Rich and Simple eating...I am always struggling with this balance in my own Macrobiotic practice, I know I don't need alot of the rich food I eat (and it is not doing anything for my health) 

but it seems more interesting to me to go back and fourth (I don't really have a choice either), and I just try not to make my self feel to bad about going back and fourth between Rich and simple foods, It is much worse for my mental health if I am going to beat my self up for eating a cookie or something like that..

For Lunch we had

Noodle Salad

made Layering all the different components

Udon Noodles

Kinpira

Wakame mixed with Pickled Mushrooms

leftover Pressed Salad

Blanched Kale 

and a Shoyu Lemon Dressing 

Topped with Sesame Seeds

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I Love soft Rice!! It is my comfort food!!

For Dinner

Adzuki Bean soft Rice

with Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Blanched Cabbage with Lemon

For Lunch 

Brown Rice

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Kidney Beans cooked with Onions, Corn,

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Sauteed large yellow Turnips and Turnip Tops!
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Miso Soup

I am so wanting to make more videos (and I am in the middle of a mochi one at the moment) and I wake up with all these plans for the day and it all goes out the window..we are having more sunny days this summer then I can ever remember!!!!

 For Lunch 

Brown Rice

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Turnip Pickles

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Blanched Kale

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Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Adzuki Beans

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Vegetable Soup

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Millet 

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Carrots and Carrot tops sauteed together with sesame seeds

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Blanched Collard Greens

Man it has been really hard keeping up this blog during this busy summer!! but I am trying my best! there has been so much building, Cooking, Camping, and so sunny!! it is so hard to come inside and sit down at the computer...but here you go!!

For Lunch

Brown Rice

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Gomashio

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Sauteed Wakaeme with Tempeh and Onions

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Blanched Kale

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For Dinner

Brown Rice

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Sauteed Burdock with Scallions 

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Blanched Turnips and Turnip tops

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Nishime Squash and Daikon

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Vegetable Soup!

For Lunch 

Brown Rice 

-

Lentils with sweet Vegetables (onions, carrots,corn, squash)

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Blanched Vegtable Salad

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Deep Fired Millet Nuggets

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Kudzu Shoyu Sauce (for the deep fried nuggets)

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For Dinner

Polenta 

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Hijiki with Sesame Seeds

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Pressed Salad

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Blanched Kale

For Lunch

Buckwheat 

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Pressed Salad

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Onions Squash Cauliflower Sauteed Together 

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Blanched Cabbage, Carrots

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Shoyu Pickles

For Lunch

Brown Rice 

-

Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Chickpea Salad

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Miso Soup

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For Dinner

Millet

-

Nishime Root Vegtables Burdock,Carrots,Rutabaga 

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Sauteed Turnips

For Lunch 

Long Grain Brown Rice cooked with Olive Oil

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Radish Umeboshi Pickle

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Lentils cooked with Vegetables

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Blanched Cabbage, Carrots, Collards 

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Leftover Tabouli

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For Dinner

Leftover Rice made into Fried Rice Balls

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Blanched Turnips

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Bulgar Fried with Vegetables

 For Lunch

Cous-Cous 

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Squash Lentil Sauce (Over the Cous-Cous)

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Radish Umeboshi quick Pickles 

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Sauteed Wakame with Onions

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Blanched Kale

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For Dinner

Falafels

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Hummus 

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Tabouli made with Bulgar and Tomatoes and Parsley and Lemon

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Salad with a Tahini Dressing

 For Lunch

Brown Rice 

-

Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Blanched Daikon Root and Greens

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Sauteed Umeboshi Cabbage

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Adzuki Bean Soup with Deep Fried pieces of Seitan!!!

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For Dinner

Fried Linguini 

with

Radishes!

 We make our own Tahini so when we make it it is hard not to use it up in one day!!

 For Lunch

Quinoa cooked with Sauteed Onions

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Pressure Cooked Pinto Beans with Shoyu

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Raw Salad with some Blanched Diakon and Carrots and a Tahini Dressing

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For Dinner

Sweet Vegetable Millet with a Tahini Sauce

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Sauteed Daikon Tops and Bottoms

 For Lunch

Brown Rice 

-

Blanched Daikon roots and greens

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Steamed Yams

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Adzuki Bean Soup

For Dinner 

Pizza!

one pizza topping had

Squash, Onions, Basil and Green Olives 

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the other had 

Tomato sauce, Mushrooms , Zucchini,onions,

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we also had Raw Salad with cucumbers, and carots

 

 

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For Lunch the next day we wanted try encourage chewing so

Brown Rice Balls with Umeboshi 

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Blanched Garden Napa Cabbage

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Tempeh Cooked down in a shoyu dashi

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Miso Soup

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Pickles

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For Dinner

Brown Rice

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Gomashio

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Nituke Vegetables with Onions, Squash and Radishes 

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Vegetable Broth

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Leftover Blanched Napa

 For Lunch

Chickpea Brown Rice

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Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Blanched Easter egg Radishes and Daikon

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French Onion Soup

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Dried Daikon cooked with Dried Tofu and Shitake

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For Dinner

Millet

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Shoyu Pickles

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Fried Seitan with Onions and Burdock and Mustard

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Blanched Napa

Every month or so we have to deep clean our community Kitchen...and it is a lot of work! so we bribe our self's with a little treat! this time it was Apple Pie! everyone here makes apple pie a little different, that is one of the pleasures of living in a community!

For Lunch 

Noodles and Broth

Udon Noodles

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Blanched Daikon Greens

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Shoyu Kombu Dashi

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Nori 

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Sesame Seeds

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For Dinner

Brown Rice

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Hato-Mugi with Sweet Vegetables

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Blanched Napa and Daikon 

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Chunky Kinpira 

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Dessert 

 For Lunch 

Quinoa

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Umeboshi Pickles

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Black Beans fried with Garlic

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Water Sauteed Napa Cabbage with a Shitaki Kudzu Sauce

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 For Dinner

Sweet Vegetable Barley Porridge with Dried Tofu

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Sauteed Daikon (greens and all) and Napa Cabbage