasted Walnuts

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left over Kidney Beans

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Blanched Daikon and Kale

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Sauteed Sweet Vegetables ,onions,squash,carrots, yams,

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For Dinner

Fried leftover Rice 

with Leeks and Cellery and pieces of pan fried tofu and the leftover sauteed Sweet vegetbles

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raw Salad with Cucumbers and a Watercress vinegar syrup, olive oil Dressing